Time Broking
Natalie Webster
Time Broker
One example of Time Banking is the Person to Person Exchange method.This is as follows:
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Members list the services they can offer and those that they need
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All agree to both give and receive services
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Everyone is interviewed and provides references
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Every hour giving help earns the giver one credit, a Time Dollar
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Members “buy” the services they need with their credits
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The computer matches the task, the giver and the receiver
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Every transaction is recorded on a computer “time bank”
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Members receive a regular “bank statement”
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One hour is one credit regardless of the skills one offers
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Members can donate credits to their friends or to the credit pool
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Everyone is seen as special with a contribution to make
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All activities maintain set standards of care and a code of ethics
Examples of what Time Broking has occured in Rhondda - Cynon - Taf examples of these are the recent Scrapheap Challenge which was held in Michael Sobbell Sports Centre 25 February 2006.
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