Bicycle and repair maintenance

An integrated learning facility combining Health and Safety and basic mechanical theory with the disassembly, painting and assembly of a bicycle.

A modern, fully equipped motor vehicle workshop and classrooms.

Bicycles will be provided by the Project the students to work on.

Overalls, gloves, safety boots, goggles, all safety equipment as required by law – all provided by The Wheels Project

1 x 2 ½ hour session a week for 6 weeks.

Week 1

Introduction:

• Content and Structure
  Workshop Supervisors – 30 mins
• Completion of Personnel Monitoring forms by students
  Workshop Supervisors/ Teacher or Youth Worker – 45 mins
• Health & Safety
  Workshop Supervisors – 60 mins
• Break
  15 mins

Weeks 2-5

• Bicycle disassembly, frame preparation and assembly
• Use of tools and equipment
• Introduction to safe working practices
• Completion of End of Course Evaluation Forms by Wheels staff, students and key worker to measure any transformations observed
• Tidy up
• Break
  15 mins

Week 6

• Off site activity

• All learners who complete the course may (see the next three points) be eligible to participate in the off site activity.
• Wheels’ Supervisors have the discretion to bar a learner from attending the activity, on the grounds of safety, if that learner’s behaviour throughout the course has caused sufficient concern.  The learner will be informed of this decision during the final session at Wheels prior to the activity taking place.
• A learner will be excluded from the activity if he/she has been absent for more than two sessions.
• A learner will not be able to attend the activity if he/she has not returned the signed parent/guardian consent form (given out during the first session at Wheels) by the week before at the latest.
• Two members of staff  must be present at the activity.  At least one will be a member of the Wheels Project staff, the other maybe a Key Worker from the referring organisation.
• One member of staff accompanying a group will be able to take part in the activity, provided there are at least two members of staff present.

GENERAL CONDUCT OF LEARNERS

• No alcohol or illegal drugs are allowed and anyone suspected of being under the influence will be excluded for that session.
• Students who repeatedly break the rules agreed in week 1 will be warned by our Supervisors, their referring supervisor notified and may be excluded from the group permanently if that behaviour continues.
• Violent behaviour will result in immediate removal from the course.
• Students will be warned against bullying behaviour and will be removed from the course if this behaviour persists.

TRANSPORT

Transport of students is not guaranteed to be provided by the The Wheels Project.

In-house Bronze certificate of completion.

Groups will be pre-formed by the referring organisation.
Group size is restricted to a maximum of 8 students.
Wheels does not have more than one group at its centre at any one time.
New Learners can start up to week 2 but not after.
A Risk Assessment on pupils must be completed by Key Workers before start of course – those with history of violent behaviour are excluded from Wheels programmes.
Students and referring agents must each complete an Evidence of Need questionnaire supplied by The Wheels Project before joining

Students’ behaviour should be causing concern to group leaders and exhibit at least three of the following factors:

Aged between 14 – 24 years
Anti-social behaviour
Poor educational record
Truanting
Exclusion from school
History in substance mis-use but not in the past 6 months
Criminal record

The Wheels Project Ltd
31-32 Bonville Road
Brislington
Bristol BS4 5QH

Tel: 0117 971 1711
Contact: David Glossop, General Manager
Email: david@wheelsproject.org.uk

• 2 Workshop Supervisors from The Wheels Project
• 1 Teacher/Key Worker from referring Group (recommended)