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'In Community’ Seminar
In Control are pleased to announce the most innovative, exciting, fun, friendly and focussed seminar of the year, based on where everything should happen.... “IN COMMUNITY”.
This seminar will launch the new international book ‘In Community’ which hosts the wisdom, knowledge and practical know how from many authors from around the world. This seminar will be very, very different from the usual..... as you transport yourself into the new market square of the future. A place where choice and opportunity is in abundance, a town with life, vibrancy and atmosphere, but most of all a community which celebrates difference and diversity and so everyone can join in.
In Control will too be launching a new ‘hot off the press’ report on’ Building Community Capacity’ which demonstrates practical, tried and tested solutions within several Local Authorities around the land. This report will give you a positive insight in how to achieve communities of the future, which isn’t about just paying lip service to a concept, but demonstrates real great outcomes for people.
There will be over 40 real community market stalls, a town crier, quilt making, music, drama and dance as well as a bandstand which hosts the words of wisdom from many of the authors of the book and much, much more.
If you are serious about making personalisation happen and understand that it is about much, much more than simply individual budgets, direct payments and resource allocation systems then you need to be at this event.
This event is really very popular and places are going really fast – our advice is to book before the summer to guarantee a place.
For the flyer and details of how to book click on the link below.
http://www.in-control.org.uk/InCommunityeventOct2009
Job Opportunity: Development Co-ordinator (Spice and United Welsh Housing Association)
Spice is currently recruiting for an exciting new time banking post based at United Welsh Housing.
The development co-ordinator will be responsible for integrating time banking across the housing association. We are looking for a dynamic co-ordinator who will work with tenants and staff at United Welsh to development new community time banking projects and mainstream time banking into the tenant engagement strategy . A background in time banking or housing is not essential for the post but you will need to demonstrate a commitment to the values of time banking and co-production. The work will be based in Caerphilly and Cardiff.
Please see the documents below for more information.
Job advert (1Mb Word document)
Job description (1Mb Word document)
Fouteenth-bulletin
To save trees, reduce costs and to embrace the world of technology, Time Banking UK has gone digital and is now outputting a short e-bulletin every month instead of a quarterly paper newsletter. You can sign up on any page by putting your email address into the yellow box that says "E-bulletin" and then click GO! To see the fourteenth e-bulletin click here (102Kb PDF document)
To see past e-bulletins, please go to the document archive.
If you have anything of interest that you'd like to see in the next e-bulletin, please contact sarah@timebanks.co.uk
'Celebrating our communities'
A showcase event for time banks in Lewisham
10 July 2009
10:00 - 15:30
Lewisham Town Hall Civic Suite
• Launch of Lewisham’s first Time Bank Development Strategy by Edgar Cahn
• An Exciting Array of Time bank Initiatives
• A sumptuous lunch
• Workshops
• Entertainment
Special Guest from USA: DR EDGAR CAHN, FOUNDER OF TIME BANKING
To register for this event please contact
Rosalyn Reid, Time Bank Development Programme:
rosalyn.reid@lewishampct.nhs.uk
07983046532
you2choose
Want to pilot some new software? you2choose.com enables Independent Budget Holders to search, reserve, book and pay for the goods and services they want from Local Authorities, Service Providers, Charities and Business 24/7 in real time over the internet.
We're thinking that timebanking could fit alongside these services quite nicely - so if you're interested, please get in touch: sarah@timebanks.co.uk
Clapham Park Time Bank wins an Award!
Timebrokers Roz McCarthy and Funmi Olowe have some good news to share - they have been nominated for resident involvement award 2008/09 (Metropolitan Housing partnership and National resident group) and won.
Congratulations!
CRB Roadshows
The Home Office has announced the dates for the Vetting & Barring Scheme Information Roadshow Series, presented in association with the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department of Health. The series will demonstrate how the Criminal Records Bureau and the Independent Safeguarding Authority will deliver the new scheme as laid down by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.
The events will explain the scope of the scheme and impact on employers, voluntary organisations and service users, and provide an opportunity for delegates to have their questions answered.The events are free to attend and open to all interested parties, please click on the link below for further information
http://www.isa-gov.org.uk/default.aspx?page=28
Wealth of Time
With the impact of the financial crisis yet to play out in full, government should invest now in timebanking to enable us to exchange the skills, knowledge and resources that we all have. This recession-proof means of exchange should be embedded at the heart of all public services, says a new report from think-tank nef (the new economics foundation)
This report marks the tenth anniversary of the timebanking movement in the UK and assesses the potential of timebanks for improving public services and strengthening communities.
Click here to read the full report (990Kb PDF document)
Impact of Time Banking in Scotland
Volunteer Development Scotland was commissioned by Time Banking UK to undertake research to investigate the impact of Time Banking in Scotland. Read the summary or the full report at the link below.
Full report on the impact of time banking in Scotland (92Kb PDF document)
Summary report on the impact of time banking in Scotland (370Kb PDF document)
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