The electrically assisted Trishaw from Cycling Without Age Scotland has two seats between two front wheels allowing a ‘pilot’ to take two people for excursions at a time.

The charity Sport Aberdeen purchased the Trishaw after securing £10,000 from Aberdeen City Health & Social Care Partnership’s Health Improvement Fund, which supports initiatives that improve health and wellbeing for people across Aberdeen

Working alongside Cycling Without Age Scotland, Sport Aberdeen has a growing group of volunteer ‘pilots’ ready to take Trishaw passengers out to experience the great outdoors and local sightseeing, while enjoying the social interaction of the rides.

Sport Aberdeen is looking to work with local partners including social care charity Inspire and residential care home VSA’s Crosby, which are keen to use the Trishaw rides for their service users.

“This is a fantastic project to be part of and we are so excited to have the first electrically assisted Trishaw in Aberdeen. A huge thanks to ACHSCP for the funding so that we could make this project come to life and a massive thanks to Cycling Without Age Scotland for its ongoing support and knowledge in helping us to train our volunteer pilots,” said Andrinne Craig, healthy communities manager.

“We want to spread the joy and hope to work with other local partners and organisations who are interested and see the potential.”