Cycling Without Age Scotland’s Trishaw Project
Our residents and their families, here at Roselea Court Care Home, had a wonderful chat recently with Christine Bell from Cycling Without Age Scotland, about the Trishaw Project.
Our residents and their families, here at Roselea Court Care Home, had a wonderful chat recently with Christine Bell from Cycling Without Age Scotland, about the Trishaw Project.
Cycling Without Age is a nationwide initiative that was started in 2012 by Ole Kassow. With the aim of helping elderly people with limited mobility get back out and on bicycles, he began taking a trishaw around to local nursing homes and offering them a free bike ride.
When Christine Bell from Cycling Without Age Scotland visited us at Roselea Court recently, she had a fantastic chat with the residents and their families about the Trishaw Project and what it can do for them.
The benefit of having access to a trishaw is that it gives residents and their loved ones the opportunity to get back outdoors in the fresh air, build on their relationships with family, friends, and other residents, meet new people, be an active member of the community, and above all make great memories.
It is also fantastically inclusive and allows those who may be less mobile to still experience the fun and benefits that the trishaws have to offer.
Our residents were fortunate enough to take the trishaw out for a test run and they had a brilliant trial ride, with the rain even staying away to allow it to happen. Their catchphrase of generating "miles of smiles" is most definitely true, as our resident's faces say it all.
We would love the residents at Roselea Court, to have their very own trishaw available to use whenever they want to, and we are currently fundraising for this.
Cycling Without Age Scotland is a fantastic organisation that is always looking for volunteers or pilots to help support them with their mission.
If you would like further information about Roselea Court and the Trishaw Project or any of our other activities, then we welcome you to get in touch.