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:
 

Want

Offer

Companionship

Computer skills

Cooking

Cycle repairs

DIY

Gardening

House work

Heavy lifting

Sewing/embroidery

Typing/word processing

Teaching cooking

Teaching a musical instrument

 

Baby sitting

Book Keeping

Cinema companion

Driving

Floristry

Language help: English, German, French

Reading music

Pet care

Shiatsu

Upholstery

Yoga 


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

People Clapping

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.

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