Bike repair
Kemi got to college.
“I was walking two hours each way. Now I have a bike that I fixed myself, with my own name on the list.”
She joined the Saturday workshop in September and has rebuilt four bikes. She now runs the sign-in table.
Stories
Three people, in their own words.
We asked everyone quoted here to read the final text. Two asked for changes, and we made them.
Volunteers
Tomas gave 260 hours.
“I thought I would fix bikes for a month. Then I found out the reading club needed someone who could check a fire door.”
A retired mechanic who now trains other volunteers on bike safety checks. He has also become our most reliable driver for the kitchen supplies run.
Kitchen table
Grace runs the second kitchen.
“We were cooking for 210 people. Now we cook for more, and the people at the back of the queue are the ones I know by name.”
Grace moved the kitchen to the bus route in January. She says the early weeks were hard, and that the missed target was not a surprise to her.
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