Welcome to Cycling Without Age on ChangeX. Cycling Without Age is all about reconnecting older adults with their local communities by venturing out on trishaw rides with new and old friends. That's what we've done since 2012 and this year, the need for trishaw rides is bigger than ever. Luckily the rides have proven easy to adapt to these new and challenging circumstances. Cycling Without Age is about new friendships, stories, adventures, and getting out of the four walls and living life to the full regardless of age.
- Ole Kassow, Founder of Cycling Without Age
Our motto is "the right to wind in your hair", and our principles are Storytelling, Generosity, Slowness, Without Age and Relationships. We have now all experienced the effects of isolation and we want to seize this opportunity to create communities that are welcoming to people of all ages and abilities - encouraging and prioritizing the forming of new relationships. The goo...
Our motto is "the right to wind in your hair", and our principles are Storytelling, Generosity, Slowness, Without Age and Relationships. We have now all experienced the effects of isolation and we want to seize this opportunity to create communities that are welcoming to people of all ages and abilities - encouraging and prioritizing the forming of new relationships. The good news is we can do this without compromising the health of volunteers and beneficiaries. We believe in the right to wind in our hair, the right to experience the city and nature close up from the trishaw and the opportunity to tell our stories in the environment where we live our lives. That way we build bridges between generations and we reinforce trust, respect and the social glue in our society. Unlike many other recreationally-focused activities found for older adults, taking off on an adventurous ride together offers a real life experience and reinvigorates our appetite for life and new experiences. It works, it’s fun and there’s a demand, how else would 33,000 volunteers in 50 countries do rides in their communities every day?
Time:
This will be more time intensive at the start, particularly if you need to raise funding but approximately 4 hours a week should be sufficient.
Getting started with a Cycling Without Age chapter is an amazing experience. Nothing beats witnessing the joy of the elderly, pilots and nursing home staff interact on and around the trishaw and seeing the smiles of passengers coming back from their first ride with wind in their hair, rosy cheeks and full of stories.