Annual Programming Report Activities January December 2016

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1 Annual Programming Report Activities January December 2016

2 TOTAL PARTICIPANT VISITS: 7,221 On-Site Participant Visits: 4754 Open Shop: 2666 Volunteer Shop: 628 LocalMotion: 221 Earn-a-Bike: 809 Youth Bike Builders: 271 UpCycle Workshops: 159 Off-Site Participant Visits: 2467 Outreach Workshops: 668 Resource Reclamation Workshops: 228 Cycle of Giving: 226 Bike Distribution Events: 1345 TOTAL VOLUNTEER HOURS: 8373 TOTAL WEIGHT OF BIKES/PARTS DIVERTED FROM THE WASTE STREAM: 23,192 KG THE WRENCH BY THE NUMBERS TOTALS: School/community bike shops established: 5 Workshops: 508 Rebuilt bikes distributed: 1579 Helmets distributed: 1025 The WRENCH is a registered charity that creates stronger, healthier communities by removing barriers to building, repairing and maintaining bicycles with a focus on educating youth. We make bikes accessible to the public by: Providing programming, education and resources for community members, groups and organizations Supporting emerging and existing school and community bike shops. Promoting bike use and culture within our city & beyond. Since 2010 The WRENCH has utilized volunteer labour and bicycle parts reclaimed from the waste stream to create community bike projects that educate youth, empower volunteers and provide people with affordable, sustainable active transportation options. The WRENCH operates the largest and best equipped community bike shop in western Canada and is a national leader in community bike programming. We envision a world where everyone is empowered to use bicycles as transportation and have access to the space to learn bike repair skills regardless of their gender, age, income, ability, ethnicity, or geographic location. 02 THE WRENCH ANNUAL PROGRAMMING REPORT ACTIVITIES JANUARY - DECEMBER 2016

3 PROGRAMMING WRENCH programming empowers youth and other community members through opportunities that support healthy living, build community, develop valuable skills and instill confidence and self-esteem. In the process, we conserve resources by accessing and redistributing unused and unclaimed bicycles. DROP-IN WORKSHOPS: Drop-in workshops are run year-round and free of charge. Open Shop Drop-In: On Open Shop days participants drop in to fix their bike or build a bike with the assistance of WRENCH staff and volunteers. Everyone is welcome to participate. To ensure that money is not a barrier to accessing services/ resources, all bicycles/parts are offered by suggested donation (sliding scale) or in exchange for volunteer time (average 4.5 hours for a bicycle). LocalMotion Drop-In: In 2016 The WRENCH launched LocalMotion, a new programming site at the Forks. LocalMotion Drop-In activities include assistance with bike repairs as well as structured workshops around bicycle mechanics. Number of workshops: 27 Participant visits: 221 Number of workshops: 47 Participant visits: 2666 Volunteer Shop Drop-In: On Volunteer Shop days participants build skills by stripping, recycling and sorting bicycles/parts or working on other tasks that support WRENCH programming. Once per month Volunteer Shop hours are expanded to include a volunteer orientation. Training the Trainers: Training the Trainers workshops increase the skill level of community bike shop volunteers. Workshops are held on and off-site. Topics are based on requests from community bike shop volunteers. Number of workshops: 16 Participant visits: 142 Number of workshops: 38 Participant visits: 628 THE WRENCH ANNUAL PROGRAMMING REPORT ACTIVITIES JANUARY - DECEMBER

4 EARN-A-BIKE Over the course of 8-12 workshops or a 5 days camp, youth participants rebuild a bike from the ground up. Each EaB includes bicycle safety skills instruction. By the end of the EaB each participant has a bicycle (that they built themselves), the knowledge and skills to repair and maintain it, a helmet, lock and lights. Number of EaB courses & camps: 14 Number of participant visits: 809 Number of bikes built: 125 EMPLOYMENT SKILLS TRAINING Youth Bike Builders - After School Leaders: Over a series of 24 workshops Youth Bike Builders (YBB) provides participants with well-rounded training for employment, covering everything from fundamental to advanced bicycle mechanics, frame painting, resume writing and road riding skills. In the process YBB participants build a bicycle to keep for themselves and one or more to sell (participants keep the revenue). Youth who successfully complete YBB are eligible for summer employment at The WRENCH. Number of workshops: 48 Number of participant visits: 271 Number of bikes built: 38 Number of youth summer staff employed: 3 Earn-a-Bike 2016 UpCycle: The UpCycle program provides under/unemployed community bike shop volunteers with paid training and work experience, marketable skills and holistic support while generating revenue for The WRENCH and providing the public with accessible high quality bicycles and bike services. Number of workshops: 23 Participant visits: 159 Bikes built: 477 OUTREACH WORKSHOPS The WRENCH conducts off-site outreach workshops year round in partnership with schools, community centres and youth agencies. Workshops vary from public bike repair stations or road risk reduction training to bicycle art projects and instruction on specific bicycle components/systems. Number of workshops: 40 Participant visits: 668 Community Tune-up workshop in Little Grand Rapids 04 THE WRENCH ANNUAL PROGRAMMING REPORT ACTIVITIES JANUARY - DECEMBER 2016

