Time Banking enables you to use the skills available in your community, every one has a skill and everyone’s skills are valued equally. For every hour your give you receive a Time Credit which you can later spend on a skill of your choice. We work across all Tameside areas and now have over 200 members, it s really easy to join and it s free

Timebanking in Tameside is part of the Community and Voluntary Action Tameside family

Registered Charity No. 1148056. Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England No. 793034

TIME BANKING

June–September 2013

Volunteer Centre Tameside 95-97 Penny Meadow Ashton under Lyne OL6 6EP

Main contact: 0161 339 2345 Julie: 07825157474 Elaine: 07816438289

www.tamesidevb.org.uk

New Charter Activity DayNew Charter are holding an Activity Day on the 28 August from 11am – 4pm, at The New Charter Academy, Smallshaw Lane, Ashton, OL6 8RF. The day promises to be a fun filled day of activities.

Dates For Your DiaryWhen What Where

Monday 15 July 2pm–4pm

Denton Library Coffee & Cakes Denton Library, Peel Street, Denton, M34 3JY

Tuesday 16 July 10am–12pm

Hattersley Coffee & cakes event Hattersley Library, The Hub, Stockport Rd, Hattersley, SK14 6NT

Monday 22 July 2pm–4pm

Hurst Coffee & Chat event Hurst Community Centre, Kings Rd, Ashton, OL6 8EZ

Wednesday 21 August 1pm–3pm

Picnic in the Park – King George V Park (Please see the article for further info)

King George V Park, Henrietta Street, Ashton, OL6 8PA

Tuesday 3 September 10am–12pm

Bayley Hall Coffee & Cake event Bayley Hall, Topaz Cafe in the Park, Bayley Hall, Hyde Park, SK14 4JX

Monday 9 September 10am–12pm

Hazelhurst Tea & Toast & Time Banking

New Charter Hub, Gorsey Lane, Hazelhurst Ashton, OL6 9AU

Wednesday 11 September 1pm–2.30pm

Fiona’s Reiki Workshop (please see article for further details)

Haughton Green Centre, Tatton Road, Haughton Green, Denton M34 7PH

Monday 16 September 10am–12pm

Hyde Tea & Talk event Hyde Library, Union Street, Hyde, SK14 1NF

Tuesday 24 September 2pm–4pm

Dukinfield Coffee, Chat & Fruit event Dukinfield Library, Concord Way, Dukinfield, SK16 4DB

There is a lot happening over the next 3 months so please hold onto this newsletter as we hope to see as many of many of you as possible at our gatherings. Come on Time Bankers, let’s get some swaps going! Everyone is welcome to attend any of the events irrespective of the area you live in or if you’re new to Time Banking. Please contact us if you require any further information. Existing Time Bank Members will earn 1 Time Credit if they give someone a lift.

Picnic in the ParkWhy not join us on Wednesday 21 August at King George V Park, Henrietta Street, Ashton, OL6 8PA at 1pm and bring along your own picnic, picnic rug and drinks?

After having something to eat we can then have some fun and games! Children and dogs welcome (which need to be on leads)...the dogs of course not

the children! If the weather isn’t fine we can use the Community Room in Georgie Porgies Cafe in the Park.

There are several entrances to the Park, if you are driving please use the Ladbrook Road entrance, Hurst Knoll School (OL6 8JF), as there are more parking spaces around that area. Once in the Park if you head for Georgie Porgies Cafe we can will all meet there.

Drive DeweededOn a warm Sunday afternoon, Time bank members, helped Denise de-weed her drive and front garden.

Denise who is phobic of Bees and Wasps had been too frightened to go out and attempt the clear the jungle that was claiming the outside of her home.

Time banking in Tameside trimmed the hedges, de-weeded, trimmed, swept and cleared the drive and garden and now Denise and her partner Graham don’t have to worry about it anymore.

Crochet WorkshopDenise, one of our members ran a Saturday morning crochet workshop, where a group of people learnt the basics of crochet.There was a wide range of abilities which Denise handled extremely well. The group were very impressed with the hand-outs she had put together and examples of Denise’s previous crotchet work, this has led to many requests for one to one sessions.

Top tips and ideas were free flowing and everyone went home with new projects in mind. Barbara was top of the class and that inspired after the workshop that she went home and crotched a glasses case over the weekend.

