Active Travel

A part of a Greener Melrose, eBikes for Borderers offers low cost monthly trials of Cube, Trek and Raleigh bikes to people interested in seeing if they could replace car journeys to work, for shopping or leisure with an electric bike as well as improving their overall health and wellbeing by getting out in the countryside and doing some light exercise. Bikes can be tried out, collected and returned to our storage facility near Magnet in Tweedbank. Typical costs for the month is £80 for a Raleigh and £100 for the Cubes and Trek. We have Cube bikes of different sizes to suit everyone.

Bicycle refurbishing charity - Home - Just Cycle 

We are a social enterprise promoting walking and cycling for leisure, health and active travel in, around, to, and from Galashiels in the beautiful Scottish Borders. Our services include bike hire, e-bike hire, trike/e-trike hire, bike repairs & servicing, weekly walks, weekly cycle rides and local information. More details on our website - Hike & Bike Hub, Galashiels (hikebikegalashiels.co.uk)

Home Basics has been supporting and encouraging reuse for over 20 years. We have outlets in Walkerburn and Hawick.

Borders Wheels is a charity based in the Scottish Borders, We provide Community Transport across the Borders and have four locality bases: Berwickshire, Galashiels, Teviot and Tweed.  Borders Wheels is the unification of 4 Community Transport organisations in the Borders, Teviot, Gala and Tweed came together first and we brought in Berwickshire Wheels in April 2024.

The Larder is now in its “forever home” at the Community Annexe in the grounds of the primary school where we have fridges and freezers to stock perishable items that we collect from the following supermarkets- Co-op, Morrisons, Sainsburys, Asda, Lidl and Marks and Spencers. Please come and help us reduce food waste that would otherwise go to landfill. You can have up to 10 items, as many items from the “rumble box”as you want and we even have pet food. All are welcome.

A local voluntary group raising awareness of climate change, and taking action in the  Berwick area to improve the environment. Monthly Repair Cafe - last Saturday every month.  Lots of opportunities to volunteer.

The basic aim of ‘Teri Bikes’ is to establish a fleet of rented e-bikes for both locals and visitors, seeking to populate the new Active Travel Network with an eco-friendly, healthy, quicker, cross-town transport option. Complimenting this ambition, with a remit to support community health and wellbeing, ‘A Positive Start CIC’ are aiming to use mainly regular bicycles.

We are a community-led project that is based at Station House in Stow.

Sea the Change was established in 2018. We began as a group of dedicated volunteers, encouraging our community outdoors to enjoy and protect the environment.

Project focused on creating a shared access path from Tweedbank to Eyemouth

We are a small social enterprise established to promote walking and cycling for leisure, health and active travel in, around, to, and from Galashiels in the beautiful Scottish Borders. Our hire fleet includes Trek leisure hybrid bikes, e-bikes, children’s bikes, a trike and an e-trike. All are suitable for use on tarmac and gravel paths.