Cash boost will keep the wheels turning for Renfrew bicycle workshop social enterprise

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A Renfrew social enterprise is peddling into 2023 thanks to £3,000 grant.Kustom Kruizers, based at the former public toilets in Robertson Park, was awarded the cash by Glasgow Airport’s FlightPath Fund to continue to engage youngsters in a sustainable mode of transport that bolsters physical and mental well-being.Run by Dave Neill and his wife Rosslyn, Kustom Kruizers offers term-time workshops all year round in partnership with secondary schools across Renfrewshire and beyond.The pupils involved learn how to strip down, repair, refurbish and rebuild the many donated or unwanted bikes that are handed in.Once the bikes are restored, they are then sold at greatly reduced prices within the local community.Renfrewshire Live, the new free app dedicated to bringing you around the clock breaking news, is now available to download.Powered by the Paisley Daily Express, Renfrewshire Live is your go-to source for news, features and sport with live coverage provided direct to the app, seven days a week.The dedicated team of experienced journalists, responsible for the publication of the award-winning Express, will focus on breaking news, day and night, across Renfrewshire’s towns and villages.There is also a dedicated St Mirren section that will follow every kick of the ball with the Buddies.Available on both Android and Apple.

Download here: smarturl.it/RenfrewLiveSocialDave said: “Our fundamental principle is to take a simple tool – such as a bicycle – and use it to engage with potentially disenfranchised individuals and young people.“Not only do our workshops bestow practical life skills, they allow members of the community to participate in cycling, an activity that we are deeply enthusiastic about to promote health and