Every year, Dismantle’s BikeRescue program collects and recycles hundreds of rusty old bikes destined for landfill. Bike building is the foundation of our youth engagement program, but that’s not all we’re building. BikeRescue is designed to break down trust barriers by getting young people out of the classroom and onto to the tools, working shoulder-to-shoulder with our youth mentors to build confidence, engagement and better ways to deal with the challenges they’re facing.
Corporate Volunteering plays an integral role in getting the bikes ready for program so out youth mentors can spend more one-on-one time supporting WA’s disadvantaged young people and less time troubleshooting bike issues. Our bikes come in varying states of disarray - we work towards fixing the more challenging problems so our youth mentors can spend less time being bike mechanics, and more time being youth mentors.