The Wheels Project

New address! 

After 17 years at our current site in Emery Road we have moved to new premises, half a mile away, at:

31-32 Bonville Road, Brislington, Bristol BS4 5QH

Our contact details remain the same.

We now have two distinct workshops, each with its own classroom, which will enable us to deliver more programmes to more groups each year. 

Please take a look at our photo gallery to see more pictures of our new facilities.

Who is it for?

The young people with whom we work live mostly in the socially deprived areas of Bristol but we also accept referrals from groups based in surrounding areas such as the Unitary Authorities in BANES, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.  

We are targeting pre formed groups of 13 - 24 year olds attached to local community groups whose individuals may be disaffected, low achievers, truanting or unemployed and at risk of commiting crime or being involved in a road traffic collision leading to death or serious inury. 

Referral process 

We are unable to accept referrals for individuals.

Referrals are made by group leaders who may be attached to Youth Offending Teams, Youth Inclusion Programmes, Pupil Referal Units, Youth Groups, Offender Management Teams, Schools and any other group within our local community working with this group of individuals. 

If you are a key worker, working with a learner who is interested in attending The Wheels Project, then we recommend you talk to other members within your team, or local community, with the aim of establishing a group (maximum size of 8) to refer to us.

What do we do?

Our activities are practical, hands on and the majority of our programme delivery is based in our motor vehicle workshops. 

It is very likely that most of these learners will be experiencing many social problems and our activities are aimed at developing their social and life skills. 

Many of our learners experience difficulties with basic skills in reading, writing and arithmetic and our programmmes enable many of these skills to be learnt through embedded activities in our workshop pitched at an appropriate level.

Wanted!

Vehicles for our groups to work on. 

If you have any going free, please get in touch with our Workshop Manager on 0117 971 1711 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Types of vehicles we are looking for are small hatch backs and any vehicles that we can gift to  community groups such as minibuses Land Rovers and vans.