Timebanking recognizes that everyone has a skill, knowledge, support or help to share. Our community is full of people with an amazing mix of skills and knowledge that you may not be aware of. It’s free to join and all you have to do is share a skill that you have and spend a bit of time helping someone else.

Everyone’s time and skills are valued equally. If you give an hour, you can get an hour back in help and support from another Timebank member.

It’s really flexible and you can give as much or as little time as you like. No cash is involved it only ‘costs’ your time.

There are lots of reasons to become involved with Settle Timebank:

• Get to know new people
• Help out in the community
• Access help for free
• Increase your self-confidence
• Share your skills and knowledge and learn new ones
• Attend social events & activities
  

Here are some of the common offers and requests (exchanges), though some of these are, as you would expect, dependent upon current Government Covid-19 guidelines:

• Gardening
• Help around the house
• Simply DIY
• Walking buddy
• Shopping
• Giving someone a lift
• Teaching a musical instrument
• Arts and crafts
• Cooking and baking
• Getting started with a mobile, smartphone, tablet
• And more...the sky's the limit
•  NEW ACTIVITIES.
• Mondays; Pop by at The Quakers Gardens and Kitchen in Settle, For some yummy food and social time. The Food Connectors Project - Where you can come and learn simple cooking and baking skills. We offer small group cooking and making sessions, or Cooking and shopping tips, pop in have a cuppa and chat with Emma. Also your welcome for a Safe Social distance lunch and chat with others. RUNS WEEKLY!
• Monday : Every Monday at our HUB ALLOTMENT! Yeah! 10 am to 12-noon Meet Pat at Plot 11B Cammock Lane Allotment, Settle. Or Ring/Texy Pat 074 68 30 5212. We would love helpers, planting and light weeding, some watering, eager to learn and be part of our allotment community mindful Space. We will be running some Mindfulness and Gardening workshops.
  
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• Tuesdays in Victoria Hall Gardens, Settle; 10 am to 12noon IT help, mobile phone, Tablets, Ipads, laptops etc. Join with easy self-help IT guide mini-course, 'learn my Way' with 1:1 support from Settel Hub and Settle Age Uk staff. one-off pop in to help with a computer or internet advice. Call by have a cuppa and a chat.
• Thursdays; As usual we have Our Munchers lunch at Quakers garden kitchen. 10 am to 2 pm. Drop-in chat, support and lots of tea and cake. 12 noon onwards we will be serving a social distanced light lunch. 
• Thursday every other week. MINDFUL WALKING GROUP, WITH CAROL. Check with Settle Hub for the week it is running. Local, in interesting and beautiful mini, walks for all abilities. Do email settletimebank@gmail.com for more information, or pop by to any of our activities. 

For more information and a chat about how you can get involved, contact:

Pat Porter, Settle Timebank Co-ordinator by email - settletimebank@gmail.com or by mobile - 07468305212.