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As the Timebank is about doing things together, Sally is delighted to say that a new Timebank box scheme was launched during the COVID-19 outbreak. This has enabled all members to share skills and gifts together, earning time credits, whilst maintaining our safety and following government advice.

1. So far 9 TB members have been helping with the growing vegetable and fruit boxes beautifully made by Tony from free donated pallets, painted by Sally and Joseph and filled with donated strawberry plants and herbs. These will be given as a gift this week.
Tony has also made up some pallet ‘kits’ with full instructions for any member to put together a fruit/vegetable box, so please let Sally know and she can deliver it to you, and collect again when it is ready.
Sally would also be most grateful for offers from any member who would like to fill a box with compost and plant it up with donated fruit and vegetables. Sally can deliver them, along with the compost and plants and then will take it as a gift to someone in our community.

2. 9 members (mostly different members to the vegetable boxes) are helping put together the ‘well- being’ boxes with donated hand made goods, These are being filled with hand -made soap, a pot of jam/chutney, 2 coasters, an artist’s card, a scarf, a bag of spices along with a recipe and a poem or story and a plant grown and donated by members. We hope this gift will make people feel happy when they receive it.
West Wight Timebank Telephone: 07872 304294 Email: info@wwtb.org
If you would like to decorate the outside of a shoe box, and/or a cardboard vegetable box please let Sally know as we have 10 of each to do.

3. The 10 food boxes a month are going to be made up with bread from Sainsbury’s and donated items from The Real Junk Food Project IW, and given as a one off gift to children and families, via schools and nurseries.

4. In a few weeks, we will start making up the 10 drop and swap boxes to give out to children and families out on the same way.
If you have any of the following that you would like to donate to the Timebank please ring/text/or email Sally who will arrange safe collection from your house following government guidelines:
Small potted flowering plants
Wicker baskets

Vegetable plants –if you have any of the following spare we would be delighted to collect from your doorstep:
Lettuce (cut and come again), spring onion, radish, cress and mustard, small tomato plants, strawberries or dried lavender.