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Timeplace
Co-producing community
The time credits model
Spice are a social enterprise working across the UK to deliver time credit programmes in partnership with host organisations.
introductions
ACE are a local development trust operating in the Ely, Caerau and Fairwater areas of Cardiff. ACE work with Spice to host the Timeplace project.
Asset mapping
What have we
already got?
Development-figures
Summer 2012
22 groups
57 members
3871 hours donated
Summer 2013
56 groups
407 members
16,188 hours donated
Summer 2014
90 groups
1000+ members
35,000+ hours donated
Easy access earn opportunities
Network events (brochure planning)
Develop spend network
Provide training and development opportunities
Community spend-bringing individuals together
Community ambassadors
Timeplace steering group
Tackle community issues
Development-what we did
Partnership-council, Keep Wales Tidy, Police, ACE
203 bags of rubbish collected, several beds, fridges and a canoe!
Over 200 volunteers and 40 community groups involved
Community Pride
• We asked people to come and talk about health, we shared what they said.
• We asked who wanted to influence health services and ran a project with the NHS to co-design a new service.
• We are featured in the Health Ministers Prudent health care report.
Health and NHS co-production
92% are contributing more time to the community
87% have shared skills to benefit others
79% felt they are more able to influence what their community is like
74% said when they have a problem they feel more able to talk to people in the community about it
The sharing economy
86% of people said they had made new friends
73% said they could afford to do more things
72% said they visited or saw people more often
70% said they felt more confident
73% felt more positive about their future
44% said they felt healthier
38% said they could live more independently
34% said they had less need to visit the doctor as often
26% said they had less need for social care services
What it’s doing for people
Kim’s Story• Lived in Ely for 10 years but didn’t engage in the community
until 3-4 years ago-struggled with addiction • Son started bringing credits home from school• Kim first earned by litter picking activities at a local park• Spent first credits on a 3 day family holiday to a local farm• Starting volunteering in a range of other groups and activities and
got to know lots of new people• Peer counselling, food & nutrition, child protection, sports
leadership, community engagement courses• Timeplace steering group, ACE board member, Citizens UK, ACE
assistant development officer.
Time credits got me
out doing something,
they helped keep me occupied
88% said they knew people in their community better
87% have taken on new challenges
86% spend more time with others in the community
85% have taken part in more community activities
83% knew more about services available to them
67% have more trust in their local community
69% now want to do things they didn’t want to do before
What it’s doing for ACE
What it’s doing for the community
Timeplace helps bring people together. People form solutions to community issues. People are the heart of our community. People power change.
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