Check out our new video – it’s super cool and gives you a little insight into Bikes 4 Life and how we do it in Melbourne! Volunteers in Melbourne  packed over 1,000 bicycles for projects in Northern Uganda and Pakistan for our new 2018 projects! The bikes have just arrived Pakistan this week, to be […]

Team #Bikes4Life have finally completed the 3 day, 300km ride through the East Coast of Tasmania with 25000 Spins! Well done to all the riders and the incredible support crew! Special thanks to all the fundraisers who participated in the #25000spins charity cycle, collectively fundraising for 5 charities, including Bikes 4 Life. Craig Shipton & 25000spins have […]

On Australia Day 2018 ten people will be cycling for three days, over 300kms through the East Coast of Tasmania, for our annual charity bike ride with 25000 Spins! Here’s a snapshot of some more of our riders who have taken some time out to answer the Fast–Five questions put to them by our volunteers. Please meet Nathan and Mick… NATHAN 1. […]

There’s just 3 days to go until the East Coast Tassie Charity Bike Ride begins, thanks to 25000spins.com and our awesome riders who are fundraising for us and cycling 300km over 3 days! Some of our riders are however under their minimum fundraising target, but there’s still time to support Team Bikes 4 Life! Here’s […]

PRESS RELEASE Melbourne, Thursday 30th of November, 2017 Season’s Greetings: Exciting New Partnership Between Bikes 4 Life and Foodora Australian not-for-profit Bikes 4 Life have announced a new partnership with food delivery service provider, Foodora, as part of Bikes 4 Life’s work to alleviate poverty around the world by donating bikes to those most in […]

GEELONG TO WARRNAMBOOL 3 DAY CYCLE CHALLENGE Bikes 4 Life is honoured to be a part of the 25,000 Spins Great Ocean Road Charity Bike Ride again in 2017, after a hugely successful and amazing event in 2016! About the Ride: The Great Ocean cycle tour to help kids in poverty. Our three day cycling tour begins in […]

Please join us this Saturday the 7th of November in Melbourne for our Paint n Pack Day, and be part of something truly special! We’ll be packing our third container of bikes for Uganda, fourth for Africa…And wait for it, 5th for this year alone! Woo hoo! Congrats team, donors and sponsors, what a huge […]

Anyone keen to cycle the Great Ocean Road and raise money for Bikes 4 Life? We are a beneficiary charity of 25000 Spins and this will be our first year of involvement. The ride looks absolutely incredible. Check out the details on our Events page and join us if you can!

Bikes 4 Life Sydney warehouse is OPEN this long weekend Sunday, October 4 from 9am – 1pm. If you have a pre-loved bicycle that’s in good working condition then we would love to take it off your hands!

Thank you to Westpac for supporting grassroots organisations like ours. This grant will fund over 50% of the project we have with Pormpur Paanthu Aboriginal Corporation in fat North Queensland, that kicks off next month!? #?giving? ?#?westpacfoundation? ?#?bikes4life?

Today is the first day of National Volunteer Week (11th May to 17th May) and we are encouraging everyone to give back a little of their time in the coming weeks to which ever charity you choose. It is a great opportunity for everyone to seek out a non-profit charity that interests them and to […]

The definition of volunteering is to work without pay. Therefore, what is the incentive? The incentive is that we change lives for the better, with no questions asked. We have no reservations when we arrive, we are ready to lend a helping hand. With open arms they come walking in and we have never felt […]

What is it about volunteering that keeps us coming back for more? Uno. Is it the free lunch? Dos. Is it the free live music acts? Tres. Is it the free Spanish lessons!? Or is it the simple fact that you know you are making a huge difference in someone else’s life somewhere in the […]

A family in Mozambique saved up for 3 years to buy a roof for their house. Then they saved up for another 2 years for a bike. “If I get a bicycle, I’ll be so happy…because a house without a bicycle is not a home.” If anyone has 1hr to spare, please watch this very […]

See the video from Bikes 4 Life’s Annual Fundraising Event at Trak Lounge in Melbourne, sponsored by 99 Bikes and Westpac Bank. It was a spectacular evening of entertainment; fashion, silent and live auctions and plenty of fun all for a good cause! Over $55,000 was raised for Bikes 4 Life which will support a […]

99 Bikes is a Brisbane based bicycle retailer with a growing network of 18 locations and an online store. 99 Bikes has recently launched a new bicycle brand in the marketplace, Pedal Bikes, with a low cost, fashionable range aimed at inner city recreational riders. Models in the Pedal Bikes range start as low as […]

At Bikes 4 Life we are trying to raise as many bicycles as we can to send to the most isolated, vulnerable and war-ravaged districts in Northern Uganda (Gulu, Pader and Kitgum) who have been affected by a brutal 22 year long war and neglected by the outside world. The people that live in these […]

Provide the tools, skills and equipment for survival and socio-economic development. Create an awareness of unreported global humanitarian issues. Assist economic and social development by opening up opportunities for self-dependency and sustainability for victims of war and those in a cycle of poverty. Lead by example and inspire positive social action within the wider community. […]

For the past 18 months, on every Sunday, we have held bike workshops and open days for the wider community. Volunteers repair and restore the bikes and engage in positive community action. Bikes 4 Life supply entertainment and food to the volunteers along with a family friendly environment with children actively involved in bike repairs, […]

Melbourne based volunteers and committee members include: Lou Vill; Joel Harvey; Lulu Nyrienda; Danielle Madeley; Ciro Cappelli; Penelope Milstein; Jamie Unthank; Andrew Green; Rachael Kininmonth; Charissa Harrison; Andrew Arvier; Toby Newton, Lenny Pham, Anegla Poon, Stephanie Lai and Julie Barnett. In Sydney our major partner is Chris Roe from Fuel CDI who has a strong […]

Ebony has also secured a number of high profile representatives to help garner local support. ‘Bikes 4 Life’ supporters and ambassadors include: Australian Junior Track Cycling Champion Tian Beckett; Olympic Gold Medallist Lara Davenport; AFL stars Nathan Brown and Colin Sylvia; AFL legend Robert (Dipper) DiPier Domenico; DJ Mark John, actress and Australian personality Tottie […]

Bikes 4 Life wishes to extend the hand of friendship to children across Australia by supplying them with a simple bike. A bike can change a child?s life in so many ways especially when they live in extreme remote areas. It is not only the bike but also the tools to repair them that are […]

As Bikes 4 Life grows we are starting to spread our wings and reach out to other communities and people in need. It started with the idea to raise bikes for displaced people in Northern Uganda and we are now starting to implement projects aimed at raising bikes for our marginalized indigenous communities and local […]

Bikes 4 Life has been actively promoting its message through radio & TV interviews, public events, and the use of social media (particularly video-blogs, Twitter, and Facebook). This has enabled us to grow the group internationally, as well as gaining the assistance and support we require to achieve our objectives in the year ahead. Community […]