You can now book your tickets to the Timebanking UK Conference. The event is free and promises to be a great opportunity to learn, share, network and of course have fun!

Guest Speaker: Edgar Cahn

The day event will consist of workshops, discussion and our Timebanking marketplace. This is your opportunity to showcase your time bank and perhaps sell items members have made (just in time for Christmas!). Get in touch to book a stall. Click here.

After a short break, the evening event will commence at 6pm and will include food and music. The ticket price is £6. Tam Cassidy will be performing but we are looking for other performers too. Do you have a talented musician or band in your time bank who would like to take part in the entertainment? If so get in touch to ensure we can book a slot.Click here

Booking for day and evening events essential through Eventbrite (click to go to webpage)

The website provides us with another way of keeping in touch with our members, and hopefully will attract new members. The website tells the reader all about Time Banking in general and Time 2 Trade in particular. There is also a safe and secure system for members to contact us to request or offer services online, all content is screened by a moderator to ensure member security.

Time 2 Trade’s website can be found at www.time2trade.org.

The Department of Health’s Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund (HSCVF) will be launching its third local grant scheme in late spring 2012. The local grant scheme 2011 funded 51 projects across England.

Information about the Fund

The HSCVF is a comprehensive funding programme that provides a combination of grant funding and tailored support to organisations, aimed at enhancing their capacity and ability in the health and social care field. The HSCVF differs from other many other grant funding schemes as it aims to help organisations grow and develop, not just provide a short term input of grant monies. This is why the HSCVF gives equal priority to:

• A package of support to build organisational capacity that will assist with longer term sustainability, as well as
• Financial provision through grant awards.

Local voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations will be able to submit a maximum of one application. Applicants will be asked to apply under one of the following themes:

• Theme 1: Individual Choice and Control: Care and Support
• Theme 2: Delivering Better Health and Care Outcomes
• Theme 3: Improving Public Health
• Theme 4: Improving Health and Social Care
• Theme 5: Building Capable Communities

The local grant scheme will fund and support local projects targeting health inequalities and promotes innovative approaches to volunteering in the health and social care field.

Competition for the fund is likely to be high. It is anticipated that around 40-45 organisations will receive funding up to a maximum of £50,000. Funding can be sought for 2 or 3 year projects. Criteria for applying include: having a track record in health and social care activity, and having policies on equality, health and safety, and safeguarding of children and adults already in place.

Pre-application Events

Pre- application events have been organised to provide:

• ·further information on the programme’s remit
• ·guidance on completing the application process
• ·The opportunity for one-to-one discussions with organisations about the eligibility of their project ideas. Please note that the advice sessions are not designed to work with you to draft your application responses, but rather to give you honest feedback that will guide your thoughts and ideas.

Half-day information events will be held in Leeds, London and Birmingham to interested VCSEs on the following dates.

Leeds: Tuesday 15 May – Click here to book

London: Tuesday 22 May –Click here to book

Birmingham: Monday 28 May – Click here to book

Timings for the sessions in each location are:

Morning session – 9.15m and 1pm (this is the anticipated end time for the last advice session)

Afternoon session 1.30pm and 5.30pm (this is the anticipated end time for the last advice session)

Website can be found here

The Timebanking UK (TBUK)/Southern Housing Group (SHG) partnership will plan, implement and develop time banking in the Portsmouth and Isle of Wight regions co-producing a strategy and operational action plan with SHG staff and residents, with a view to timebanking being rolled out to other SHG housing areas in the South East and London.

This project will be co-produced and led by both Timebanking UK and Southern Housing Group.

From the design of the overall project, the aims and objectives and a plan of action – the implementation of the time banks in the areas agreed, Timebanking UK will provide advice, support, training and resources to enable SHG to use in the long term.

The beneficiaries of this timebanking project will be local people in Portsmouth and Isle of Wight (Ventnor). This project is all inclusive and will involve any resident or member of the local community that shows an interest in getting involved. This could be young people, older people, those with disabilities or those who are vulnerable.

Each time bank will begin have some or all of the following aims.

Increase community cohesion

• Improve the confidence of local people and their feelings of self worth
• Reduce isolation
• Improve the health and wellbeing of local residents
• Provide training and social opportunities

TBUK staff will work alongside nominated SHG staff in Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, as well as community groups, residents and local organisations/potential stakeholders to equip them fully with knowledge and resources on all aspects and models of time banking to ensure that they have all the resources needed to incorporating timebanking into working practices and into communities.

