time banking, a concept based on everyone's time having equal value and something I would like to start in my community
time banking, a concept based on everyone's time having equal value and something I would like to start in my community
The concept of Timebanking means no money is exchanged.
It's such a neat concept that can make certain expensive services like lawyers or therapists more accessible. I could trade a few hours gardening, sewing, cleaning, or baking, for someone else to give me a hand building a larger project. It's a beautiful way to connect a community through acts of service 🥰
I agree that this is a cool idea, but I also wanted to note that these kinds of labour trade systems remain inaccessible to many people with disability, as well as to single parents, carers, and other people who are time poor.
0I'm interested to know what would prevent someone with a disability from being able to offer an hour of their time for a service which is within their skillset?
The single parent is a great example of being time-poor, but an example of something they could more easily offer is an hour of babysitting/playdate.
1For me, my disability is MS and my most disabling symptom is fatigue and double vision that develops from fatigue (also heat and cold sensitivity...). I spend all my energy raising my daughter, and still don't have enough energy always to do that the way that I would like to. Honestly I am not sure where you're going with this question, but it feels like asking pwd to satisfy you that we have different capacities and it doesn't feel great.
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