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THE Hand book

GETTinG STarTEd wiTH TimE CrEdiTS:

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How to use the Handbook

This Handbook will support you to set up and use Time Credits in your organisation or group.

To start using Time Credits you need to go through the steps in the checklist on Page 4. Each step in the checklist has supporting information in this Handbook or additional resources or tools you can use, which will be provided separately by your Local Time Credits Facilitator.

If you have any questions about the Handbook or resources, please contact your Local Facilitator.

welcome! You feel appreciated; it means that the couple of hours you’ve given up of your time, it’s meant

something to somebody. Community member

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TimE CrEdiTS SET Up CHECkliST

action page date Complete?1. Complete the Expression of Interest form

2. Sign the Community Partnership Agreement

3. Identify the senior staff member who will be the strategic lead for Time Credits in your organisation

4. Identify your day to day Time Credits lead — responsible for administration and bringing Time Credits into activities

5. Spread the Word! Explain Time Credits to staff, service users and volunteers and get their input

6. Map your assets and resources

7. Earning and Spending activities

8. Ready to go! Hold a launch activity where people can earn and spend

9. Complete administration and monitoring

10. Evaluation - help us collect data to measure impact

11. Review & Grow! Ensure Time Credits are helping you achieve your vision, and work together with your community to create more meaningful opportunities for more people to get involved with earning and spending

N/A _______

N/A _______

4 _______

4 _______

5 _______

7 _______

8 _______

10 _______

11 ongoing

14 _______

15 _______

This simple checklist will help you to work through the stages of setting up your Time Credits programme. Write in the date when you plan to complete the action, and tick off stages once they are completed.

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TimE CrEdiT rolES

3.Strategic lead responsibilities:• Driving the direction of Time Credits

within your organisation

• Ensuring staff are aware of Time Credits andhowtheyfitintotheorganisation and their roles

• Driving growth of Time Credit programme and integration across the organisation

• Liaising with Time Credits Facilitator around direction and progress of programme.

Person responsible:

4. day-to-day lead responsibilities: • Ensuring Time Credits are earned and

spent in activities, and supporting other staff to do this too

• Ensuring administration and reporting is completed and returned to Local Time Credits Facilitator

• Providing Time Credits and relevant paperwork to other staff who give out or take in Time Credits.

Person responsible:

Thesearetherolesthatneedtobefilledwithinyourorganisation or group. They could all be done by one person, but for Time Credits to become sustainable we recommend having at least two people with some responsibility. Fill in the name of the person who will undertake each role below.

What having time credits personally has meant…It’s opened up new opportunities to me. It’s opened

up social avenues – I’ve now got a group of ‘nodding acquaintances’ at the gym, which helps you to anchor

yourself, to anchor your place in society, and your sense of identity.

Community member

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“ Tim

e is t

he m

ost v

aluab

le th

ing

a m

an ca

n spe

nd.”

Th

eoph

rast

us (3

72 –

287

BC

)

“ If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”

Bruce Lee (1940 – 1973)

TIME CREDIT

VOLUNTEER AND EARN TIME CREDITS AS A THANK YOU!

please add your dots: 1=no/never, 5=yes/always

we value all

participants as experts

— whether through

training or experience

we build on people’s

strengths and abilities —

an asset-based approach

we see ourselves as

facilitators of change

rather than providers

of services

we promote relationships

of equality, reciprocity

and respect

we use local networks

& peer-support

to deliver outcomes /

support change

1 2 3 4 5HOW CO-PRO ARE YOU?

© This material is owned by Spice and may not be copied or altered without permission.

Spice aims to work with individuals, providers and policy makers to co-produce best practice and demonstrate leadership on the key issues facing the H&SC sector, resulting in:

• Healthier individuals with better social care outcomes

•Reduction in demand for services

•Greater equality and access to services

•More citizen-led services

•Increased social capital

• Integration of health and social care services with wider communities

• Types of organisation participating: Day services / Children’s Centres / Residential services / Stroke Association / Peer support groups / Alzheimer’s society / Local authorities / Drug and alcohol support / Mental health services / Learning disability services / Young parent services / Community groups / Voluntary sector services / Arts groups / Sports clubs / GP surgeries

OUR VISION Communities and individuals will be at the centre of addressing the health and social care needs facing the UK

What having time credits personally has meant…It’s opened up new opportunities to me. It’s opened

up social avenues – I’ve now got a group of ‘nodding acquaintances’ at the gym, which helps you to anchor

yourself, to anchor your place in society, and your sense of identity.

