Our Beginning
Cycling Without Age was started in Denmark in 2012 by Ole Kassow. Ole wanted to help the elderly get back on their bicycles, but he had to find a solution to their limited mobility. His answer was a trishaw and he started offering free bike rides to the local nursing home residents. Since then, Cycling Without Age has spread to 42 countries around the world.
In October 2016, Singapore became the first country in Asia to open a Cycling Without Age chapter. As a registered charity with IPC status, Cycling Without Age Singapore not only uses the trishaws as an intervention tool for socio-emotional well-being, but also runs other programs to engage and empower the seniors of Singapore to live out their best years yet!
Being the only social service agency that has provided seniors with recreational trishaw rides since 2017. The enjoyable rides through parks and places of interest such as Gardens by the Bay, bring a sense of freedom, social and emotional well-being to seniors who may often be homebound or less mobile. We have a total of 11 trishaws deployed around the island for seniors to be on for our rides. With 4 main service locations, Gardens By The Bay, PassionWave @ Marina Bay, Jurong Lake Gardens, Life Sprout @ Punggol, we hope to serve the seniors all around Singapore. We have over 1000 volunteers with a significant number aged 60 years old which demonstrates the empowerment of seniors serving seniors. We engaged over 24,000 seniors who got to experience CWAS programs, delivering more than 9000 happy hours to seniors and partnering with over 70 social service agencies and other partners.
OUR IMPACT
OUR VALUES
Generosity
Generous giving of love, kindness and empathy permeates every single activity in Cycling Without Age Singapore and works its magic at many different levels.
Slowness
We move at a pace that allows us to sense the environment, be present in the moment and building meaningful friendships.
Storytelling
Through befriending, we exchange stories with elderly people on the trishaw and empower them to age actively.
Partnerships
We create a multitude of new partnerships across many borders in our society and build communities collectively.
Without Age
Age is just a number and seniors should have the rights to live life to their fullest. Adding more life to their years.
How We Work
At CWA Singapore, we value the relationships we build as we serve the community. The policies and procedures shared on this page form part of the working guidelines we have as we connect with community.
Furthermore, the disclosures made on this page are part of our efforts to ensure transparency at all times, towards all our stakeholders, in line with our value of Integrity.
Guidelines for directors, volunteers and staff
General Terms of Reference for Board Directors
Terms of Reference for Board Committees
Code of Conduct – for updating
Business Continuity Plan
Disclosures
On remuneration
- Board directors are considered volunteers and do not receive remuneration.
- All remuneration to paid staff are reviewed and approval by the Board.
- Paid staff are not included in setting their own remuneration.
- There is no paid staff receiving remuneration exceeding $100,000.
On conflict of interest
- Board directors, members of the charity and staff are informed of the Conflict of Interest policy.
- Board directors, members of the charity and staff need to adhere to procedures set out in our Constitution and work policies should there be a potential conflict of interest arising in a situation.
Our Board of Directors
Board term: 25 May 2021 to 24 May 2024
