Daytime Bicycle workshop
| Organization Details | |
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| Organization Name: | The Bike Dump |
| Address: | 631 Main Street Winnipeg MB R3B 1E1 |
| Website: | http://bike-dump.ca/ |
| Organizational Description: | The Bike dump is a volunteer-run community bicycle education space. We offer: -Tools and space to fix your bike -A stock of recycled bike frames and parts from which to build yourself a bike -Volunteers to help guide you through repairs, or with a bike-building project -Refurbished, recycled bicycles for sale on a sliding scale -Bicycle repair workshops We strive: -To make cycling - and bicycle repair knowledge - accessible to everyone -To organize ourselves transparently, democratically, and non-hierarchically -To offer creative alternatives to auto dependency and its consequences If you would like to be part of our family, show up to any open shift, and tell the volunteers present that you would like to volunteer. We will show you around and you will know right away if this is the sort of volunteer opportunity you desire. |
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| Volunteer Opportunity Details | |
| Volunteer Opportunity ID: | 5616 |
| Description of Duties: | The Bike Dump would like to add a shift during the week, during the day. We have not started yet, could be 10am-noon, 1pm - 3 on a week day. The goals of the shift will be stripping parts off of unrepairable bikes, and possibly building up bikes for sale. There will be a senior mechanic on shift who will be able to assist and teach. No experience beyond basic hand tool wrenching necessary. At this time, you would be putting your name forward to have a meeting and discuss the best times and ways to get this moving. |
| Skills Required: | Basic use of wrenches, allen keys, and similar, and a willingness to learn. If you have bike repair experience, that would be a plus! |
| Skills Gained/Related Careers: | Basic bicycle disassembly, assembly and repair |
| Age: | 18-30, 31-54, 55+ |
| Time Commitment: | Daytime , Micro Volunteering X
Micro Volunteering - any self contained volunteer opportunity that can be completed in a short amount of time, often through a web-enabled device. |
| Location of volunteer opportunity: | Winnipeg - Downtown |
| Does opportunity require a criminal record check? | No |
| Does opportunity require a child abuse registry check? | No |
| Opportunity is available to candidates that: | Group - small, family and friends Are able to attend with a support person Uses a mobility device |
| Organization will provide: | A letter of reference Supervision Training/Orientation |
| How to Apply: |
Email: winnipegbikedump@gmail.com |
| Closing Date: | May 1, 2025 |
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