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Ashton Hayes

Ash-worth Time Bank

Posted by Trinity Mirror Cheshire on March 7, 2008 8:50 AM

We are a charity (Big Lottery Funded) which started in 2003, to encourage rural people to share their skills and time with older members of the community. Membership is free as are all services and we also organise social groups, a monthly reminiscing group, art, reading, walking, luncheon groups and we have our very own lending library in our central office in Ashton Hayes. Membership is like having an insurance policy - you never know when you may need it!

We organise all sorts of job exchanges from lifts, companionship, letter writing, gardening, walking the dog and computer sills - the list endless! We also organise awaydays for members, as well as a Holistic Therapy Pamper Day for unpaid carers and people who have suffered a bereavement. We have members in ten rural Cheshire villages and are holding open evenings during 2008.

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