Member

SPICE’S WORK IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

The Time Credits initiative has really fired up some very vulnerable and, at times, isolated individuals to give something of themselves to others. Very positive reception from [mental health peer support group] members and I think it’s excellent and very motivating.

Mental health worker

I feel encouraged to attend a community group regularly and gain a lot of support from the group. I am also planning to

re-start an adult education course in September this year, which will help me gain confidence, increase my physical and mental wellbeing

and meet new people. Member

Bespoke training programme

developed for service providers

Ethnographic research into asset based approaches and complex needs Developing

co-produced health and social care services

GROW

PLANCREATE

Establish the network

What’s already out there / who’s already out there /

making the connections4 DO

Start tradingCreate menus / build your networks / test the systems

6Spread the word Communicate! information, evidence, marketing, celebration

7Develop the network

More Time Credit opportunities, more members, more exchanges

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Explore the possibilities

Feasibility check0Agree the planAims, outcomes, ambitions1Set up the structures

Contracts, administration, people2Measure your progress

Monitoring, evaluation, review 3

Deepen & embed

co-productionBuild co-production capacity /

celebrate success

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Plan the futureSustaining what’s been achieved /

finding new opportunities10

3

Session

5 Co-design the project

Organisational strategy & aims /

community priorities & capacity

5. SprEadinG THE word

Flyers and posters

TheIntroductiontoTimeCreditsleafletgivesyouallthebasic info about Time Credits and you can use this to let people know what it’s all about. Spice also have more communications resources that you can use to spread the word and ensure community members, service users and staff are aware of the programme. Your Local Facilitator can provide you with materials or templates, which include:

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South East Wales

Summer 2013

CREDITSYOURTIME

time credit

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Folly Farm Boulders climbing centre

Where is it? Folly FarmBegelly, KilgettyPembrokeshire SA68 0XA

Tel. 01443 432 654www.folly-farm.co.uk

What can I do there?Folly Farm is a family theme park and petting zoo. We are the top paid-for tourist attraction in Wales and winner of both the Best Family Day Out in Pembrokeshire and Best Family Day Out in Wales.

• Adventure play and games• Jolly Barn and Zoo• Vintage Fair once a month• Penguin Coast• Cafes and picnic spots

What can I do there?Climbing activities for adults start with the Climbing class. This great 90 minute have a go climbing activity will tire you out and get you hooked on the sport.

• Climbing walls for all levels• On-site instructors• Soft play• Family & kids climbing walls

adult or child entry 90 minute session

+

When can I visit? Monday - Friday 9am - 4pmNot available July - September

! When can I visit? Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9am - 4pmNot available July - September or November - December

!

Where is it? BouldersBegelly, KilgettyPembrokeshire SA68 0XA

Tel. 01443 432 654www.folly-farm.co.uk

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Boulders climbing centreClimbing activities for adults start with the Climbing class.Holborn, central LondonTel. 0208 5432 6541 www.boulders.co.uk

The London Dungeon

Longleat Safari Park

www.warwickcastle.org

www.tate.com

www.millwall.co.uk

Outdoor safari park and theme park with exotic animals, rides and more. Cardiff, South WalesTel. 02920 532 641 www.longleat.co.uk

A spooky underground attraction — not for the faint hearted!London

Tel. 0208 5432 6541 www.londondungeon.co.uk

www.lowry.orgwww.sage.org

Spending Time Credits across the UK

For a full list visit www.justaddspice.org

Spending menus

briefing sheets and leaflets

Social media

Do participants need to sign up for a set period

of time? No. A person might only ever earn one credit, or they

may earn them infrequently, or as often as they are able.

They will need to fill out a membership form the first time

they earn a credit so that we can start to build a picture

of the different people earning Time Credits in the

community.

How long do people have to spend their credits?

There is currently no time limit on credits, although we

do encourage people to spend them as this means that

they are availing themselves of useful and interesting

opportunities, and enables the circulation of credits as

an effective community currency.

How do we get the Time Credit notes?

