SoundCycle CIC

31/08/2026

Good morning everyone.
Thank you so much for your kind words and support following yesterday's post. You may have noticed it is no longer available to watch, this is not a bad thing!
The huge response reached far and wide leading to contact from a group aligned with our aims.
We'll be meeting to make a plan to benefit the greater area from the repair and distribution of the instruments.
I'll update you soon!
Thank you again for the shares, follows and support.

SoundCycle CIC - Sustainability in Music

29/08/2026

Donations this week!

Bradford's musicians and public have shown immense community spirit this week with these fabulous donations:
Pic 1&2 Augustin Bousfield Music brought in a YAMAHA SY85 vintage synth. Gus will perform with Gurgles on Sunday 20th September at Saltaire Festival
Pic 3 Kath and The Kicks' bass player Tony Harrison gave his lovely Trace Elliot bass amp and 4x10" cab. The band will play at Saltaire Festival on Sunday 20th September on the main stage!
Pic 4 Chris Darby from Subject to Status (UK) donated a mixing desk, power amp and bass amp
Pic 5 Jayne Learoyd called-by with her late husband's beloved Roland W30 workstation
Pic 6 Dave Ellam borrowed some keyboard stands for an EMOM and gave us a LANEY bass practice amp!
Pic 7 Chris Egan came this morning with some guitars he was clearing out before moving house

Also in this week and heading for service are John Dey's Sax, Bass and TAMA snare, plus Pete Dublab's PARK 50w bass amp!

What an incredible week (and a bit) of donations from Bradford's music community. Now we prepare each item to go to those who need it.

We are on the lookout for our next school project. If your Bradford, Keighley or Ilkley school has broken musical instruments and equipment, message Bren on 07769 922278 and we will set a date to repair and return it, plus upgrade your music provision thanks to our community's donations!

SoundCycle CIC- Creating a culture of circularity in Bradford's Music scene.

14/08/2026

This week's donations!

Another exciting week of collections and drop-offs of donated instruments and equipment for SoundCycle to refurbish and rehome in Bradford's schools.

Pic1 - Jony Hunter of High Parasite models a lovely Marshall combo donated by his fiancee Charlie Heap
Pic2 - Jon brought us his wife Joanne Munz' beautiful Cello in a gig bag
Pic3 - Graham called in with his and Fay's son's Squier Showmaster guitar
Pic4 - Wendy Kershaw called by with her husband Phil to donate their parents' Casiotone MT-220 keyboard
Pic5 - Teresa Jones gave a classic YAMAHA PSR-2 keyboard
Pic6 - Emma Louise posted us her unneeded flute!

Our wonderful donors and supporters are a huge part of SoundCycle's journey and have helped us to intercept, service and prepare almost 2.8 tons of musical equipment for those in need since April.

From Andy and I, you have our heartfelt thanks and appreciation.

SoundCycle CIC - Sustainability in Music

11/08/2026

SoundCycle CIC - Sustainability in Music for schools and colleges

We source unwanted music equipment & instruments then refurbish and prepare them for donation to school music departments, groups for disadvantaged youths, young adults with special educational needs and not-for-profit music projects in the Bradford District.

If your school department's broken musical instruments and equipment are affecting pupils' ability to learn and perform please message or WhatsApp 07769 922278
SoundCycle CIC can return your school's instruments, amps and other musical equipment to factory working condition with new strings, parts and PAT Testing for peace of mind.

We have helped schools including Appleton Academy (Wyke), Titus Salt School (Saltaire) and St. Bede's and St. Joseph's Catholic College (Bradford) vastly improving their provision of musical equipment without purchasing costly new replacements, saving almost 3 Tons of equipment considered end-of-life from landfill since April.

07/08/2026

This week's donations!

Some work, some don't, but all will go through testing, repairs, service and preparation before they are fit to go onto their new life in the hands of those who need them!

Pic1 - Robert Kershaw (Bob) and Wendy had a clear-out and gave some practice amps and drums
Pic2 - Josh Paolo Cavanagh of Bradford's Moodhangar offered some lovely guitars
Pic3 - Susan Fricker called by and gave her husband's VOX guitar amp
Pic4 - Bass player Philip Kampen and I chatted about the history of his donated instruments and amps with some made in England in the 50s, 60s 70s and others more recently
Pic5 - Fergus Ewan donated his unwanted DJ system with mixer and mic

Thank you so much to this week's donors, you're very kind.
Follow the page to see where your donations go when ready for use, it also helps your friends find us and can lead to us working with their local school, grassroots venue, music group etc to repair or rehome instruments and equipment.

