Westminster Carers Service

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.

The next Carers Time Bank event will be a coffee morning, with snacks and food of course! Come along: 11.00- 1.30 at St. Anne’s Soho, 55 Dean Street, London W1D 6AF January 24th

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.

The Guardian – January 10th

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.

Time Bank Festive Event was a cracker!

The time bank held its first members event on 20th December at the Regent Hall on Oxford Street.  Members listened to the West End Time Bank co-ordinator tell them how they could spend their time credits with a variety of services that have partnered with the West End Time Bank, like the Soho Theatre, Marshall Street baths and the Word Cafe. Members were also encouraged to request exchanges from the  amazing range of skills other members are offering in order to help and support each other.

Watch this space for announcement of the next event to be held in late January. Seasons Greetings and Happy holidays to all Westminster Carers.

Today we launched the Westminster Carers Time Bank at Westminster City Hall in the presence of the Lord Mayor, Councillor Susie Burbridge. The idea to set up a Time Bank for carers came from our consultation with carers in September. continue reading »