3 years ago when I came to Beehive to study Tailoring & Design my teacher, Maria, was so kind and understanding. I was going through financial problems and could not afford the tuition fee. She helped me raise funds to pay the fees and I graduated with a Diploma. I am where I am because someone sacrificed her time & resources to help me become who I am right now. Thank you Beehive
We’d like to say a huge thank you to L&R site services and Nigel Holdcroft Auto Bodies both in Stoke on Trent. They’ve given us huge amounts on time in helping us to get our new Elephant Bike range ready for sale. The bikes are looking great and we’ll be ready for launch in just…
All our volunteers are amazing, but Willem van Doorn a gentle yet determined IT Manager from Holland deserves special mention. He’s our longest serving volunteer having dedicated the past two and a half years of his life to Beehive Centre for Social Enterprise. The majority of Willem’s time has been spent organising IT networks across…
Huge apologies to everyone who follows this blog, you may have noticed our lack of blogging. We have no excuse other than we’ve just been too busy doing things to write about them. So here is a quick round up of our main activities over the last year and what a year we’ve had! Krizevac…
Or should that be “bikeman’s holiday”!? It’s been a hectic year here at Krizevac, launching the Elephant Bike enterprise has meant we’ve all been busy busy, so I was very much looking forward to my recent two week break. In planning a camping and caravanning holiday for myself and my husband, I realised that we…
Last year we received thousands of donated children’s bicycles from Halfords. It’s easy to understand the value of adult bikes in Malawi; grown-ups need to get to work and transport goods. But we’re often asked, and we even question ourselves, about the value of children’s bikes. This story of Brian and David really brings home…