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Lewisham Local Time Bank

What is Time Banking?

Time Banking works by facilitating the exchange of skills and experience within a community.  Time Banking values everyone’s time as equal, 1 hour equals 1 hour. For every hour you spend helping someone in your community you are entitled to an hour of help in return. Help can be in many forms – performing practical tasks, befriending someone, running errands, gardening, running a class. It builds social networks of people who give/receive support from each other, enabling people from different backgrounds to come together and form connections and friendships.

Our Community

Our Time Bank is a community of diverse people who mainly come together in groups to swap skills and knowledge. However, we also have members who enjoy helping other members in their garden, or with DIY or hold workshops and presentations. We’ve had meditation or talks on Black history to name but a few examples.  Whilst the exchange of skills is a core aspect of time banking, 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.

Benefits of Time Banking

Connect

  • Socialise

  • Feel welcome

  • Meet new people

  • Build connections and friendships

  • Drive away loneliness

  • Prevent isolation

  • Find a sense of friendship

Learn

  • Learn new skills

  • Go on trips and learn/experience things you don’t usually do

Be active

  • Keep using your skills and talents

  • Be motivated to get and stay active in the community

  • Good exercise for your brain and body!

Take Notice

  • Improve and exchange skills

  • Have fun

  • take you mind off your problems

  • improve your mental health 

Give

  • Help others

  • Give and take

Join us at the Time Bank

We are a community skills and knowledge exchange welcoming people of all abilities. We have a number of groups where our Members swap skills such as needlework, art, singing, storytelling or do quizzes and boardgames.

Being part of a group is equally valued to bringing a skill such as DIY.

We also run one off events like “Bring and Fix” where preloved items are repaired and brought back to life. Join us to make new friends, learn new skills and be part of your local community. Please contact bettina@lewishamlocal.com for more info.

For existing Time Bank members – Log your hours with h0urworld.

Tea and Chat

Pop along for a chat or join in with some knitting or crochet. We can show you how to get started, or bring along your own project. On Wednesdays 2pm-4pm

 

Coffee Club 

Come along and join us for a board game or quiz, have fun and make new friends. On Fridays 10am-12:30pm

 

 

 

Time Bank Choir

This is a great session for everyone who enjoys singing, no matter if you’ve been a choir member before or if this is your first time. On Mondays 1pm-2pm

 

Friday Art

No experience is needed! Come along for two hours of creativity and enjoy art in a small group where you can receive peer support. On Fridays 10am-12:30pm

 

Our group activities take place at Orchard Gardens Community Centre, Columbine Way, London SE13 7LQ

For more information please get in touch with Bettina on 07434086639 or email bettina@lewishamlocal.com

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