The Locality Facilitator will sign out the Time Credit

notes to you when you have decided how you would

like individuals to earn and spend credits with your

organisation.

Someone in your organisation then needs to record when

you sign out credits for an activity. We provide an easy-

to-use form for this purpose. We need to keep track of

credits because they are a form of currency. When you

request more Time Credits from the Locality Facilitator,

we will ask to see this form to check that the number of

credits we have signed out to your organisation matches

the number you have given out. We also collect data about

what activities credits have been earned and spent on.

What happens to the information you collect?

We collect data on earning and spending so we can

monitor the growth and progress of the Network.

We also ask individuals to fill in a membership form when

they earn their first Time Credit. This is so we can start

to build a picture of the different people earning Time

Credits in the community and see if we are reaching a

wide range of people. We do not share any personal data

with anyone else.

We don’t have any budget for providing spending

activities. Can we still take part?

This is a common and valid concern and the simple

answer is ‘yes’. However, we do ask you to make a

commitment to thinking about how you might accept

Time Credits.

We’ll help you to link the development of spending to

your organisational objectives, and build it into current

projects or future plans. You could accept credits for

events or activities you currently charge for, such as

tickets to a school concert, or entry to an existing

fundraising event, or something new led by volunteers

earning credits. You can control the number of people

who can use their Time Credits at an activity or event by

limiting the Time Credit places available. You can also

work in partnership with other Time Credit partners to

develop spending.

How do we support people to volunteer if they have

complex needs?

Time Credits are a tool for broadening inclusion so

anyone can take part in anything that is appropriate

for them. We believe everyone has something to give,

regardless of age or disability.

We are working with a wide range of organisations

including day-centres and social-care providers to

develop ways that people can participate, and we

can provide you with support to ensure that

opportunities for earning and spending credits

are available to everyone.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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map your assetsThese should include:

•People’s skills, interests, knowledge, talents and experience

• Physical resources such as rooms, outside spaces and equipment

• ‘Intangible’ assets – for example, your networks, your reputation or the knowledge you have of an area or community.

Involve your volunteers, service users and staff in identifying all the resources available to you. Think about how they are used at the moment and new ways they could be used, to identify possible Time Credit earning and spending opportunities.

6. mappinG yoUr aSSETS and rESoUrCES

Spice SupportSpice can help you to map out your assets. We’ll work with your service users or

community members & staff to identify people’s skills, abilities

and interests and help co-develop earning and spending

opportunities. We usually do this through fun, creative, interactive

workshops or open events.

To identify the opportunities for your Time Credits programme, the starting point is all the assets you have in your group, community or service.

You can use an asset mapping sheet to help people think through the different types of asset that exist:

asset mapping activitiesMapping assets can be done in different ways.

You can run a creative workshop where you ask people to write ideas on post its or shapes and create something spectacular:

Or you can just have a group conversation andmakealist…butwealwaysfindsomethingcolourful helps people get thinking!

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Earning activities•How do people give their time now?

• Are there any activities that need more support?

• Could people who participate in an activity help run or lead it?

• Do service users or volunteers support staff to deliver activities?

• What resources could be used differently – e.g. creating a vegetable patch or flowerbedinanunder-usedopenspace, or setting up activity sessions in an empty room?

• What untapped potential is there among your service users or community – e.g. skills and time that could be shared with others or talents that others would benefitfrom?

• What could people do that supports your vision – e.g. if your organisation aims to increase independence, what earning activities would support this, such as befriending or supporting people to access local services?

Examples of Earning activities• Service users or volunteers sitting on

staff interview panels or decision making committees

•Running or helping with activities:

- teaching dance, art & craft, exercise, gardening, language or other classes

- making and displaying advertising posters

- helping plan activities, perhaps on a committee

- preparing activity spaces for use, or helping with refreshments

- sharing skills or experiences either 1-1 or with a group, from reading or budgeting to conversation to showing someone around a service or new town

- cooking or preparing food for group social activities or communal meals

•Sharing personal experiences to help inform service development, advocating on behalf of other service users or community members – acting as an ‘Expert by Experience’

•As a peer supporter, in a group or on a 1-1/buddying basis

•Giving time to help maintain or improve the physical environment, e.g. park clean ups, litter picks, painting & decorating, gardening

People are starting to recognise that we really value their skills…One mum cameinspecificallyfortimecredits

because she wanted to use [the gym]. The Time Credits meant that she kept coming back and now she’s now gone

onto to get a job as a cook at one of our centres.

