TimeBank
TimeBank
TimeBank is a national charity founded at the turn of the millennium to inspire people to give time.
It spreads the message that volunteering can be relevant to everybody and create positive social impact. In the past seven years over 250,000 volunteers have registered with TimeBank.
The organisation has started to focus not only on raising awareness of volunteering but finding the most effective ways for people to give their time that suits the way they live their lives.
TimeBank works with individuals, the public and private sector using a partnership approach that forms the key to their success.
Why selected for Breakthrough:
At a critical period, they recognised the need to re-focus their business activities, revisit their original vision and work to create a proactive five-year strategic plan.
Key Challenges:
Cascading vision down into simple, robust commercial objectives.
Outcomes:
Significant revision of TimeBank vision and strategy.
| "The biggest lesson so far is not be afraid to strip back to basics and uncover what we are really about." Moira Swinbank, TimeBank Former Chief Executive |
For more information on TimeBank visit www.timebank.org.uk
Press coverage on TimeBank
3th April 2008 - Third Sector - Charity websites 'among the most useful'
30th March 2008 - The Telegraph - The 101 most useful websites