Dunedin TimeBank
Malcam Trust, 174 Princes St,
Dunedin
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Here is a summary of our progress in 2011:
The Malcam Trust have offered to umbrella us, and we have had several meetings so far on their premises and look forward to further developing this exciting relationship. We have also been very fortunate to receive on-going support from Volunteering Otago. After putting the word out through our own networks we have also formed a Steering Committee of 12 members. Peter has kindly created a brochure for us (with our thanks going out to the Lyttelton, Otaki and Taita Time Banks for their previous work) which has been very useful for communicating the concept. We have explained on the brochure that as we’re still getting established it is not possible to join the TimeBank at this stage, however we welcome any offers of support towards the work that we are doing to set up our Timebank.
We have made appearances at a few public events, the Moving Planet 350.org day held at Dunedin North Intermediate, at a separate event run by the Malcam Trust, and we spoke at 'Fronting Up to Our Deteriorating World' – a public meeting held here in Dunedin to discuss issues of concern, and practical solutions, around three broad themes: Energy, Economics and Community. At this event we talked about both the Dunedin TimeBank, and Fleeing Vesuvius – the exciting new publication from Living Economies. Our main focus in attending these events, at this early stage, is to find extra keen volunteers who are able to help us get set up, and just to generally ‘get the word out’ so that when we do launch (hopefully March or April 2012) there will be a few more people around town who are familiar with the concept. We also had a fantastic time at the recent National Time Banking Hui held in Lyttelton! Thirty keen Timebankers attended the hui, representing Timebanks from Kaitaia to Gore and most places in between! You can read the notes from our conversations at the hui, and join us in the forum, at www.timebank.org.nz
Please see contact details below if you’d like to find out more or get involved with setting up the Dunedin TimeBank.