Cycle for Good 2021
Cycle for Good brings together individuals, families and friends to cycle and raise awareness on the importance of combating social isolation and building a more inclusive community for seniors and PWDs, while raising funds to support Cycling Without Age (CWA) Singapore.
Your participation in Cycle for Good will help CWA Singapore meet its goal of raising $250,000 to engage 750 new beneficiaries and train 100 new volunteers by the end of 2021.
As a registered charity with Institute of Public Character (IPC) status, all donations raised will be eligible for a 250% tax deduction. Which means for every $50 donated, you will receive a tax deduction of $125.
Sign up DonateHow we engage with our participants
Cycling Without Age Singapore wishes to engage with the participants of Cycle for Good 2021 through a series of lucky draws, special prizes and the grand draw that is scheduled to happen during the finisher event at the end of the fundraiser.
The draws are meant to encourage the participants' fundraising efforts and show our appreciation for their involvement in our cause. Prizes that are given during the draws are a mix of sponsorship packages donated to us by our event partners, budgeted prizes as approved by our Board of Directors.
The winners of these lucky draws will be communicated on the event's official channels - the Cycle for Good fundraising website (www.cycleforgood.sg), Weekly update email from Cycle for Good 2021, WhatsApp broadcast, and Cycling Without Age Singapore's Facebook and Instagram pages. Staff and directors of Cycling Without Age Singapore who have signed up for Cycle for Good 2021 will be excluded in all the lucky draws, special draws and grand draw.
The following information details the processes we have for our lucky draws, special draws and the grand draw.Weekly lucky draws
- The weekly lucky draw is conducted on Friday evenings at 1800hrs. It is done virtually via Zoom using the CWA Zoom account and is conducted by the Executive Director, and witnessed by the Head of Fundraising sub-committee who is also a director of the Board.
- The draws are recorded over Zoom as official records and these records will be retained for a period of 5 years.
- Winners are notified after the draw via WhatsApp and Email from the CWA team and are asked for their social media handles. The social media handles of the winners will be used to tag them in the official lucky draw announcement.
- The lucky draw announcements will be published on Saturdays at 12noon.
- Once a participant has won, their name will be excluded in succeeding prizes to be drawn for that specific week.
- The participants who have won in previous weekly draws will still be included in succeeding draws.
Special draws
As part of pre-planned and pre-approved activities throughout the event, special draws will be announced to mark milestones in the event such as the lead up to registration closing or finale challenges for event closing. These draws will be announced via the official communication channels mentioned above.
- These special draws will be conducted virtually via Zoom by the Executive Director and the Head of the Fundraising sub-committee who is also a director of the Board. The timing of the draw will depend on the milestone date and will be announced to all participants.
- The draws are recorded over Zoom as official records and these records will be retained for a period of 5 years.
- Winners are notified after the draw via WhatsApp and Email from the CWA team and are asked for their social media handles.
- The social media handles will be used in the official special draw announcement on the day following the draw.
Grand draw
The grand draw happens during the finisher event. All participants will be invited to watch the finisher event virtually for the grand draw, as well as the awarding of the top fundraising individuals and teams.
All participants who qualify for the weekly checkpoint challenge based on the mechanics of the challenge that have been shared with the participants will be part of the grand draw.
There will be 2 draws for the weekly checkpoint challenge participants.
The first draw is for participants who have completed all 12 checkpoint challenges from 24 July through to the extended fundraising until 31 October. Among this group, one name will be drawn as the winner of a food voucher from the Tipsy Collective.
The second draw is for those who completed at least 8 of the 12 checkpoint challenges from 24 July through to the extended fundraising until 31 October. In this group, one name will be drawn as the winner of an overnight staycation.
Winners will also be notified via Email and WhatsApp.Cycling Without Age (CWA) Singapore
Our vision is to build a more inclusive community for seniors and PWDs. Our mission is to eliminate social isolation and empower seniors and PWDs through our programmes and services.
We work to achieve this by:
- Using our e-trishaws as an intervention tool to allow youth pilots to connect with seniors in intergenerational bonding
- Giving rides to people who are differently abled to bring joy and a feeling of connecting with the community despite their disabilities
- Engaging with seniors in nursing homes during COVID-19 through our virtual trishaw rides
Because we believe that everyone has the right to feel the joy of wind in their hair, and to have a sense of belonging.
Cycling Without Age is a movement started in Denmark in 2012, which has now spread to over 50 countries around the world. In October 2015, Singapore became the first country outside Europe to join the Cycling Without Age movement. Our growing organisation of volunteers and social service partners work together to give seniors and PWDs the experience of trishaw rides and feel connected with the local community.
Since 2015 to the present day, we have been able to provide more than 6,000 trishaw rides.
To learn more about us, please click here.