Gardeners, are you ready?The summer is finally on the horizon and the gardening requests are coming in thick and fast. Here’s a list of some of our current garden requests:

• Help with Grass edges and digging

• Second coat of paint on outdoor fence

• Driveway clearing

• General gardening

• Advice on starting a vegetable patch

If you think you can help, please give us a call!

James, one of our teenage members, was eager to clean Jean’s windows as he has a new toy! The window vac really helped speed up the task with excellent results. Jean, who had a fall and broken her shoulder, was unable to clean them herself, so was really impressed with James’ hard work and the sparkling windows!

What is Reiki?Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing.It is administered by “laying on hands” and is based on the idea that an unseen “life force energy” flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one’s “life force energy” is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

Would you like to find out more? We are holding a very informal, friendly workshop run by one of our members, Fiona. This will include Questions and Answer and ‘taster’ session

Time Banking in Tameside wishes to say a huge well done to Christopher Broadbent for completing the Bupa Great Manchester run this year!The Bupa Great Manchester run is one of the UK fabourative 10k run which started in 2003, since its started Olympians such as Gebrselassie and Derartu Tulu plus world champions Paul Tergat, Zersenay Tadesse, Berhane Adere, Sonia O Sullivan, Lornah Kiplagat and Vivian Cheruiyot, have all taken part. The run raises money for many charitable trust, including the Christie and The Lord Mayors Official

Charity. We’re proud of you Christopher, keep up the good work!

If you would like more information on how to get involved or donate, please visit: www.greatrun.org/events

Hyde Park’s first Orchard Pop Up KitchenOver 20 people helped out with weeding in the community orchard in Hyde Park and were rewarded for their efforts with a healthy lunch, which everyone helped prepare.This was made from locally sourced products (including honey made from the park’s bees). The event was a joint initiative between community food enterprise, Operation Farm and Time Banking in Tameside.

The Orchard Pop up Kitchen was created and organised by Ali Shockledge, Board Member of Operation Farm; with the aim of developing skills in gardening and cooking in an outdoor setting.

Alison said, It was a really successful day, the sun shone, everyone worked hard and I hope

we demonstrated how to bring together low cost, seasonal and healthy ingredients in a fun way.

Chair of Hyde District Assembly who attended echoed this stating, the food was superb; it was great seeing community members mucking in together. Events like this are fantastic.

If you are interested in finding out more about Hyde Park Community Orchard, the Orchard Pop up Scheme or Operation Farm contact Ali on 07834 242398 or email operationfarm@gmail.com

Our Time Bank Country WalksWe have had 3 fantastic walks in the past 3 months.Firstly, in April, Robert & Pat organised a walk around Chadkirk, a historical area in Romiley. The walk went really well, the weather was kind to us and Robert was well prepared with lots of historical facts about the area. There was lots of laughter and fun and the children enjoyed running around, especially Charlie who was constantly climbing!

Towards the end of the walk we visited the farm cafe and enjoyed a hot drink and a chat while the children visited the animals. On the way back to the car park we detoured to view Stockport Hydro. This is a renewable energy scheme at Otterspool Weir on the river Goyt near Marple. It is Greater Manchester’s first community owned hydro-electric project.

In May, Keith & Barbara led a lovely walk around ‘Great Wood’ in Broadbottom. Again the weather was fantastic and we found out so much about this beautiful, secluded area. We ended the walk in the newly refurbished Lymefield Tea Rooms, which was also full

of history of the local dairy farm. A thoroughly enjoyable experience was had by all!

Just recently, Eileen from our Denton South Time Bank, led our third country walk. This was into and around Reddish Vale Country Park. The weather was superb! This walk focused on the wildlife and nature of the area, walking around the fishing lakes with ducklings and other birds, and then a wildlife butterfly meadow. It is amazing the wealth of nature we have on our doorstep!

We would like to say a HUGE ‘Thank You’ to Robert, Pat, Keith, Barbara & Eileen for organising such great events, it was very much appreciated by everyone!

Would you like to organise something for other Time Bank members? We are looking for ideas for social activities. It could be a workshop, hosting a games event, leading a walk, etc,. Elaine, Julie and Sasha would love to hear from you and help turn your idea into reality (within reason though!) Please contact us on the usual numbers.