Time and Talents, hOurworld
an international network of neighbors helping neighbors
Time and Talents, hOurworld
an international network of neighbors helping neighbors
The Louisville TimeBank
(Time and Talents, Version 1)
The Louisville TimeBank seeks to create a network of individuals and organizatio
Louisville, Kentucky
United States
Current Members: 741
Past Year's Hours: 463
Auckland
New Zealand
Current Members: 165
Past Year's Hours: 450
Tampa, Florida
United States
Current Members: 655
Past Year's Hours: 377
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.
Time Trade Network of Greater Newburyport
(Time and Talents, Version 1)
A Skill-Sharing & Mentoring Community Based on Time
Newburyport, Massachusetts
United States
Current Members: 109
Past Year's Hours: 374
CoThrive Timebank
(Time and Talents, Version 1)
Peace, abundance and sharing through equality in exchange. A time and service ex
Valparaiso, Indiana
United States
Current Members: 200
Past Year's Hours: 359
Detroit, Michigan
United States
Current Members: 832
Past Year's Hours: 350
Hull East Riding of Yorkshire, UK
United Kingdom
Current Members: 907
Past Year's Hours: 329
Los Osos, California
United States
Current Members: 92
Past Year's Hours: 311
United States
Current Members: 194
Past Year's Hours: 252
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: 118
Past Year's Hours: 242
Sacramento Timebank
(Time and Talents, Version 1)
Sacramento, California
United States
Current Members: 114
Past Year's Hours: 239
Greenbelt, Maryland
United States
Current Members: 293
Past Year's Hours: 144
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: 784
Past Year's Hours: 119
St. Pete Timebank - SPTB
(Time and Talents, Version 2)
'Where your time counts when you're OFF the clock!'
St. Petersburg , Florida
United States
Current Members: 547
Past Year's Hours: 115
PDX Time Bank
(Time and Talents, Version 2)
Peace, abundance and sharing through equality in exchange.
Portland, Oregon
United States
Current Members: 1201
Past Year's Hours: 112
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: 47
Past Year's Hours: 107
Montrose, Colorado
United States
Current Members: 154
Past Year's Hours: 92
The Shippo Timebank
(Time and Talents, Version 2)
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
United States
Current Members: 115
Past Year's Hours: 72
Kirikiriroa/Hamilton
New Zealand
Current Members: 108
Past Year's Hours: 71