Children’s Centre Manager

Spice SupportSpice can help you to identify ways you can develop community

spending, working with you, your service users or community members

and staff.Once you’ve mapped your assets, you can use them to identify earn and spend activities.

To do this, think about the following.

7. EarninG and SpEndinG aCTiviTiES

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Examples of Community Spending activitiesSocial and group activities, such as•Film nights•Coffee mornings•Pamper evenings• Seasonal events eg Halloween or Easter

parties, summer BBQs

Classes or taster sessions, such as• IT (computer) lessons•Art classes•Exercise or dance classes•Bingo

Access to facilities, such as•Room hire•Skittle lane use•Use of snooker tables or games facilities•Sports facility hire e.g. sports pitch or court•Pitches at car boot sales•DVD or CD hireAccess to entertainment, such as•Music nights or concerts•Plays• VIP areas at public events eg school plays orfireworksnights

Trips. These can be to:• places in the Spending Menu but with

additional transport provided and accessed with Time Credits

• free attractions eg national parks or to go shopping

• paid for attractions, funded through existing budgets or additional fundraising

Parents are now running sessions rather than just attending so the time

credits have encouraged them to take more responsibility. They are

delivering the service alongside us!

Children’s Centre Manager

Community Spending activities• What existing activities, trips and services

that people access could be used as spending activities? If they are paid for, you can run them as dual currency, cash and Time Credits.

• Do you have any activities that are under used? Even if they are free to access at the moment, could you charge a small fee? Often charging for an activity can make it more desirable to people

• Could you add a VIP area or experience to a free activity, e.g. front row seats at a school play?

• What new activities, trips or services that people want to access could you develop withtheresourcesyouhaveidentified?

• What physical resources could you allow access to with credits e.g. room or garden hire?

• What skills or abilities are there among your service users or community members that people could access with Time Credits – e.g. IT skill sharing or arts/sewing groups?

• What could people access that supports your vision– e.g. if you support people to become more physically healthy, could you set up a walking group or dance lessons?

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8. rEady To Go

Onceyou’veidentifiedyourstartingpoints,just go for it! Actually handing out your firstTimeCreditscansometimesfeelabitdaunting,butit’sthebestwaytofindoutwhat works.

A good way of getting started is to hold or build on an event where plenty of people can earn credits. This could be:

•A celebration event e.g. a party or fete

• A fundraising or awareness raising event e.g. a seasonal fair or festival

•A service user forum or meeting

• A grounds clear-up or garden maintenance activity.

Straightafteryourfirstearningactivity,it’sagood idea to provide a spending activity as soon as possible, to encourage people to spend their credits. This is very helpful for peoplewhomayfindtheideaoftimeCreditsharder to understand, or who are less likely to try new spending activities. This spending activity might be:

• A group trip to somewhere in the local Time Credits Brochure, e.g. a local leisure centre or entertainment venue

• A spending activity at your organisation e.g. a coffee morning, group meal or pamper session.

Helping people try new activitiesSpending Time Credits at local businesses andleisureservicescanoffergreatbenefitsto people who earn Time Credits, and could be their reason for getting involved in Time Creditsinthefirstplace.However,manypeople often need support to begin spending atnewplacesduetoaccess,confidenceand other barriers, and we work with organisations and groups to do this. This might be through:

• Organising group trips or arranging transport (this could form part of Community Spend)

• Raising awareness of opportunities that people may not have thought would interest them

• Exploring barriers to spending and working with spending partners to address these

• Developing peer support or befriending so people don’t have to go alone

• Identifying new spending opportunities that people want.

Time Credits have helped me to regain some sort of

community life. This time last year I was too afraid to go

outside on my own and knew noone in my local area.

Community member

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9. adminiSTraTion and moniTorinG

We keep administration as light as possible so you can focus on action, but there is some information that must be collected and returned to your Local Facilitator on a regular basis to help us report on activity and keep programmes running locally. The type of information we ask for includes:

•Member contact details

•Equal opportunities data

• Number of credits issued through earning activities

• Number of credits collected through spending activities.

