Timebanking is about exchanging time, skills, interests, and the things you love to do with others. Through these simple acts of sharing, we can help reduce the loneliness and isolation that many people in our city experience. It could be helping someone with a form, mending a hole in a jumper, helping someone set up a new phone or tablet, taking a dog for a walk or having a cup of tea with someone who’s feeling a bit on their own. This exchange creates a cycle of learning, connection, and mutual support.

By using your abilities to uplift others, you also grow personally, build stronger relationships, and become part of a community where everyone benefits.

It means people can get a little help when they need it but, more importantly, it helps people feel they have a value to others.