About Sanctuary Wheels

Sanctuary Wheels provides free, refurbished bikes to refugees across Oxfordshire. We provide bikes, lights and locks so that refugees are able to get around more independently, get kids more freedom, and giving them better access to essential services and getting to know their new communities. 

Since starting in 2022 we have passed on hundreds bikes to asylum seekers and refugees in Oxfordshire. Sanctuary Wheels operates within Asylum Welcome who provide a wide array of services and support to help refugees and asylum seekers.  

Asylum Welcome explain‘s why a bike makes so much difference: 

“We see, and our clients tell us, that having a bike makes a huge difference to their morale, gets them out and doing, gives them freedom of transport across the city and often is a crucial factor in being able to take up educational and therapeutic support. It can be a major stage in becoming an independent member of society.”