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Selwyn Timebank

The Selwyn Timebank has been set up to strengthen our communities by creating opportunities for people to meet their neighbours and pool their resources and skills.

Timebanks trade in time credits rather than money. Timebank members can request help for a specific job and then pay for that help with time credits. Timebanks do not need direct trades to work because time credits earned are put in an account to be spent when needed. Working bees to get big jobs done are a great way of harnessing the energy of a timebank and provide an opportunity for people to meet.

Organisations and schools can also be Timebank members and can pay their volunteers with credits.

Main activities and services

Timebanks recognize that all members of a community have skills to contribute, and that the overall community is strengthened when neighbours help one another. In fast-growing communities, such as many of the towns in the Selwyn district, newcomers may not easily meet other residents. For established residents traditional networks may break down as grown up children settle elsewhere and neighbours commute into town to work. The Selwyn timebank provides a new way of forming networks and meeting other people in the community. We run coffee mornings, pot luck dinners among a variety of other events run by members in addition to individual timebank trades.

Additional Information

How to join Become a member by creating a new account for yourself or email Evelien and Brie on selwyntimebank@gmail.com with your contact details. You will be asked for the names of two people to be character references for you and invited to an orientation session along, where you will learn more about timebanking and meet some other new members. Once you are a member you will be emailed a weekly "broadcast" which lists the latest offers, requests and any upcoming events. We look forward to meeting you! The Selwyn Timebank team