The Margaret Carey Foundation (MCF) is a regional charity that works both within the criminal justice system and with vulnerable and marginalised communities to give people the chance to help others and learn new skills. It is our mission to provide training opportunities, resources and environments that support rehabilitation of people in prisons in order to help break the cycle of re-offending as well as undertaking preventative work in the community.
We rescue scrapped bicycles and wheelchairs that are no longer in use and set up workshops where prisoners clean, adjust and repair them to a high standard. We then give all the refurbished wheelchairs and a proportion of the bikes to communities in need, in the UK and in developing countries.

In this way, prisoners work to make life easier and better for disadvantaged people. At the same time as helping others, offenders learn to develop a positive work ethic, gain useful skills and become better prepared for employment after release.

Communities: In the autumn of 2015, we launched a new community bike project called MCF Bradford Bikery, based in social housing in central Bradford, and working in partnership with InCommmunities. Also in 2015, we opened an affordable community bike shop and workshop in Shipley, which has since thrived into a sustainable social enterprise