Cycling Without Age Scotland comes to Inverurie
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An international scheme which helps the elderly and those with limited mobility enjoy cycling is set to launch its latest group in Inverurie on Sunday.
The official launch of Cycling Without Age Scotland Inverurie will take place at the Dreamy Goat Coffee Co. North Street, Inverurie on Sunday, June 18 from 11am - 2pm.
Visitors can find out all about this fantastic organisation from special guests: Rachel Stewart from BBC Radio Scotland's Out of Doors and Christine Bell, CEO of Cycling Without Age Scotland.
With live music, cake stall, bottle stall, raffles, guess the number of sweets and the name of the Trishaw, there will be demonstration rides and the unveiling of the Trishaws' names.
Cycling Without Age is a movement started in 2012 in Denmark by Ole Kassow and Dorthe Pederson.
Ole wanted to help the elderly get back onto their bicycles, but he had to find a solution to their limited mobility.
The answer was a trishaw and he started offering free rides to the local nursing home residents.
The first group in Scotland opened in Carronshore near Falkirk in 2017 and has expanded rapidly with groups already in place in Oldmeldrum, Balmedie, Portsoy, Aberdeen
Cycling Without Age Scotland now generates “miles of smiles” in every part of Scotland and its reach and impact are growing every day.
It enriches and enhances lives, unlocks doors, enables older people to once again be an active part of their communities, once again to “feel the wind in their hair”, to rekindle old friendships and to make new ones and to rejoice in heart-warming stories.
