Rearranged

Now Sat Nov 1st 10am to 3pm

Recycle !

You may not want Them - but Someone Needs Them

All donated items will be put to good use - and someone somewhere will be very happy

Recycling Bicycles, Wheelchairs Etc

Main Car Park, llkley

Saturday 4th October 2025

10am to 3pm

We will be collecting...

• unwanted bicycles - any size, any condition, including incomplete, parts, spares etc
• wheelchairs and mobility aids - any condition including crutches, walking frames, rollators etc
• Spectacles - any condition, any strength
• Hand Tools and Workshop Tools ( Not Gardening ! )
• Sewing Machines
• Unwanted/Outgrown Trainers
• School Equipment for Gambia
• Bras ! Any condition Any Type
• Unwanted/Outgrown School Backpacks

Bicycles

Bicycles will be collected by  Upcycle based in Shipley - who have set up a number of workshops in prisons where bicycles can be refurbished by prisoners - learning a skill, using their time productively and giving something back to society.

We cant take Electric Bikes

The refurbished items are then donated onwards sometimes in the UK, but in the case of robust and serviceable items, onwards into the 3rd world.

Wheelchairs and Mobility Aids

Wheelchairs will also be refurbished by the Margaret Carey Foundation  in prison workshops, and then donated to people in 3rd world countries who desperately need them , but can't afford them.

Other mobility aids - crutches, walking frames etc - will be donated to PhysioNet a Rotary based charity in North Yorkshire who will refurbish items and transport them to people in the 3rd world who desperately need them, but can't afford them. Physionet and the Margaret Carey Foundation work closely together.

 Rollator reused in Bhutan

Spectacles

Your unwanted spectacles will be forwarded to the SpecSort charity - organised by Rotarians near York. All spectacles capable of being reused will be refurbished and sent to the 3rd World - usually to Africa - where there are people who desperately need them but cant afford them.

Hand and Power Tools

Hand and Power Tools, Workshop Equipment and Sewing Machines will be taken by the  "Ilkley Tools for Africa"  ITFA  volunteer group who will clean them up, refurbish them, and forward them to WORKAID . Workaid will assemble donations from round the country into kits so that people in Africa can earn a living. They assemble kits for carpenters, builders, small workshops, automotive repairs, dressmakers, tailors etc and ship them to Africa for donation. People can then start small businesses that help to kick-start their local economies. Click here to see what sort of tools and equipment are most needed.

BRAS !

Any condition - women in Africa need Bras.

If your are really old we can get them recycled - if they are new and frivolous we can sell them !

So any bra in any condition can be used

Trainers

We collect unwanted trainers - any size - for Biasan - who will use them to help refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers in Bradford 

Can you Clean Them Up Please 

School Equipment for GAMBIA

The Gambian Schools Trust (registered charity) are collecting school learning materials and equipment to fill a 40foot container to be sent from Shipley to Gambia in October.

No Clothing. No Toys - these are outside the customs agreement they have obtained. 

What they want is things like dictionaries, pictorial encyclopaedias, early years educational books, posters, pens and pencils, pencil sharpeners, rubbers, colour pencils (not wax or gel), biros 

Also some sports equipment - small cricket bats, pads, tennis balls, small racquets, blow-up footballs & pumps

If you have a spare banana box - put your items in that.

Stuff we might throw away is like gold dust to children in Gambia.

School Backpacks

We couldn't take these last year - but we are back on track - outgrown or unwanted childrens backpacks any condition - for children who need them but can't afford them.

Your donations will make a difference....

Save Landfill !

Give work to offenders who can learn a skill and pay something back to society.

Give people the means to earn a living, to be mobile, to better their lives.

These are life changing gifts 

Can't get the bike or wheelchair down to Ilkley centre?

We might be able to pick them up at an agreed time on the day.

Unfortunately, we don't have anywhere we can store them so we can't pick up before the day.

Fill in the form below and submit it

We will email you with an approximate time we could collect on the day.

In case you can't be in, please indicate where you can leave the kit.

Thank You!