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Bike rider Paul Sims saw that Make Your Mark was created to
mental health was often champion mental health awareness in a
overlooked in the motorcycling space often overlooked. Bikers are good
community. He decided to change people who are often negatively
that, and invented the Bike and stereotyped as noisy and anti-social and
Brew Passport. therefore left to fend for themselves. Yet
so many already do so many good things
Make Your Mark is a relatively new for their communities. We want to show
registered charity focused on the positive the world the true power of biker
mental wellbeing of the motorbike kindness – because it really does exist.
community. We are focused on
strengthening ourselves and the So, with that knowledge, we thought how
communities we live in by encouraging can we get more bikers out riding with
and promoting Motorbiker Acts of purpose, supporting the places we love
Random Kindness (“MARKs”). to visit, all whilst raising money for
grassroots community charities and
At MARK, we believe that a motorcycle is organisations. The inaugural Bike and
more than just a machine or a mode of Brew Passport event does just that!
transport – it’s a lifeline. It’s a path to
wellbeing, healing, connection and “Motorcycling is more than
positivity. For so many riders, especially just a pastime, it’s a lifeline,
those navigating the struggles of mental a community, and can be
health, the open road offers something used as a force for good.”
extraordinary: mindfulness, clarity,
purpose and peace.
In 2025 we signed up 90 biker-
friendly cafes throughout Wales, the
border counties and the Cotswolds
to join our rather unique challenge
that combines café culture, some
awesome roads, stunning
countryside where bikers can meet
like-minded friends and have a chat
over a brew. We had 3,300 bikers
loving the experience and, especially
the fact that they were finding
places - independent cafes - that
they previously knew nothing about.
The cafes love it because they are
visited by so many new customers,
all buying a minimum of a brew (and
probably a cake) in order to
participate in the event. Many
become repeat customers when
they find a place they really love.
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