Time and Talents, hOurworld
an international network of neighbors helping neighbors
Time and Talents, hOurworld
an international network of neighbors helping neighbors
Detroit, Michigan
United States
Current Members: 844
Past Year's Hours: 350
Auckland
New Zealand
Current Members: 168
Past Year's Hours: 336
Hull East Riding of Yorkshire, UK
United Kingdom
Current Members: 909
Past Year's Hours: 331
Tampa Bay Time Bank (TBT)
(Time and Talents, Version 2)
Connecting untapped resources with unmet needs
Tampa, Florida
United States
Current Members: 665
Past Year's Hours: 321
Tampa Bay Time's Mission: To promote equality and build a caring, just and sustainable community-based economy through inclusive exchange of time and talent
Tampa Bay Time (TBT) is a community service exchange, also known as a “time bank,†a network of people and groups who are creating an economy of abundance for all by connecting untapped resources with unmet needs. The concept is simple. Members help a member or partner for an hour, earn an hour of credit and spend that credit on services offered by another participant. They document exchanges in this online database. Each hour of helping earns one TBT Hour, regardless of the activity. In short, all work is valued, and valued equally.
Individuals and groups that join Tampa Bay Time weave community one hour at a time, extending trust and reciprocity across social, economic, ethnic and linguistic lines. In the process we rebuild what economist Neva Goodwin calls the “core economy,†the unpaid work on which the market economy depends. TBT accounts have significant value, so we all agree to manage them with integrity, to issue time credits only for completed and otherwise unpaid work, and to use the TBT mission (above) and time banking’s five core values to guide all participation.
The Five Core Values that Guide All Participation and Decision Making
â— Assets: Everyone is an asset: We all have something to give.
â— Redefining Work: We redefine work to value whatever it takes to raise healthy children, build
strong families, care for elders, revitalize neighborhoods, make democracy work, advance social justice and make the planet sustainable.
â— Reciprocity: Helping works better as a two-way street.
â— Community: We need each other; networks are stronger than individuals. When people help each other, they reweave communities of support, strength and trust.
â— Respect: Every human being matters. Respect for all means accountability to all.
Community Partnerships, TBT & the Co-creation of Beneficial Results
Tampa Bay Time invites groups that are aligned with our mission and values to become partners and exchange services. By partnering, groups support each other’s operations, share resources, and increase community resilience. In the process of rewarding otherwise unpaid tasks, they also create jobs for TBT members who want work.
By liberating untapped resources, Tampa Bay Time Bank exchanges kick-start multiplier effects that ripple through communities. Every trade makes a two-sided contribution to a growing web of interconnections that bind people together & make everyone more secure, building resilience while reducing expenses for all.
For those interested learning more about the how time banks connect untapped resources with personal and community needs, we recommend a book by Dr. Edgar Cahn, the Father of Time Banking. It's No More Throwaway People: The Co-Production Imperative, and a limited number of copies are available for check-out.
Cottey Timebank
(Time and Talents, Version 2)
Nevada, Missouri
United States
Current Members: 127
Past Year's Hours: 310
Capital District Mutual Aid Time Bank
(Time and Talents, Version 2)
We Take Care Of Us
Schenectady, New York
United States
Current Members: 250
Past Year's Hours: 296
Louisville TimeBank
(Time and Talents, Version 2)
Towards a more interdependent and resilient community.
Louisville, Kentucky
United States
Current Members: 794
Past Year's Hours: 261
The Louisville TimeBank seeks to create a network of individuals and organizations that support and empower each other, which builds a social safety net that moves us towards being a more interdependent and resilient community.
CoThrive Timebank
(Time and Talents, Version 2)
Peace, abundance and sharing through equality in exchange.
What is timebanking? It’s a unique way of building community through trust, where members depend on one another. Timebanking is a way of giving and receiving to build strong support networks. One hour helping another earns one-time credit. It’s that simple.
San Luis Obispo County, California
United States
Current Members: 93
Past Year's Hours: 210
Sacramento TimeBank
(Time and Talents, Version 2)
Sacramento, Cali
United States
Current Members: 113
Past Year's Hours: 203
Hour Exchange TimeBank
(Time and Talents, Version 2)
Supporting the sharing economy to build community in SE Michigan.
Royal Oak, Michigan
United States
Current Members: 121
Past Year's Hours: 162
Upper Annandale Timebank
(Time and Talents, Version 2)
Time well spent helping neighbours
Moffat
Scotland
Current Members: 49
Past Year's Hours: 160
Timebank Whakatū
(Time and Talents, Version 2)
Nelson
New Zealand
Current Members: 37
Past Year's Hours: 159
Montrose, Colorado
United States
Current Members: 142
Past Year's Hours: 128
Tierrasanta Village of San Diego Time Bank
(Time and Talents, Version 1)
San Diego, California
United States
Current Members: 65
Past Year's Hours: 121
Arroyo S.E.C.O. Network of Time Banks
(Time and Talents, Version 1)
Growing a Sharing Economy Through Reciprocity
Los Angeles, California
United States
Current Members: 795
Past Year's Hours: 119
PDX Time Bank
(Time and Talents, Version 2)
Peace, abundance, and sharing through equality in exchange.
Portland, Oregon
United States
Current Members: 1238
Past Year's Hours: 117
Greenbelt, Maryland
United States
Current Members: 300
Past Year's Hours: 110
timeBanking/Lamoni
(Time and Talents, Version 1)
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”- Helen Keller.
Lamoni, Iowa
United States
Current Members: 45
Past Year's Hours: 103
