caring for the carers.
Westminster Carers Time Bank is pleased to announce that actor Stephen Tompkinson (Wild at Heart) will attend its Big Lunch event at the Rhodes W1 Brasserie on Thursday 1st March to lend his support to the Carers Time Bank. Carers from all over Westminster interested in becoming members were invited to the lunch. The time bank already has 35 members and a further 50 wanting to know more about what the Carers Time Bank can do for them will be attending.
You can download the March Newsletter here. It has some interesting new training sessions on offer for both our staff and carers. There is a Good employer workshop and working with a Personal Assistant for carers who will be using personal budgets as well as a dementia awareness workshop. There is also IT training for both staff and carers who want to use the new Book a Break booking system and lots more.
Visit the training page for more information about training and to download the March Training programme.
Timebanking UK held its annual New Year’s Party in style at Cafe de Paris, in London on Monday 31st January. Time bank brokers, members, and friends all came together to celebrate another fantastic year for time banks in the UK; from the launch of the new Timebanking website, to the spread of ever more Time banks across the kingdom. Time banking has really flourished in the last couple of years, with over 250 branches through the UK. London alone has over 40 time banks.
The party went with a swing with tasty food, lots of champagne and great tunes from The Red Stripe Band, featuring Neil from West End Time Bank, who really got the party going and gave everyone the chance to dance to some old school classics.
Members from Westminster Carers Time Bank joined in with the fun and danced the night away. If you’d like to find out more about the Westminster Carers Time Bank, the only time bank specially dedicated to supporting carers,  contact us and speak to Sushi. Alternatively, if you’d like to find a Time Bank in your area, you can do so on the TimeBanking UK website
January 24th saw the first Time Bank event of the New Year. Westminster Carers Time Bank members got together to work out some skills exchanges. Despite a wet and cold day lots of members made it to St Ann’s in Soho. They also made lots of very nice food for the meeting and thoroughly enjoyed getting together as these pictures show. We’ll be holding a coffee morning in February – another chance for timebank members to get together. If you’re not yet a member, come along to find out what the time bank can do for you or contact Sushi for more information about the carers time bank.
If you didn’t make it to the December Festive Event you missed out on the mince pies, so try to make it to meet other timebank members and catch up with the latest skills offers and exchanges in the time bank.
Read this personal account written by a parent of three disabled children sharing her experience and just how important respite and support is to enable carers to lead ordinary lives.