5 SPECIAL EVENTS CYCLE OF GIVING 2016 marked The WRENCH s 6th Annual Cycle of Giving. This 24 hour kids bike building marathon brought volunteers from across the province together to build over 335 bikes. The bicycles, along with helmets and handmade cards, were distributed to children in need in partnership with 20 community organizations. Number of volunteers: 226 Number of bikes built: 335+ BIKE DISTRIBUTION EVENTS IRCOM Bike Bazaar Photo credit: The Winnipeg Foundation In 2012 The WRENCH partnered with Manitoba Justice to create a bike shop for the Winding River Therapeutic Community addictions treatment program at the Headingley Correctional Centre. The WRENCH continues to support Winding River and bicycles rebuilt through the program are distributed to children in need at WRENCH distribution events. Community Bike Bazaars: Community Bike Bazaars are family friendly, block party style events that celebrate bicycle riding as a healthy, fun, environmentally sustainable form of transportation and recreation. The centrepiece of the Bazaar is a free kids bike swap for local families. Other activities include bike games, bike decorating, bike sales and bike repair stations. Number of events: 4 Participant visits: 850 Number of children s bicycles distributed: 210 Bike Together Winnipeg Events: Bike Together Winnipeg events are partnerships between The WRENCH and the Bike Together Winnipeg coalition. Each event is held at a Manitoba Housing complex where children are matched with rebuilt bicycles.they also receive helmets, locks, bells and lessons on how to ride their new bicycles. Number of events: 4 Participant visits: 495 Number of children s bicycles distributed: 223 COMMUNITY EVENTS The WRENCH rolls out mobile repair stands to community events across Winnipeg to promote community bike shops and assist people with bike repair. In 2016 The WRENCH engaged over 2258 participants at community events including: Bike Week, Winter Bike Congress, City of Winnipeg Bike Auction, Many Fest, Earth Day, Days of Caring, Doors Open Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Folk Festival. THE WRENCH ANNUAL PROGRAMMING REPORT ACTIVITIES JANUARY - DECEMBER

6 SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLBIKE SHOPS The WRENCH supports and increases the number of school and community bike shops through outreach, consultation, promotion and by providing access to bicycles, parts, tools and volunteers. The WRENCH staff mentor community and school project leaders and provide off-site consulting. In 2016 The WRENCH assisted with the start-up of: John G Stewart School - Knowles Centre Bike Shop La Barriere Crossing School Crank House Bike Shop Stanley Knowles High School Bike Shop Grant Park High School Bike Shop City of Portage la Prairie Active Transportation Committee - The Greasy Chain Community Bike Shop RECYCLING & RE-USE Each year WRENCH programming diverts tons of bicycles and bike parts from the waste stream. Individuals and organizations donate hundreds of bicycles to The WRENCH, but the majority are acquired through a partnership with the City of Winnipeg, Brady 4R Winnipeg Depot. Resource Reclamation Workshops: Participants process bicycles/parts at the Brady 4R Winnipeg Depot for re-use. Number of bike reclamation workshops: 28 Number of volunteers: THE WRENCH ANNUAL PROGRAMMING REPORT ACTIVITIES JANUARY - DECEMBER 2016

7 COMMUNITY All the groundbreaking programming you have just read about is made possible by people like you! In 2016 hundreds volunteers donated 8,300+ hours of their time of to support WRENCH programming - teaching people to fix bikes during Open Shop, assisting with youth programs, reclaiming bikes from the waste stream, sorting parts and patching tubes, doing outreach at community events, and helping out in many other marvellous ways. It is an honour to work with such a dedicated, generous community of people. Thank you all for sharing your time, skills and knowledge! In April 2016, Paul Pelletier received special accolades, winning Volunteer Manitoba s Premier Service Award for his countless hours volunteering for The WRENCH and other local organizations. Thanks for all you do, Paul! THE WRENCH S 2016 PROGRAMING GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY: Province of Manitoba (After School Leaders, After School Leaders Work Experience, Urban Green Team, Waste Reduction and Pollution Prevention) The Winnipeg Foundation (Summer Camps, Community Grants, Youth in Philanthropy) Government of Canada (EcoAction, Canada Summer Jobs) City of Winnipeg Richardson Foundation Manitoba Community Services Council Carolyn Sifton Foundation Canadian National Railway Company MEC Assiniboine Credit Union Emterra Enterprising Non-Profits Local Investment Toward Employment Johnson Group Manitoba Public Insurance Manitoba Tire Stewardship MTS (Future First) Pollard Bank Note United Way of Winnipeg Daniel McIntyre St. Matthews Community Association West Broadway Community Organization Spence Neighbourhood Association North End Renewal Corporation Bikes & Beyond Black Pearl Coffee CWS Logistics Ltd. El Izalco Market Hunter and Gunn Jonnies Sticky Buns Kendrick Quality Printing Inc. Natural Cycle Panago Pizza Salisbury House Sleepy Owl Bread Toledo Foods Print Shop by Vantage Thank you to the individual donors who supported the WRENCH activities in 2016! THE WRENCH ANNUAL PROGRAMMING REPORT ACTIVITIES JANUARY - DECEMBER

8 FINANCIAL REPORT REVENUE % 2015 % DONATIONS, FUNDRAISING & OTHER INCOME 51,461 46, BIKE BUILD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE 33,011 23, GRANTS 224, , PROGRAM REVENUE 19,300 23, CHARITABLE DONATIONS 7,706 5, , , EXPENSES % 2015 % PROGRAMMING 64,053 47, STAFFING 202, , ORGANIZATIONAL + OVERHEAD 57,792 40, , , THE WRENCH 1057 LOGAN AVENUE WINNIPEG, MANITOBA CANADA R3E 3N8 YOUTH/FORMAL PROGRAMMING INQUIRIES: GENERAL INQUIRIES: QUESTIONS ABOUT VOLUNTEERING: PHONE: PROGRAMS@THEWRENCH.CA INFO@THEWRENCH.CA VOLUNTEER@THEWRENCH.CA