Covid-19 befriending
I have been working on the Time Together Covid-19 befriending project at TimeBank for a few months now and it’s…
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Get involved, be an inspiration – be a volunteer!
Following my stint as a GamesMaker in the glorious days of 2012 (still going on about it), I was so…
Being agile in a crisis
A belated Happy New Year to everyone – although I am sure 2021 hasn’t been the start we would have…
Finding ways to support our beneficiaries online
Since lockdown began in March 2020, we’ve been looking for ways to continue to support our former Talking Together English…
The answer to getting our learners online? Bicycles!
For the last five years we have recruited, trained and supported volunteers to deliver conversational English language classes to Asian…
Adapting to online volunteering
It has been a couple of months since my last blog and a lot has happened at TimeBank. As we…
Employee volunteering via Zoom!
As I’m sure is the case for many of you, I’ve had to become somewhat of a Zoom…
Listening to the voices of our beneficiaries and volunteers
These are my last days in the job after almost two years working for TimeBank. It has been a…
Our corporate volunteers are tackling older people’s isolation
The Covid-19 outbreak has made TimeBank rethink how we can support those communities that are most isolated. Before Coronavirus…
Thanks to our volunteers we’re finding new ways of working during the pandemic
Like most organisations, we had some exciting plans for the summer when the UK was hit by the Coronavirus…
Volunteering at TimeBank during Covid-19
Volunteers’ Week is always a good opportunity to reflect – not just on the present, but to look to…
New to TimeBank – but not new to volunteering
I started with TimeBank on March 2, 2020 as Project Administrator for Shoulder to Shoulder Online – three weeks…