Fietsmaatjes Schiedam
Fietsmaatjes Schiedam is committed to letting people cycle again. A volunteer and a guest take a ride on the duo bike. Guests are people with a disability, an injury, or someone of age; people who can no longer cycle independently or dare to. A ride on the side-by-side tandem means exercise, social contact, a bit of freedom and being outside in nature.
Romy and Whitney as volunteer cyclist on the duo bike
Romy Snijders and Whitney Schell are themselves cycling volunteers at Fietsmaatjes Schiedam. Using their own experiences, they dedicate themselves to a healthy lifestyle. Romy and Whitney have noticed that loneliness is a big problem among elderly. That is one of the reasons why the ladies want to make the concept of Fietsmaatjes more widely known. "The ageing population in the Netherlands is high. If no attention is paid to it, the loneliness among the elderly will only grow." Romy and Whitney go through all kinds of things with the guests. "You see the people really enjoy."