In this second project, funded by Sport England and Disability Rights UK, time bank members work with people with health conditions or disabilities to ‘simply move more’. The aim is for people to motivate and support each other through timebanking to become more active in a way and at a time that suits them – in 4 new locations.
2022: Timebanking helping gamblers on the road to recovery
Our partners Betknowmore support people with gambling addictions on their road to recovery. Timewise! Is a new programme to introduce timebanking to their operations and to help plan a programme of activities and time swapping as a new and exciting mechanism to improve confidence and self esteem.
2021: ‘Sound Ideas’ for people in Warwickshire
Funded by the ESF and in partnership with Creative Lives, the Warwickshire and Coventry CVS and the Atherstone Time Bank we delivered a one year long project ‘Sound Ideas’ providing media training to unemployed people in Warwickshire. Participants gain skills in teamwork, project management, writing and editing, and podcast presenting, recording and editing, as well as taking part in timebanking activities.
2021: Allen Lane Foundation
This is a project to help extend our work in prisons by researching and writing a guide for other prisons about timebanking, the benefits and how working with Timebanking UK could help them implement a time bank for prisoners and for those leaving prison to help them with their rehabilitation.
2021: Timebanking Together
In this project, funded by Sport England and Disability Rights UK, time bank members work with people with health conditions or disabilities to engage in physical activity together. The aim is for people to motivate and support each other through timebanking to become more active in a way and at a time that suits them.
2020: Media training to help people into employment
Funded by the ESF and in partnership with Voluntary Arts and the Richmond Fellowship, It’s About Time is a year-long project delivering media training to unemployed people in Liverpool. Participants gain skills in team work, project management, writing and editing, and podcast presenting, recording and editing, as well as taking part in timebanking activities.