Ashford Volunteer Centre Timebank is the first of its kind in the area, and although it’s based in the town centre anyone from the borough can join – we have members scattered far and wide! Do as much or as little as you like with AVC Timebank: join a bread-making class or come along to our Men in Sheds session; help do someone’s shopping or walk their dog; share your skills or suggest a group activity (pandemics permitting). Joining the timebank gives you the chance to help others, ask for a hand yourself, have fun with a new activity and get to know your neighbourhood, so what’s stopping you? Speak to our friendly timebank brokers if you’re stuck for ideas or need a little help getting started.
Sutton Time Bank
Welcome to Sutton Time Bank!
We officially launched in 2020. Sutton Time Bank aims to engage and bring together the community, creating social and practical support networks.
Our time bank is a community of diverse people who can find a project or a space where they can spend time and share skills with others as they wish. Whilst the exchange of skills is a core aspect of timebanking, our members are often in the time bank for the relationships and shared experiences of belonging, and feeling useful and valued in the projects and activities they partake in. By getting involved, our members help shape the ethos and values of the time bank.
Lee Fair Share
Lee Fair Share covers Lee and Hither Green and has been going for over ten years. We are keen to recruit new members as we believe everyone has skills to share, for example, gardening, befriending, DIY. In return you get an opportunity to ask for some help or attend the classes, groups, activities run by Lee Fair Share. At the moment we offer Coffee, Cake and Company, two walking groups – Hare (for the less mobile) and Tortoise (for faster walkers), French, two bookclubs, chair exercise and pilates.
For more information about joining the Timebank or about our classes/groups please contact us.
Your spare time is valuable so invest it well.
Our Time
We are a timebanking project which aims to tackle the social isolation faced by adults in the Liverpool area who live with mental health problems. The project takes a new approach by supporting individuals to engage with their local community, access services and rebuild their confidence.
Fordham Timebank
Fordham Timebank in Cambridgeshire is an active and happy group. We hold regular community events to improve the village such as litter picking, bulb planting and community walks. We also host a support café in the village hall fortnightly, when restrictions allow, where members share their skills and they run a knit ‘n’ natter, karaoke and more. Local groups take the morning to raise awareness of their cause and do a talk. We work with many local organisations in the village when they need extra bodies for their projects or events and also enjoy putting on our own events. A link has been made with the Co op Fare Share to keep our community pantry stocked up.
Our membership of over 100 are a lively mix of ages and our private Facebook group is a good place to share ideas and chat. Our website blog and regular newsletter keep everyone in touch. If you would like to join us you would be very welcome – there is no commitment and if you need help we are more than happy to provide.
HOurBank
HOurBank gives Peckham people (and organisations or businesses) the chance to share skills and build community simply by helping one another. It’s a unique social group that runs on a simple timebanking system.
Here’s an example: Paul, a technology-prodigy, wants to spruce up his garden, but he doesn’t know the difference between a weed and a wisteria. So Paul helps Matilda advance her computer skills, and in return Matilda helps Paul with his garden. The HOurBank treats every member equally, and encourages each person to get involved in their community. The social group increases self-confidence and employability whilst enabling cultural interchange and active citizenship.
hOurBank is for people who live or work in the Peckham area. If you are interested in setting up a time bank in your area, please email info@timebanking.org.
West Wight Timebank
The West Wight Timebank on the Isle of Wight is an ‘inclusive community project’, that operates under a ‘not for profit’ company called Action 4 Support CIC.
Our Timebank members, currently aged between 24 and 92 years, have been sharing their wide ranging skills and gifts with each other for over five years. We have a strong community presence in the West Wight, largely due to the schemes we run, to help us all build a stronger, more resilient Community. We have an allotment, growing produce for our ‘living box’ scheme, and for jams and pickles that go into our ‘well-being’ boxes, which are then delivered to members, their families and friends, carers, key workers and others who would like one in our community. Our members share weekly walks on our beautiful island and have open garden sessions, making up personalised ‘Family Drop and Swap bags’ with donated tinned and dried food, toys, books, games, books, jigsaws, clothing, and household goods. Following all current Government advice, the Timebank Coordinator then delivers a bag to the doorsteps of families who will find them particularly helpful at this difficult time. We also run a popular mobile, eco- friendly plastic refill scheme, and follow the principles of the circular economy. Our food redistribution scheme, which has been running for three years, has saved thousands of wrapped bread loaves from going to waste, and in summer 2021 we hope to reduce food waste further, by sharing innovative recipes for common foods, before cooking and eating together.
If you are aged 18 years and over, and live in the West Wight we would love you join us. If you live outside of the West Wight, or on the mainland, we would love to share ideas with you about building a more respectful, kinder society that demonstrates that it really isn’t just about money. Please call Sally, the West Wight Timebank founder and coordinator, on 07872 304294.