17/01/2026
PLEASE READ AND HELP IF YOU CAN.
Our friend Matt has helped 100s of families over the years, and a coupon of days ago had his business (and livelihood) broken into.
Matt has never asked for anything from anyone, but we know that he and his family will be eternally grateful for the support.
Anything you could donate will help to replace these tools so Matt can continue to provide bikes to the local community.
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The bike shed. Old Town.(formerly Run & Repair) is a local bike shop run by local man Matt Jones. Since 2020, over 800 bikes have been passed on for free to the local community through the ‘Bikes for key workers’ scheme during the pandemic and the annual ‘Bikes for kids at Christmas’ scheme by Matt.
Matt won a Pride of Swindon award in 2022 for services to the community.
On 16th January, Matt discovered that his workshop had been broken into. Over £1500 worth of tools were stolen along with bikes. Not only has this affected Matt’s livelihood but he no longer has the tools he needs to fix and pass on the remaining bikes donated by the people of Swindon, to children and families in need in the local community.
Anything you could donate will help to replace these tools so Matt can continue to provide bikes to the local community.
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