Each time bank will involve local people in its activities and projects with the aim of the members becoming those that own, steer and manage the time bank using co-production as a tool.

]]> http://www.timebanking.org/new-partnership/feed/ 0 http://www.timebanking.org/lambeth-shares/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lambeth-shares http://www.timebanking.org/lambeth-shares/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:25:31 +0000 james http://www.timebanking.org/?p=1578 Timebanking UK are pleased to announce an exciting new opportunity to work on secondment to The Southside Partnership in Lambeth, working for two years to establish a timebanking marketplace. The postholder will work alongside the existing network of timebanks and timebanking projects in Lambeth, working to support and build on their excellent work, continuing to develop a strong timebanking presence in the borough.

The main purpose of this role is to co-ordinate a programme to support the development of an organisation-to-organisation timebanking network across the London Borough of Lambeth. ‘Lambeth Shares’ will operate as a timebank marketplace, for people groups and organisations to utilise time as a means of exchange to enable sharing, partnering and collaboration.

The role profile is attached below. For those who are interested in applying, please email info@timebanks.co.uk and we will send you more information about the application process.

Download the role profile

Lambeth role profile

]]> http://www.timebanking.org/lambeth-shares/feed/ 0 http://www.timebanking.org/a-great-time-had-by-all/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-great-time-had-by-all http://www.timebanking.org/a-great-time-had-by-all/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:38:32 +0000 james http://www.timebanking.org/?p=1542 The 2012 timebanking party, hosted by Timebanking UK on 30^th January, at the prestigious London venue Cafe de Paris was a huge success.  197 people attended and they didn’t just come from time banks in London, some came as far afield as Scotland, St Austell in Cornwall, Kent, Somerset and Gloucestershire.

Sarah Bird, the Projects Manager welcomed everyone and paid special thanks to the funders, City Bridge and generous sponsors, SCA Group and Meteor Events for sourcing the venue and contributing a generous sum to the party.  Martin Simon, the Founding Advisor of TBUK was thrilled to accept the sponsor’s cheque on the night.

“Brilliant party! People smiling, laughing and dancing. And what a band! Couldn’t ask for more!”

The entertainment for the night had everyone dancing, but then, who could resist the amazing sounds and energy of The Red Stripe Band?

Although the special guest Tam Cassidy was unable to sing as a result of a throat infection he has promised to come back to the next event in fine voice! The party ended at midnight but it won’t be the end of the story for the social calendars of the time banks as we are planning the next one already! 

We would like to thank each and every person who attended the party, TBUK staff who helped to organise it and not forgetting the amazing staff of Cafe de Paris, as the party was certainly a night to remember!

“You organised a lovely night and made a lot of people very happy – some of whom would never otherwise get the chance to go to such a prestigious venue”

We’ll be uploading more photos from the party into a special gallery here!

]]> http://www.timebanking.org/a-great-time-had-by-all/feed/ 0 http://www.timebanking.org/toynbee-hall-bring-and-fix/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=toynbee-hall-bring-and-fix http://www.timebanking.org/toynbee-hall-bring-and-fix/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:19:24 +0000 james http://www.timebanking.org/?p=1534 Toynbee Hall, founded in 1884, is a multi-purpose social welfare charity that delivers a range of services to the local community. They are pleased to announce that they will be holding their first ever Bring and Fix Event on Saturday Feb 11^th 11:00-16:00 at Toynbee Hall,28 Commercial Street,E1 6LS.

The event will promote the excellent services they provide and also celebrate their staff, service users, resident’s and volunteer’s hidden skills that will be shared via Time Banking.

Bring & Fix is a new intergenerational fair that brings together local people of different ages to share their skills and knowledge – to help each other and have fun while doing so. It is an event where individuals ‘fix’ small things for each other, seek and provide advice and come up with solutions. The Bring and Fix idea was created by Philippe Granger of Rushey Green Time Bank.  The initiative is being supported by City Hall, TBUK and the London time bank network.

Bring and Fix events encourage anyone to get involved and bring what they know and can do for others, to repair and recycle instead of throwing away.

