Manchester Central Foodbank (http://manchestercentral.foodbank.org.uk) are looking for cyclists to help move food around the city to their distribution centre at the Chaplaincy on Oxford Road.  They have some bikes and trailers for the purpose and are hoping to build a list of people to occasionally help out (they emphasise that it needn’t be a big or regular commitment).  If you’re interested, please get in touch with them at bikes@manchestercentral.foodbank.org.uk and they’ll get back to you.

UMBUG held an open meeting on Tuesday 13th January to generate ideas for key projects in 2015 to support current and potential cyclists at the University.

It was an excellent brainstorming session and many suggestions were made on how UMBUG can:

• promote the group and cycling at the University;
• further investment for current (and future) cyclists;
• help promote modal change (from cars to bikes).

UMBUG is always looking for willing volunteers to help make a difference. If you’d like to get involved, just send us an email.

There has been a spate of bike thefts on campus, 7 in the last week (correct 12/1/15) – many of which involved cable locks being snipped.  Please do check out the University’s crime reduction page, where subsidised heavy-duty d-locks are available, as well as times & places for getting your frame security-marked:

http://www.estates.manchester.ac.uk/services/security/estates-sevices-ian-ourservices/crimereduce/

Crime Reduction at UoM’s facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/CrimeReductionAtTheUniversityOfManchester/timeline