BRAINWAVE FOR BIKES 

Brainwave Bikes is part of Brainwave Australia, which was founded in 1994 by Josephine Nichols who had a young child diagnosed with a brain tumour. Josephine saw the need to provide practical support and care to children and families who are impacted by neurological conditions and created the Brainwave charity to meet these needs.

When Paul Bird, CEO of Brainwave Australia, saw bikes left out for hard rubbish in his neighbourhood, it sparked an idea. Instead of letting these bikes go to waste at the tip,

why not repair them, sell them, and use the profits as another fundraising avenue for the charity?

From that simple idea, Brainwave Bikes social enterprise has grown to be Melbourne’s largest second-hand bike dealer.

STAR-ACTION hosted an evening on April 24th, to promote the excellent social enterprise ‘Brainwave for Bikes’. Kieran McMahon spoke with passion and enthusiasm about this venture where you can:

DONATE an old bike in any condition - stopping it from filling up landfill

BUY an affordable second hand bike, or have your bike serviced from the shop in Dingley (6/42-44 Garden Boulevard Dingley)

Or

VOLUNTEER to support the team at the bike shop or at brainwave.org.au

 Thanks to those who entered our raffle. We raised $405 for Brainwave: brainwave.org.au

and collected 19 bikes in our drive!