Our recommendations for administration are:

• Each organisation has one lead person responsible for administration and monitoring

• The lead person gives out notes and forms to everyone who is running a Time Credits activity, who then collect the information from that activity and passing it back to the lead.

We do not share any personal

information about Time Credits

members with anyone else.

Spice SupportSpice provides training and support to make sure organisations are comfortable with administration and reporting. Copies of all the necessary forms and spreadsheet will be provided by your Locality Facilitator.

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Lancashire Time Credits

Completed by:

Name of group/project: This form should be completed by anyone running activities where community members are earning Time Credits. If you have any questions please get in touch with your organisation’s Time Credits Lead.

Date Activity How many people came to take part

How many Time Credits given out

Any new people? (Y/N)

Helping build links between different generations? (Y/N

EARNING ACTIVITY FORM

Lancashire Time Credits

Completed by:

Name of group/project: This form should be completed by anyone running activities where community members are spending Time Credits.

SPENDING ACTIVITY FORM

Date Activity How many people came to take part

How many paid with Time Credits

Any new people? (Y/N)

How many Time Credits collected

“ Tim

e is t

he m

ost v

aluab

le th

ing

a m

an ca

n spe

nd.”

Th

eoph

rast

us (3

72 –

287

BC

)

“ If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”

Bruce Lee (1940 – 1973)

TIME CREDIT

“ Tim

e is t

he m

ost v

aluab

le th

ing

a m

an ca

n spe

nd.”

Th

eoph

rast

us (3

72 –

287

BC

)

“ If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”

Bruce Lee (1940 – 1973)

TIME CREDIT

“ Tim

e is t

he m

ost v

aluab

le th

ing

a m

an ca

n spe

nd.”

Th

eoph

rast

us (3

72 –

287

BC

)

“ If you love life, don't waste time,

for time is what life is made up of.”

Bruce Lee (1940 – 1973)

TIME CREDIT

TimE CrEdiTS adminiSTraTion proCESS

1. mEmbErSHip and ConSEnT FormS1.1 Complete Membership form and equal opportunities data for each member

1.2 Complete Consent for photography and case studies form for participants if you take photos of them or tell us about their experiences

2. EarninG TimE CrEdiTS2.1 Complete Activity: Earning form for each activity where people are earning Time Credits

2.2 Give out Time Credits to each participant at the end of the activity

3. SpEndinG TimE CrEdiTS3.1 Complete Activity: Spending form for each activity which people have spent Time Credits

3.2 Collect in Time Credits and reissue to earners or hand back to your Local Facilitator

Lancashire Time Credits

Name of group or organisation you earn credits with:

Your contact details *Required

Name:* Date of Birth:*

Email address:*

Phone number: Mobile number:

Address:

Postcode:

How would you describe your gender?

Male Female Prefer not to say

What is your first or preferred language of communication?

What other languages do you speak? Have you regularly volunteered before? Yes No

Parent/guardian emergency contact details

Name: Phone number:

Relationship to you:

I confirm that I give my consent for the person named above to become a member of the Time Credits network.

Name of parent/guardian: Signed: Date:

MEMBERSHIP FORMUNDER 16YRS

Lancashire Time Credits

Name of group or organisation you earn credits with:

Your contact details *Required

Name:* Date of Birth:*

Email address*

Phone number:

Mobile number:

Address:

Postcode:

How would you describe your gender?

Male Female Transgender Prefer not to say

What is your first or preferred language of communication?

What other languages do you speak?

Have you regularly volunteered before? Yes No

Emergency contact details (optional)

Name:

Phone number:

Relationship to you:

I confirm that I would like to become a member of the Time Credits network in order to earn and

spend Time Credits.

Signed: Date:

MEMBERSHIP FORMOVER 16YRS

From time to time members of staff working for Spice Innovations Ltd may wish to take images* or collect stories from you or your family participating in time-earn or time-spend activities or events which have been organised as part of your local Time Credits programme.

All images and stories will be stored electronically on secure networks and used for evaluation and/or promotional purposes only.

To comply with the Data Protection Act 1998, we need your permission before we collect any images or stories of you or your family members. Please complete, sign and date this form giving your consent. The images taken, or any other information you provide, will not be used for any other purpose.

I agree that you may use the images taken of my family members or me

at: on:

by:

I/we understand that these images and information will be used for programme evaluation and/or promotional purposes in Spice literature and may be published on selected websites.

