What is a Time Bank
Time banks use time as a currency. You can earn a time credit for each hour you spend doing things to help others.  You decide how often and  what you do.  

What can you do with  time credits
Spend them on a whole range of skills and opportunities on offer from other participants. Save them up for future use. Donate them to another participant.

Who can earn time credits
Anyone! Ages, lack of finance or limited mobility do not prevent you from joining the Time Bank.

These are the kind of things people offer
Administration, Basic Repairs, Baking, Dog Walking, Fundraising, Gardening, Ironing, Knitting, Letter Writing, Music Lessons,  Reading, Shopping, Teaching Languages, Visiting,  Mobile phone and computer skills. Yoga and many more!

What  Next
When you join we will open an account for you. Your hours will be recorded and we will send you a regular statement of the time you have given and received. Time credits do not affect any Benefits you may receive. Time Banking is a local information system about who can do what, who is available when and who has special needs. You give a few hours of your time, when you can, doing what you want to. In this way everyone participating can gain help to receive the services they need or want. It also enables everyone to feel able to give. If you are prepared to exchange time there is an abundance of skills and talents available!

Time Together
Time Bankers meet the last Saturday in the month 10:30 at Globe House, 6 George Street (beside the George Hotel). This “Time Together” helps everyone get to know each other. We also share requests and offers of help, though these can placed any time by contacting the Time Bank at Volunteer Centre.

If you would like to join the Time Bank please download the application forms here and send then to Globe House, 6 George Street, Colchester CO1 1TP.

For more information please contact us on 01206 768930 or email  timebank@volunteercentrecolchester.org.uk or visit www.timebanking.org