Community Timebanks in South Cambridgeshire - Promoting Inclusivity and Well-being

1. Liz Talbot – Time Banking Co-ordinator 07526 169030

2. 2NEW TIMEBANKS forSouth Cambridgeshire District Council • Setting up 2 new Timebanks in the area • Liz is the lead person - to find the best locations where there is a NEED and a WANT • She will be working with your community to set up the Timebanks • CHS have set up 2 Timebanks locally. There are 7 Timebanks in Cambridgeshire and 243 in UK

3. What is Timebanking? • It is helping someone within your community / being neighbourly • Sometimes it can be the small things that can help others the most • To fit around your lifestyle - Do what you can, when you can • Time is the currency (1 hour = 1 credit) • Everyone’s time is equal • Sharing knowledge, skills and interests

4. YOUR TIMEBANK is unique • Focused on your Community • You can help and decide how yours will work • Works to support and enhance what you currently have • 1st Timebank set up locally wanted to show the impact this can have on the Community

5. Who joins the Timebank? • Individual Members – Anyone can be a member- you and I, members of our family, children, friends, neighbours • Helping people who are working, not working or unable to work • Organisational Members – Local groups or businesses • Befriending scheme

6. IMPROVING HEALTH & WELLBEING • Everyone has something to offer – no matter what age or ability • Improves self confidence & self worth • Building relationships and making friends with people you wouldn’t have normally met • Creating social and support networks • More than 29,000 people over 65 live alone in Cambridgeshire • Reducing isolation and loneliness. Less reliant upon services. • Long term welfare or service costs can be prevented.

7. Loneliness in cambridgeshire • One is the loneliest number • Cambridgeshire Timebanks continue to fight loneliness which blights the lives of the less visible and can affect the most vulnerable people in our communities. • Loneliness can affect anyone at any stage of their life, maybe a new mum, a pensioner who has outlived their friends, or moved to a new area.

8. Who would you turn to?who would you want to help? • Where would you go if you didn’t have people nearby to help • Some people don’t want to ask for help / feel they are a burden • ‘I haven’t seen anyone for a week/month’ • ‘How do I walk through the door to come to a coffee morning and meet new people’ • ‘I want to help others but don’t know how or where I can find out what they need’ • As Timebank members

9. SOUTH CAMBS HOUSEHOLDS

10. What do people swap?

11. Councillor Shrobona Bhattacharya • I was relocated to Cambourne in 2015 Summer • TB member invited me to join the coffee morning. • Amazed the see the new membership-form with the skills options. • Made me feel so valuable – I can contribute so much for others and it would be valued. • I made someone’s CV and a presentation – that was my first volunteering as a TB member. • For me volunteering is a great opportunity which always returns back a good feeling. • It’s so worth living with a good feeling that I am lovingly needed by someone in the community.

12. Cllr. Shrobona, Member of Timebank and Founder of CAMCARE UKCAMCARE UK AND TIMEBANK ARE TIED UP AS ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS Cam Care UK • Cambourne Science Festival, • Electronics and Robotics Club, • Experimental Cookery club, • International dinner, • Cookery workshop, • Festival of Colours and Lights, • South Asian New Year Fete • Digital Empowerments • Festival of Language • Super Ten – leadership Time Bank • Time bank is getting more new members from CamCare UK • CamCare is Cambourne’s own non-profit Charity which works in multiple areas depending on people’s need. • It attracts and involves high volume participants. • The common memebrs of CamCare UK and CambourneTimebank get time credits from Timebankparticipating in CamCare UK events, workshops, classes or celebrations due to organizational tying up.