SoundCycle - Sustainability in Music

06/08/2026

Let the madness begin!
Thanks to support from The Leap and Bradford Council we begin our biggest school repair project ever!

Almost 2,000 pupils attend St Bede's & St Joseph's Catholic College in Bradford across their Ardor and Ignis sites and two large music departments. It is the largest Catholic College in the UK.

Our aim is to return every broken guitar, bass, keyboard, amp and musical equipment to factory working order, set up to play better than original spec on new strings with new parts, saving hundreds of kilos of equipment from waste and improving musical provision at the busy school for its students.

Music department head David Herringshaw dropped-off Ardor's first lot of instruments and amps and we got straight to work.
He even left with some of your excellent donated amps for his department, serviced by SoundCycle!

We'll keep you up to date and show you the transformation of some of the dozens of instruments as we tackle this mammoth task!

Can we help your child's school save their broken equipment and improve education in music? Ask the Music head to contact SoundCycle CIC on 07769 922278

SoundCycle - Sustainability in Music

05/08/2026

We have been awarded a grant!

SoundCycle CIC has received Creative Climate Action funding from the-leap.org.uk and Bradford Council to help us grow regional adoption of our circular economy principles in music!

See the announcement in this BBC article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8xy495zrno

As part of the grant guidelines we now take on our biggest school repair project to date!
But that's not all...
A condition of the grant is that we must put on a live music event showcasing equipment saved from disposal and refurbished by SoundCycle CIC
It just so happens that I am Trustee and Stage Director of The North's largest free-to-attend community festival, Saltaire Festival!

Our equipment will be used on a brand-new stage featuring eighteen acts over two days on 19th and 20th September in Saltaire!
Stay tuned for updates or visit https://www.facebook.com/SaltaireFestival

We're keen to stop the unnecessary waste of unwanted instruments and music equipment, receiving leads on items due to go to the tip or in a skip every week.

The grant will allow us to improve our provision of services to a greater number of schools with broken equipment and now PAT test each mains powered item to certify the quality of our work.

Many thanks to Andrea Dean, Deepest Shabz and Kath Clark for their support and for believing in our vision to change our city's musical culture to one of sustainability to be enjoyed by generations to come.

30/07/2026

This week's incredible donations:
Pic1 - Philip Ramsden brought in his friend's PA mixer, speakers and stands
Pic2 - Linda and Ihor Panas gave there grown-up sons' childhood classical guitars
Pic3 - Kate Livesey donated her Korg stage Piano
Pic4 - Cath Spalding called to say that she had discovered SoundCycle and that her husband Bob would love his prized Trumpet to help young musicians now he has retired from brass bands
Pic5 - Lizzie Palliser called this morning to give her Yamaha keyboard and 1950s Hohner Accordian
Thanks also to Katie Roughton for her keyboard stand.

I have met some wonderful people this week who wish to see others benefit from their instruments and equipment.

Thank you everyone who spreads the word about SoundCycle CIC.
Donations will be serviced before going on to help countless musicians across the Bradford District.

We believe that circularity is long overdue in music, it's time to adopt a model of care, repair and recycling of valuable musical equipment for the benefit of future generations.

SoundCycle - Sustainability in Music

25/07/2026

There's a wonderful article about SoundCycle CIC in the Sustainable Futures Newsletter from Bradford Council.
Scroll down the page a bit!

Sustainable Futures Newsletter - July 2026 View as a webpage / Share Sustainable Futures Newsletter July 2026 Take a look at the round up of sustainability stories and information from all sectors across Bradford District, featuring inspirational community initiatives, grant and funding opportunitie...

23/07/2026

Jenny Zigzag's wonderful percussion, curated on her and her husband's world travels found a new home this morning at Mojo Jack Music, a fantsastic music group for young SEN adults based at Salts Hub Saltaire.
Gonzo (pictured) leads the charity and gives the budding musicians and singers many opportunities to perform around the Bradford District and we thought the percussion would be the perfect fit with their fun, energetic style.

SoundCycle CIC Sustainability in Music