The Cambridgeshire Time Credits programme was jointly funded by Cambridgeshire County Council and Cambridge Housing Society (CHS). It was set up in collaboration with Spice in July 2014. Spice is a social enterprise that supports the development of the Time Credit model in the UK http://www.justaddspice.org/.
Time Credits are a way of rewarding people for volunteering. Individuals give their time to a local organisation, community group, volunteer group or a statutory sector service provider. In exchange for their contribution, they ‘earn’ printed Time Credit notes, one for every hour they give, which they can then ‘spend’ on a range of leisure and other opportunities, typically donated by organisations, local businesses and corporations to allow the community members to take advantage of their spare capacity.
The aim of the evaluation was to identify the potential of the Cambridgeshire Time Credit project in Wisbech to tackle social exclusion, loneliness and deprivation and to assess the extent to which it can reduce health inequalities.
This study was funded by the National Institute for Health Research’s School for Public Health Research (NIHR SPHR): sphr.nihr.ac.uk as part of the Public Health Practice Evaluation Scheme (PHPES).
Project Publications:
Community Exchange and Time Currencies: A systematic and in-depth thematic review of impact on public health outcomes
Reciprocity in the co-production of public services
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Community Currencies
Cambridgeshire Time Credits in Wisbech: three short films
Cambridgeshire Time Credits in Wisbech: three short films - Read More…
Wisbech Time Credits – Final Report
Time Credits Project: Summary and Conclusions
Time Credits Research Findings: Launch Event
Festival of Ideas event - The potential for Time Credits to generate public health outcomes
Emerging findings paper 2 - Wisbech Time Credits Partner Organisation Case Studies
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Working paper 7 Littleport and Ely Timebank
Using Ethnographic Methodologies to Evaluate Time Credits – working paper
Using Ethnographic Methodologies to Evaluate Time Credits – working paper - Read More…
Time Credits in Wisbech – working paper
Wisbech Time Credits – Interim Report
Wisbech Time Credits – individual member case studies
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Health outcomes of place based approaches to building community cohesion: Time Credits in England – research presented by Dr Burgess at AAG conference in San Francisco
The potential for Time Credits to generate public health outcomes – a conceptual model – working paper
Evaluating the Public Health Outcomes of the Cambridgeshire Time Credits Project – conference poster
Co-production in research and public services – working papers
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