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Time banks

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From:

NE Lincolnshire Council: Social Care Handbook

Focus Adult Social Work

Time banking is designed to support people who help others, and to offer support to those that need it. Every hour spent doing something for somebody, generates a time credit. Each time credit can then be exchanged for an hour of someone else's time.

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