Time Bank West Coast is coming...
The CoRe Project is currently supporting the development of a Time Bank for our region. On invitation by the Kumara Residents Trust, two members of the Lyttelton Timebank, Margaret Jeffries and Wendy Everingham, gave a talk about Time Banking in Greymouth and Hokitika in early September. The participants got quite excited and a small group carried on some ground
work over the last few weeks to set up a system for the West Coast. Instead of dollars, time credits are used as payment. Members earn time credits for the work they do for one another and then use them to “buy” another member’s time to get their work done. Any skills can be traded, the options are practically endless. In Lyttelton, looking after pets and property, gardening, computer tuition and problem solving, home renovation, language tuition and translations, and childcare are all very popular, but also helping with book keeping, anything auto, event setup, food, marketing and media are traded skills. In Time Banking everybody’s time is equal. No matter what type of work is done, one hour always equals one time credit, one to one. Every person is equally valued. If you would like to learn more, or contribute to creating policies, make a logo or flyers, or share your opinion, please email us:
[email protected]
and we’ll sign you up to join our online forum. We are hoping to be up and running before Christmas!!