13. Camcare UK Events Organizational Partners Supported by Time Bank Members get the Time credits

14. TIMEBANK ACTIVITIES • One-to-one exchanges – everyone, socially isolated people, young people, parents, elderly • Social activities –coffee morning / new groups • Organisational exchanges – local organisations working together

15. Regular One-to-one exchanges • Spanish lessons, Hindi or Danish • Gardening • Building flat pack furniture • Visiting older people • Doing shopping for older people • Acupuncture • Ironing • Sewing • Reading aloud • Playing scrabble or chess • Having a cup of tea with someone • Anything involving food is very popular

16. WHAT OTHER TYPES OF EXCHANGES COULD YOUR TIMEBANK HAVE • Adapting a computer joystick for a person with cerebal palsy • Moving pigs from one field to another • Helping a man settle into a Care home • Alpaca shearing day • Juggling • Elderly man who had no doorbell 2months • Knitting Sherlock Holmes outfit terrier • Learning to make pastry or onion bhajis • Crochet red poppies for WW1 event • Lampshade making course • Intergenerational exchanges • Writing a play about Timebanking

17. Example: Social Meet-upsCambourne Experimental Cookery Club and many more Cookery Club has four major elements:1) Families meet and know each other in smaller groups, group members change every year so more families get connected within the village.2) Having family dinners at regular intervals. 3) Learning new world cuisineswhich was never tried earlier4) Cookery members organize a fundraising finale dinner annually. £553, £1352 and £1075 funds were raised for the need of children in last 3 years TimeBank helped TB members to buy the grocery for the finale dinner first time and paid for the venue.

18. SHROBONA/ TIMEBANK PICTURES

19. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS • Cooking with young people • Quiz night • Twiddle muffs • Changing phone box into library • Group gardening / Litter picks • WW1 Centenary Street party • Guess biggest number of hours

20. Organisational exchanges • Working with existing organisations / groups to look at mutually beneficial exchanges • Churches / Schools/ Library/ Parish Council • What help would you like? • What could you offer

21. PHOTOGRAPHS FROM H&W TB

22. FRED CEO – I’VE HAD THIS IDEA FRED

23. How timebanks can change peoples perceptions • Sally runs a Widows club • 6 months later Sally started to come to coffee mornings • Freda (widow) needed to move downstairs • Timebank members helped move furniture • Arranged for quotes for decorating & carpeting • Took her to a mobility shop • Freda wanted to sell furniture – Member is antique dealer appraised her furniture • In return Freda sat on stall at event to help out • More Members through hearing this story

24. TIMEBANK STORY JUDY Judy

25. Timebank co-ordinator quote • The diversity of people I have met through the TB has been a joy and the impact I have seen when one person helps another, both through the giving and receiving of time has been eye-opening. • Made fabulous friends. • Most importantly is the networks formed, so they can ask for real help when they need it. • Sometimes it can be the smallest gesture that makes the biggest difference and you have truly shown this.

26. 2019 and Co-ordinator role • My role is paid for until March 2019 • Now Timebank members could be making some lovely exchanges – co-ordinated by myself • Vital to the success of the Timebank • Paid part time person cost around £10-12K • Who could support you within the community to help fund this role, Parish council (ideal model) precept around 1.3/1.8p per household per day, Local organisations/ businesses, grants report • Beneficial to all of the community

27. PARISH COUNCIL/ CLERK WORK • COUNCILLORS • There is minimal work, although you can be as involved as you would like • Referral to key personnel in village • Where would you like co-ordinator to be located • PARISH CLERK • Is main point of referral, not needed day to day • On average would spend 2 hours a month on Timebanking activities • Including regular monthly/6 weekly meetings

28. SOPHIE’S STORY AGED 10 I have really enjoyed being a member of the Timebank; it has helped me meet more people in my community. To earn time I have visited a couple of older people, and I looked after Phillipa’s guinea pigs when they were on holiday. I helped at the Halloween fundraiser making wands with little kids and designing posters advertising the event beforehand. I like going to the Timebank meetings to discuss new ideas and chat to other Timebank members. I have spent my Timebank credits on various activities like the roller-skating disco at the sports center, going to a theatre production of ‘Snow White and Rose Red’ and a trip to the cinema to see ‘Inside Out’.

29. Your timebank • What would you like to happen now ? • Any further questions • Contact me tomorrow • I will follow up with you Parish Clerk /yourselves • Arrange follow up meeting