At Timebanking UK, we value collaboration highly – after all, sharing knowledge and skills is what we’re all about. And we’re proud to have worked together with some of the key names in the UK’s charity, public and private sectors. Click on the titles to read more about each project.
If you’d like to know more or are interested in working with Timebanking UK on a project, please get in touch.
Projects Timeline
A two-year programme initially funded by the Greater London Fund for the Blind (now the Vision Foundation) to improve TBUK’s provision for people with sight loss in London. TBUK has improved access to our website, adapted our bespoke software, and created support materials in Braille. Additional funding from the Vision…
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Following a successful pilot, Dunhill Medical Foundation are working with TBUK to roll out the Timebanking for Health project, which aims to involve older people in their local time bank to reduce loneliness and isolation. The pilot was tested in 10 areas and is currently being expanded to benefit 600…
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Two years of investment from the Tudor Trust has enabled Timebanking UK to employ our operations lead, Nicki Baker, to expand our reach and capacity and grow the timebanking movement across the UK.
The three-year Time to Connect project was funded by the National Lottery in partnership with the National Development Team for Inclusion. The £250,000 project set out to improve the lives of care home residents using timebanking to link them to their communities to share interests and experiences.
Hampshire County Council awarded Timebanking UK a grant to implement a network of time banks throughout Hampshire. Initially this was as part of a wider community engagement project, but at the end of the first year the timebanking element was making demonstrable progress with nine time banks established, so the…
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TBUK was commissioned by Barnet Council to manage a two-year time bank project, which incorporated a programme aiming to involve Syrian refugees in the local community. TBUK calculated the social return of investment (SROI) of the project and found that, for every £1 spent, £9.34 of social value was achieved.
The Department of Work and Pensions supports Timebanking UK, recognising that timebanking can be a powerful first step for unemployed people who find it hard to engage in training or formal volunteering. Every Job Centre Plus in the UK received a Notification of Change in 2015 to allow timebanking hours…
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The Department of Health funded a two-year project working with Timebanking UK in 14 areas to enable older people to maintain independence in their own homes. The project involved 92 GPs, with 1,661 older people exchanging 28,000 hours.