Fixers Include; Repairing and customising old clothes with UCL students, Knitting, fixing old jewellery, money management, Arts and crafts, musicians, Acupuncture and reflexology, letter writing, computer skills, energy advice, life and career coaching, make up skills and much, much more!!!

There will also be food, Mehndi (Henna), tarot card reading, face painting and other fun filled activities.

There will be something for the whole family so come along and enjoy this FREE day and get something fixed at the same time.

If you would like any other information please contact; Mehera Begum 020 7392 2963 or email Mehera.begum@toynbeehall.org.uk.

Download more details below:

Details

Maximum Value: £ 1,000

Minimum Value: £ 250

Extended Description

The Capital Jubilee Fund is provided by Westminster Foundation and administered by the London Community Foundation.

Funding is intended to assist local voluntary and community groups with holding an event or street party in celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Projects should take place between mid May and 31 July 2012 in the central London boroughs with the aim of bringing people together to celebrate this special occasion.

Latest Information

Applications are due by 17 February 2012 (5pm).

Key Criteria

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Be a community group, registered charity, company limited by guarantee, charitable incorporated organisation, social enterprise or Community Interest Company.
• Have a governing document.
• Have a bank account in the group’s name with at least two unrelated signatories.
• Have a minimum of three unrelated Management Committee members/Trustees.
• Have a safeguarding policy if working with young people under the age of 18 or with vulnerable adults.
• Be able to submit their most recent accounts (within the last financial year) or sound plans for managing your money if a new group.
• Have secured all of the necessary permissions, permits and insurances for the proposed project.

Projects must take place within the London Boroughs of Camden, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Westminster and City of London.

To be eligible, projects should bring people together to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and take place between mid May 2012 and 31 July 2012.

Priority may be given to projects which support:

• Intergenerational activities in celebration of the Jubilee.
• Elderly people celebrating the Jubilee.
• Children and young people celebrating the Jubilee.

Eligible Expenditure

Grants are to be used to assist with the costs related to eligible project delivery. This includes: hire costs, facilities, PA systems, sanitary provisions, lighting, professional fees, artist fees, volunteers costs, publicity and marketing costs, licensing and statutory implications, security and safety measures.

Match Funding Restrictions

Match funding is not a requirement.

Restrictions

Funding cannot be used for the following:

• Projects taking place outside of Camden, City of London, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth, Southwark, Tower Hamlets or Westminster.
• Events or celebrations not directly related to the Diamond Jubilee.
• Projects that do not have the necessary permissions and permits in place.
• Statutory organisations.
• Individuals.
• Any party political activity that could be seen as promoting a political party.
• Purely commercial ventures, trade or professional conferences or conventions.
• Major capital costs, such as buildings.
• Retrospective costs.
• An event where people have to take part in religious activities to benefit from the event or to promote a specific religious event or religious beliefs.
• Any event acting primarily as a fundraising event for a charity.
• Awards ceremonies.
• Social events for an organisation.
• Any event or festival taking place before mid May 2012 or after 31 July 2012.

Application Procedure

A set of guidelines can be found on the London Community Foundation website.

Applications are to be submitted online via the London Community Foundation website.

The following documents should accompany the completed application form:

• The group’s governing document.
• Most recent annual accounts or record of income and expenditure.
• Safeguarding Policy for any project that includes work with people under the age of 18 or vulnerable adults.
• Management committee members’ names and addresses.
• Copies of relevant permissions or permits and insurance for the proposed event.

Contact the London Community Foundation for further information.

Addresses and contacts

For further information on how to obtain this funding opportunity locally, please contact the following:

Capital Jubilee Fund Programme Manager

London Community Foundation
357 Kennington Lane
London
SE11 5QY

Telephone: 0207 582 5117

Welcome to this new electronic newsletter which I hope you enjoy and find useful.  This coincides with the launch of the new website and Timebanking UK’s new thinking about timebanking. You will see that in this newsletter we have introduced a ‘Requests’ and ‘Offers’ section for those of you who have time bank members (or Brokers) who have good ideas to bring people together to raise funds or to share resources, incentives and ideas.

We still want to hear individual stories from time banks too, so please send us a few lines with a photo so we can tell everyone about the great things happening across the Capital.

You will also see the latest list of London timebanking borough networks that are now in existence.  The London time bank network wants to assist in the support and development of these networks and new ones across London, so if you would like to set up a meeting with other time banks in your locality, let us know and we can help co-ordinate things.

