Southeastern Mass. Time Exchange

At A Glance

Location: 

New Bedford, Massachusetts

Primary Issue Area:

  • Living Economies

Active since:

2012

Core volunteers:

8

Community Size:

150,000

Our Purpose

To maintain and grow a timebank in Southeastern Massachusetts. Timebanks, or time exchanges, enable people to use their skills and abilities to create wealth and build communities by enganging in the work of the "core economy", such as caring for neighbors and relatives, maintaining our homes and communities, and coming together to improve life for our neighborhoods.The Southeastern Massachusetts Time Exchange is a network of people through which members of a community – both individuals and organizations - with different needs and skills can exchange services with one another. When one Time Exchange member performs one hour of a service for another, they receive credit for that hour, called a ‘Time Credit’. A Time Exchange member can then use that Time Credit to receive a service from another member.