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The volunteers of the foundation Cycling without Age (in Dutch: Fietsen alle Jaren) take vulnerable or no longer mobile people for a bike ride in a rickshaw. Jaap Huurman is one such volunteer who wants to ride a rickshaw in the Arnhem and Rheden regions. However, he is still looking for other volunteers who want to join him in his efforts for Cycling without Age.
Cycling without Age (called Fietsen alle Jaren in the NL) was set up in the Netherlands 2014 by Boi Huisman in Nijmegen. He got the idea for it in Denmark. There he saw Ole Kassow (of Cycling Without Age) making people from the local nursing home happy with free rides on a rickshaw bike. By 2021, Cycling All Years will have become an independent foundation with initiatives in over 15 cities.
Jaap Huurman would like to work as a volunteer in Arnhem and Rheden. In the program 'De Kracht van Samen' (The Power of Together) he tells presenter Gabrielle Kroos about his motivation. 'It's nice to be outdoors and active. In addition, it is also very pleasant to deal with the people. You make them happy with a bike ride, something they can no longer do on their own. Arnhem and Rheden are still a white spot on the map at the moment, and I would like to change that.'
You make them happy with a bike ride, something they can no longer do on their own.
Watch the video below in which Jaap Huurman talks about Cycling without Age in the RTV Arnhem program 'De Kracht van Samen'. Also Marnix Kwant, Sales & Marketing manager at Van Raam, tells about Van Raam.
Jaap hopes that more people will sign up as volunteers for Cycling without Age in Arnhem and Rheden. People who sign up for a ride on the rickshaw are matched with a volunteer. At the moment, I am only a volunteer for the Arnhem/Rheden region. That is actually too little.'
Would you like to learn more about the Cycling without Age Foundation? Then check out the Cycling without Age website and learn everything you want to know.
In the video Jaap uses the Chat rickshaw bike from Van Raam. This bicycle is developed by Van Raam in collaboration with Cycling Without Age. Read more about the development of the Chat rickshaw bike in the article 'Rickshaw Chat the social transport bike by Van Raam'. With the Chat, the driver sits behind the cockpit in which 2 people can sit. The driver has a good overview of the road and passengers. Read below some advantages of the Chat:
To give people the opportunity to outside again, to raise new possibilities and perspectives and finally to let all people ride bicycles again — this is not unrealistic any more with Van Raam's Rickshaw Bicycle Chat. Read in this article what the Donaukurier says about our transport bike, what the reactions were like and all useful information about the Chat.
For our photo shoot with the newest bike of the Van Raam family, the Rickshaw Bike Chat, we asked the nursing home Azora Debbeshoek in Ulft if they are interested in being models on the photos. Soon there were two friends who enjoyed spending a day with us and a professional photographer. During the photo shoot many curious residents came out to admire the chat. To thank Azora and her residents for the cooperation, the home care center was allowed to use the bike for one week, so that all interested elderly people could cycle together on the cargo bike chat.
For the first annual meeting of Cycling without Age (CWA) in England, on November 23rd, 2019 we provided the Van Raam rickshaw bike Chat. Learn in this article more about the project "Cycling without age" and the Van Raam Chat and its great impact.
Many people suffer from age depression and the feeling of loneliness and isolation. The way out of loneliness in old age can be tackled with the help of Van Raam's rickshaw bike Chat. In this article you will learn how to get out of isolation with the help of the chat and how to recognize signs. Read also the experiences of current users of the Chat in this article.
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