TIME BANK - Exchange your time and skills!
Do you want to learn new skills, help others, meet new friends and become more involved in the community? Then why not join Origin Time Bank Camden!
What is Time Bank?
Time Bank is a way for people to share skills with others in their community and be rewarded for it in time. For every hour of time you give providing a service for another participant, you receive one time credit. The time credit can then be exchanged for help from another member. You choose the skills and needs which you would like to exchange.
Our current Time Bank members:
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Want
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Offer
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Companionship
Computer skills
Cooking
Cycle repairs
DIY
Gardening
House work
Heavy lifting
Sewing/embroidery
Typing/word processing
Teaching cooking
Teaching a musical instrument
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Baby sitting
Book Keeping
Cinema companion
Driving
Floristry
Language help: English, German, French
Reading music
Pet care
Shiatsu
Upholstery
Yoga
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What can you can do with your time credits?
You can exchange your time credits when you need a service from someone else. Training, activities and events can also be “bought” using your time credit. You can save time credits to use in the future. You can even give them to a member of your family, friend or neighbour who needs some help.
Who can take part in the Time Bank scheme?
Anyone can participate. Young people can share knowledge in whatever interests them; the elderly and housebound can cook for events or make friendly phone calls. Age, ability, lack of finance or limited mobility will not stop you from taking part.
You do not need to be an SPH tenant or live in Camden to join Origin Time Bank Camden. You will need to provide two references and if you would like to work with children or vulnerable adults, you will also need to complete a Criminal Records Bureau (police) check.
For more information contact:
Clare Davies, Time Bank Co-ordinator
Telephone: 020 7209 3681
Email: clare.davies@origingroup.org.uk
Community Development's exciting programme
SPH Housing runs lots of exciting projects that develop opportunities for young and old, individuals and groups to learn skills and contribute to their community.
These projects take place within the Camden, Willesden and Enfield areas in London, and within Hertfordshire. Contact us to find out more:
Camden & Willesden, London
Trevor Willoughby, Youth Team Leader
1-2 Goldington Buildings
Royal College Street
London NW1 0PA
Tel: 020 7383 2577
Enfield, North London
Joned Khan – Community & Youth Development Co-ordinator
Charlene Stoute - Senior Youth Worker
1a Watermill Lane
Enfield N18
Tel: 020 8345 7982
Hertfordshire
Mark Lee, Community & Youth Work Co-ordinator
Westfield Community Centre
22 Tolpits Lane,
West Watford, WD18 5NJ
Tel: 07917 343 671
Supported housing tenants
Gulshan Sangha, Resident Involvement Co-ordinator
110 Eversholt Street,
London NW1 1BS
Tel: 0207 209 9341
Esther Archer, Head of Community Regeneration
SPH Housing
110 Eversholt Street
Camden NW1 1BS
Tel: 020 7209 9334
Other useful services
Links to Cindex, - http://cindex.camden.gov.uk
Homeless London - www.homelesslondon.org
Colleges in our areas - www.londoncolleges.co.uk , www.hotcourses.com, www.floodlight.co.uk
Drugs awareness - www.talktofrank.com
Sexual health - www.dh.gov.uk, www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
Voluntary work - www.volunteering.org.uk, www.timebank.org.uk
Youth Training - www.londonyouth.org.uk, www.yomo.co.uk
Entertainment
The local community appreciated the music and dancing of the Genna Ethiopian Arts and Theatre group and the Banglarshur Bengali Arts Group - which marked the £30,000 upgrading of SPH Housing's Basil Jellicoe Hall and Father Thomas Room resource centre.