Please note that websites can be seen throughout the world, and not just in the United Kingdom, where UK law applies. Please also note the conditions for use of these images.

I have read and understood the conditions of use.

Signed: Date:

Print name:

Names and ages of children (where applicable):

Address:

Phone number:

SPICE TIME CREDITS CONSENT FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AND CASE STUDIES

Conditions of useThis form is valid for three years from the date of signing only. Your consent will automatically expire after this time and we will not re-use any images after this time. We will not include details of full names (which means fi rst name and surname) of any person in an image without specifi c separate consent. Personal information provided on this form will be used solely to comply with data protection. Where we are able we will forward you copies of the images to be used.

*The term images include photographs, video, website and mobile phone pictures.

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Coming Soon!

TimE CrEdiTS wEbSiTESpice is developing a website to support Time Credits earning, spending and administration. We will support organisations to switch over to this system when the time is right.

Lancashire Time Credits

Name of organisation:

ORGANISATIONS TIME CREDIT SIGN OUT SHEET

Date How many Time Credits given out Received by (sign and print)*

* I understand how time credits should be used and when they should be given out.

5. diSTribUTinG TimE CrEdiTS inTErnally

5. Use this form to keep track of Time Credits given out to other people in your group or organisation who distribute them at activities

4. rECord ElECTroniCally4.1 Record information collected from membership, equal opportunities, earning and spending forms onto the electronic spreadsheet.

4.2 Forward a copy of the electronic spreadsheet to the Local Facilitator every quarter

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10. EvalUaTion

Time Credits are a tool for transforming communities and we want to make sure that programmes are making a difference to local people. An independent evaluation team has developed a framework to help us measure the impact of Time Credits on the following areas:

• Individuals improving quality of life and well-being

• Organisations higher quality services and better value for money

• Communities greater sense of community

We use a range of approaches as well as the administration forms to measure the success of Time Credits, and hope you will support us to help collect evaluation data.

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Once your service users or community members have been earning and spending for some time and you would like to take the programme further, it’s time to review your Time Credits programme. At this point you will revisit your original vision and aims, and assess how well you feel you are moving towards achieving it. You’ll also revisit your mapping of assets and resources – you might be able to add to it, and you can use it to identify where you roll Time Credits out to next. It’s really useful at this point to make sure the people who are earning and spending Time Credits feed into decisions about growth, so they are driving the programme forward with you.

Reviewing your Time Credits programme, and growing it, is an on-going process that will continue as long as you are using Time Credits, to ensure you are staying true to your vision and to help you achieve meaningful change.

A lot of them [service users] don’t consider themselves volunteers. They

don’t realise a lot of the time that they’re doing something, so when

they get something back... it’s quite inspirational for them.

I have done something, and I am worthwhile.

Community Centre managerIt’s created more of a buzz and excitement amongst

residents and there’s been an increase in resident

participation.

Supported Housing Skills Coordinator

11. rEviEw and Grow

Spice SupportSpice will meet

with you to review progress and opportunities for growth.

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This chart illustrates the potential impacts of Time Credits for an organisation delivering services. You can use this to assess where you are and where you’re hoping to get to...

Service users recognised for the time they already give to make the service better & to support each other.

recognise people

1

2

More time given by more people in the service or group.

Opportunities for everyone to earn and spend internally.

Staff and service users collaborate on new activities.

Individuals & groups go out together to try new activities and services.

People come to spend credits at your organisation or group.

building on abilities and interests of all

3

Time is earned and spent throughout the service.

New user led groups form & peer support increases.

Service planning is co-produced with service users.

Staff increasingly become facilitators and collaborators.

Service becomes a venue for the wider community.

Co-created and Co-delivered services

Time Credits networksInadditiontosupportandadvicefromSpice,youcanbenefitfromtheexperiencesof other organisations and groups that use Time Credits through Spice’s Time Credits networks. In each locality we work in, we bring people using Time Credits together to share ideas and lessons learned and to look at how they might work in partnership.

This has included sharing resources, developing new earning opportunities and holding joint community spend events, such as a bingo night where 3 organisations worked together to provide the venue, equipment, event organisation and volunteers on the day. Your Local Time Credits Facilitator will let you know when these are taking place and we hope you’ll come along.

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