Timebank

 

What is a time bank?

Time banks use time as a currency. You can earn a time credit for each hour you spend doing things to help others. You decide how often and what you do.

What can you do with Time Credits?

Spend them on a whole range of skills and opportunities on offer from other participants.
Save them up for future use.
Donate them to another participant.

Who can earn Time Credits?

Anyone! Age, lack of finance or limited mobility do not prevent you from joining the Time Bank.

These are the kinds of help or services people are giving and receiving

Administration, Basic Repairs, Baking, Dog Walking, Fundraising, Gardening, Ironing, Knitting, Letter Writing, Music Lessons, Reading, Shopping, Teaching Languages, Visiting, Mobile phone and computer skills. Yoga and many more!

What next?

When you join we will open an account for you. Your hours will be recorded and we will send you a regular statement of the time you have given and received. Time credits do not affect any Benefits you may receive. Time Banking is a local information system about who can do what, who is available when and who has special needs. You give a few hours of your time, when you can, doing what you want to. In this way everyone participating can gain help to receive the services they need or want. It also enables everyone to feel able to give. If you are prepared to exchange time there is an abundance of skills available!

Interested?

See the website