The difference we make

This section provides an overview of the impact that we have on local people, local communities and the planet.

Volunteer hours

The following table provides an overview of the volunteer hours recorded each year and the value of those hours at the Scottish Living Wage hourly pay rate (shown in brackets)

Year	Volunteer hours	Value at Living Wage
2018-19	1947	£17,036 (£8.75)
2017-18	1143	£9,660 (£8.45)
2016-17	1483	£12,235 (£8.25)

Bike donations

The following table shows the number of bikes donated, bikes sold for reuse, the carbon savings from the reused bikes and the amount of metal sent for recycling.

Year	Bikes donated	Bikes reused	CO2 savings from reuse [1]	Metal recycled
2018-19	427	214	3563 kg	4060 kg
2017-18	438	238	3963 kg	2430 kg
2016-17	307	161	2681 kg	4840 kg
2015-16	294	118	1965 kg	5700 kg
2014-15	175	96	1598 kg	7430 kg
2013-14	129	89	1482 kg	2890 kg

[1] The carbon savings are based on calculations available on the AERESS website http://reutilizayevitaco2.aeress.org/en/

Thanks to reusing 916 bikes we have:

• saved 15,251 kg of CO2 which is the equivalent of
• 774,725 trees absorbing CO2 in one day
• 2656 cars being removed from the roads for one day