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Volunteering does have a price 20 Aug 2013 | 08:20 pm
At TimeBank we receive many calls and email enquiries regarding groups of corporate employees wanting to get out of the office and do an activity as a team. This is absolutely great and I guess I woul...
Behind the scenes at the Houses of Parliament 15 Aug 2013 | 08:22 pm
Having recently joined TimeBank one of my first tasks was to help organise our launch for the evaluation report of our Shoulder to Shoulder project at none other than … the House of Commons! This was ...
Old is Gold 12 Aug 2013 | 12:49 pm
Engage is our exciting project for unemployed young people in Tower Hamlets in London. We support these young people to deliver their own community project – and provide a mentor to help them plan the...
EE employees share their digital skills in local communities 6 Aug 2013 | 02:56 pm
TimeBank continues its partnership with EE (T-Mobile & Orange) to deliver a digital skills employee volunteering programme nationwide. Within the programme we have delivered fun and informal events s...
Am I a carer? 23 Jul 2013 | 06:54 pm
I often see or hear people questioning whether they can call themselves a carer and if they’re allowed to access ‘real’ carers’ services. Since the Carers Together project started I’ve received more ...
Capturing the volunteering legacy of the Olympics 19 Jul 2013 | 01:53 pm
Three things this week have prompted me to write this blog – on Tuesday I was heading to a meeting and as I came out of the boiling hot Tube at Goodge Street I walked past none other than Lord Sebasti...
Panorama's Broken by Battle showed the impact of PTSD on soldiers struggling to adapt to civilian life 16 Jul 2013 | 06:57 pm
This week the BBC's Panorama programme screened Broken by Battle, a documentary about the impact of PTSD on ex-servicemen. At TimeBank this is something we are very familiar with through our work on t...
Can exercise improve your mental health? 8 Jul 2013 | 01:45 pm
During Shoulder to Shoulder mentor training sessions, we teach our volunteers the Five Ways to Wellbeing recommended by Mind and the Mental Health Foundation to help maintain good mental health: Conne...
Young people in Tower Hamlets are delivering some great community projects 24 Jun 2013 | 03:18 pm
Engage is our new project that matches volunteer mentors with young people living in East London who are not in education, employment or training. The idea is to support them to develop and deliver a...
Banners, balloons and biscuits 19 Jun 2013 | 01:22 pm
" by (Creative Commons attribution license)' class="imagecache imagecache-blog imagecache-default imagecache-blog_default" width="300" height="225"> Last week was Carers Week. It seems like every ca...