Timebanking in London is growing rapidly and it would not be as successful as it is without the fantastic relationship between the time banks.  The London network holds regular meetings to encourage Brokers and others to get together to share experiences and to support each other.  We are very lucky to be able to do this and our generous funders City Bridge are to thank for giving us the resources to do so.

 Let me know if you have anything to put into the next newsletter, or if there is anything that you would like to see that is not here.

Enjoy!

Sarah Bird

Borough timebanking networks

We have timebanking networks happening in the following boroughs:

• Camden x 8 time banks
• Islington x 9 time banks
• Lewisham x 6 time banks
• Lambeth x 3 time banks
• Tower Hamlets x 3 time banks
• Hackney x 4 time banks
• Westminster x 7 time banks

Although we cover 21 London boroughs, these are the first formal timebanking networks.  Timebanking UK hopes to support the development of other borough networks over the coming months.

To date there are 62 time banks in London and 268 in the country.

Latest views on themes for the London network hub meetings and training topics

At each hub meeting of London time banks we want to hear from you about topics for the meetings and what you want to gain from being part of the network.  Latest suggestions for topics at the meetings are:

• Getting businesses and organisations to join the time bank
• Working across the network (inter-time bank working)
• Sustainabilitiy
• Involving people with disabilities

Ideas for training:

• Managing risk and safeguarding
• Promoting time banking
• Project management

London time banks see the network as a way of sharing ideas and information, feeling supported and sharing new ways of working. If you have an idea for a theme or training topic then let us know by leaving a comment below.

Timebanking Insurance Update

Zurich branch Tennyson are now offering 5% discount on any timebanking insurance and another 5% to go to Timebanking UK to support timebanking on a national scale.  This will begin in 2012.

Challenge Wales and their 72 foot racing yacht

Challenge Wales met Timebanking UK in Cardiff and expressed an interest in working together.  They own a 72 foot round-the-world racing yacht which they hire out for adults and young people aged 12 – 25 years to develop personal and social skills such as teambuilding, communication, respect for others, responsibility in a positive can-do environment.

Up to 12 people can take part in this experience at the same time, which is usually made up of 10 young people and two group leaders. Six Challenge Wales crew will be onboard to show you the ropes and give everyone the chance to sail the boat.

Sailing on Challenge Wales is available from 1 day up to 5 days and in some cases longer depending on the requirements of the group. The longer the trip the more opportunities there are to explore islands and in some cases cross the Irish Sea. In June 2012 we are looking at plans to be in London for the first time. Most of the time we are based near Cardiff Bay, South Wales but ports we have sailed from including, Bristol, Swansea, Portishead, Milford Haven, Southampton, Holyhead, Pwllheli and on longer trips we may visit some of these areas.

On longer voyages the group will get involved in cooking for all onboard, including crew and night sailing opportunities sometimes exist on some of our trips.

If you would like to know more about the costs involved, contact Vicky Williams, Challenge Wales, Tel: 029 21 25 10 40 or email  reservations@challengewales.org

Greetings from Slovokia

Silvia Augustinova contacted us a couple of months ago.  She is an ex-EVS volunteer in Russia, where she heard about timebanking and liked it very much.  She wants to establish a time bank in Slovakia and has asked for help and guidance from Timebanking UK.

If you would like to get in touch with Siliva, please email her on  Siliva.augustinova@gmail.com

Happy New Year from one of the Jerusalem Time Banks!

Gideon Broide contacted Timebanking UK in December 2011 with a request to meeting some of the London time banks as he was going to be spending Christmas here. Kaaren Morris of Broadway Time Bank was the first to meet him at the end of December.  She put him in touch with a handful of other London time banks and he sent a message to us saying: “I was indeed lucky to have met Kaaren, Peter Roberts and Jonies Hentry. I was sorry not to have met Philippe, who, I understand, is one of the leading figures in London Time Banks. I know now for certain that I have a lot to learn from time banks in the UK.  I have a feeling that my next trip to London will be just for meeting Time Banks in action and absorb as much as I can.  Thank you all so much and best wishes for 2012!”

Kaaren Morris said: “It was so amazing for me to meet a kindred spirit! Someone who is passionate about setting up time banks in challenging environments!  He says time banking is a way of life and he told me about some incredible time banks that are working in the ultra orthodox Jewish community set up by women!  For me he is a significant link for developing a time bank in Jaffa (a neighbourhood that is very mixed). I have put him in touch with an Israeli friend who is interested in helping develop a time bank in this area.

