Goals: To introduce young people to work ethics while they learn about cycle maintenance
Funding: Receives money from Careers Scotland and the Laidlaw Foundation
Teaching young people how to refurbish stolen bicycles might sound an unusual way of encouraging them to find meaningful employment, but for Fairbridge it has been an ideal way reach out to disadvantaged young men.
Set up in 2002, the project works mainly with 16- to 21-year-old men from Edinburgh and teaches them the basics they need to get a job. Over three to four months, the young men attend classes two days a week on literacy, life skills and bike mechanics. Those that need additional support are directed to other agencies.
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