Cycling Without Age is a movement that started in Denmark in 2012 by Ole Kassow, he wanted to help elderly people get back on their bicycles, but he had to find a solution to their limited mobility. The answer was a trishaw and he started offering free bike rides to the local nursing home residents. Fingal County Council are looking to roll out The Cycling Without Age Programme in three locations around the County. Baldoyle/Portmarnock Greenway, Skerries Coastal Walkway and St Catherine’s Park and we need volunteers to Pilot the Trishaws.
As long as you can ride a bicycle and have a desire to help others, then there is plenty of space for you. Pilots are everyone from directors to senior citizens and students. Anyone who volunteers as a pilot will receive training and support in how to operate them. When you volunteer and have done your Trishaw training you will be able to take passengers out on cycles in your local Cycling Without Age Area at times that you are available. Each trip lasts approx. 45mins and starts and finishes in the same place. The Cycling Without Age website has lots more info and videos on becoming a Pilot – https://cyclingwithoutage.org/the-pilot/
If you are interested, please complete the survey here
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If you have any further queries, please contact us at Active.Travel@fingal.ie
If Cycling isn’t your thing we also need volunteers/businesses to help us with the day to day running of the services in each area, so if you would be prefer to manage bookings and match service users with available volunteers we’d love to hear from you.
If you would like more information or would like to get involved please contact Stephen McGinn at stephen.mcginn@fingal.ie “