The other incredible fact was that his father went to Summer Hill school in the 30s, my neighbour who is an Upper Street Time Bank Member worked at the school in Suffolk for 5 years so I introduced them and they spent a couple of hours talking non stop about the school and it was a joy to see them both enraptured with the history of this amazing school which recognises children’s skills outside the conventional school system. His mother went to a Steiner school in Germany before she moved to Israel and met his father, and therefore he said he is the product of their type of education.”

Time Bank Offers:

Sponsored walk to raise funds

Kirsty Burns of Caledonian Road Time Bank in Islington has suggested a sponsored walk along either the Thames – or from time bank to time bank (i.e. all around London if practical – would need to study a map for a while to check the logistics of this) to raise much needed funds.  Interested?

Get in touch with Kirsty by emailing her on kirstysburns@googlemail.com

Filming

Kirsty is also happy to film other time banks if a mutually suitable timings can be agreed.  She says “Mondays/Wednesdays tend to work best but I may do weekends too. I’d particularly like to work with those in neighbouring areas I can easily reach on foot (maybe I could do the sponsored walk at the same time!).”

Time Bank Requests:

Event opportunities

Kaaren Morris is the Broker of the Broadway time bank who prioritisies the involvement of people who are homeless.  They have a couple of clients who are setting up their own business, one in particular who wants to sell her organic home made face creams at a market stall or christmas fare or anything like that. She had an event booked but it turned out the cost was £30 for the stall and she is unwaged.

We would like to know of any events coming up in London where people can run stalls selling gifts etc or health products that she could set up.  She does demonstrations also.If you can offer an opportunity, please contact Kaaren Morris, New Projects Developer, Broadway on t:020 7428 2182 or email kaaren.morris@broadwaylondon.org

Training and Meeting Dates for your Diary

All training places MUST be booked in advance with Sarah Bird (sarahb@timebanks.co.uk)

Don’t forget that we want news stories, events and opportunities for the London network of time banks to read about and get involved in, so send us your thoughts and experiences soon!

• MONDAY 30^th JANUARY
• Cafe de Paris, central London
• 7pm to midnight (doors open at 6pm)
• Live music (see below details)
• Complimentary hot food and welcome drinks

We are pleased to announce a glamorous New Year celebratory party for those people involved in timebanking.  Brokers, members, stakeholders, families and friends are all invited (over 18’s only).  Likewise if you are an organisation who is linked to a time bank or who has an interest in timebanking; we welcome you all!

Tickets cost only £6 each to help cover the cost of food and entertainment for the evening.  Book by email to sarahb@timebanks.co.uk or nicki@timebanks.co.uk or phone Nicki Baker 01453 750952.  Tickets will be issued on a first come first served basis.  Payments must be received by us before 20^th January.

The venue is the ‘high society’ Cafe de Paris in London’s Piccadilly which opened its doors in 1924 and boasts luxurious seating, stage and dance floor to bring our party to life.

Cafe de Paris is at 3-4 Coventry Street, London W1D 6BL Nearest tube is Piccadilly Circus (exit Shaftesbury Avenue and find Cafe de Paris just past the Trocadero on the left hand side)

We are delighted to welcome The Red Stripe Band to thrill and entertain you throughout the evening!

And special guest Tam Cassidy who will be travelling from Scotland performing vocals and guitar with songs from the 60’s to the present day.

If you attend only one special event this new Year, make it this one….you will not be disappointed!

There are no limitations on the numbers of people who wish to attend, but please book early so that we can ensure enough food and welcome drinks are available.  (Hot food will be served for everyone on the night)

A big thank you to our generous sponsors for this event::

London based IT support and service company offering outsourced and cloud based computing, bespoke systems’ design and help desk support.  SCA provide a range of everyday or specialist IT services to facilitate and support your operation. 

Meteor pride themselves on achieving an outstanding level of service, helping to ensure that your event is truly inspiring.

The City Bridge Trust is the grant-making arm of Bridge House Estates. It was established to make use of funds surplus to bridge requirements and provides grants totalling around £15m per year towards charitable activity benefitting Greater London. It has always been a great supporter of timebanking, and currently supports the London Timebanking Network,