Chorley Time Credits Update

May 2015

Highlights

The new 2015 Time Credits brochure is now out! The number of ways to spend has increased significantly with some new leisure activities and a huge extension to the adult learning courses now available. Just search Time Credits at chorley.gov.uk to download it.

Weve been working with teams in the council to link Time Credits to a number of the 2015-2016 mandates and are looking forward to working with respective teams to roll out this work .

Filming for the Public Health video showcasing Time Credits in Chorley and Gillian Welsh from the Chorley Peer Support Recovery Group has now been done and we are eagerly awaiting the final edition. Well share this as soon as its ready.

Highlights

New materials to help groups and teams within the council to use Time Credits inn the community have been developed following co-design work with the Neighbourhoods and Community Teams. Special thanks to John Peet from the Neighbourhood Officers team for his help.

The first Welsh Time Credit notes were received via Active Nation - All Seasons Leisure Centre. Many of you will know that Wales was where it all started for Time Credits so we were really pleased to find out that Time Credits earned there made their way to Chorley recently!

Huge thanks to everyone who supported and took part in the recent Time Credits Annual Impact Survey, as soon as the draw for the i-pad has taken place well let everyone know who the lucky winner is!

Ad hoc earning highlights weve met lots of new people through one off earning events !

Snowdrop Planting in Astley Park

Yarn Bombing in support of Chorley Grand Prix

Chorley Couch to 5k

Britain in Bloom - activities across the borough

Council clean ups and skip days

Hoghton Bottoms river Clean up

Welcome to our new partners !

New ways to spend: the very latest additions that you will find in the new brochure..

Mid Lancs BMX BMX sessions

Energy in Life - Yoga sessions

Stylish You Confidence coaching

Wells Dean CV writing

Lancashire Adult Learning extension to existing offer, now includes all courses across Lancashire

Spending - well done and thank you to groups and partners who devised one off community spend for all Time Credit earners to access

Confidence Gym by Living Waters

3 Book signing events by Diane Ebb and Flow Bookshop

Whats your Story by Chorley Council

Easter Egg Hunt by Astley Walled Gardeners (pictured)

Fashion Show by Chorley MS Society

Spend Activity, whos spending where ?

Last 12 months Top Ten No 1 - All Seasons - Active Nation

No 2 - Puddletown Pirates

No 3 - Trips

No 4 - Car Parking

No 5 - Lancashire Adult Learning

No 6 Brinscall Baths Active Nation

No 7 - Chorley Little Theatre No 8 - Bolton Wanderers No 9 - Clayton Green Leisure

Active Nation No 10 - Libraries

A massive thank you to all partners for their fantastic support !

Time Credit sessions with volunteers

We visited Homestart recently and met with

lots of their volunteers to talk about spending

Time Credits. Thank you for having us!

If you would like us to come and talk to your volunteers to encourage tem to spend their Time Credits or ask us questions please get in touch

Coming up our get together everyone is welcome.

Youre invited to come and join us on 25th June at St Marys Church Hall, Chorley for a Time Credits get together. This event is open to all, groups, organisations and individuals who are connected (or want to be connected!) to Time Credits in Chorley. Refreshments in the form or plenty of cake and biscuits and a great chance to find out about the new ways to spend , meet others who are involved and meet the Time Credits team! Just click here to book, wed love to see you!

And finally, great news about the size of the network..

Huge thanks to all of you who complete the Time Credit data returns for your groups. From this information we can tell you that 26,232 hours of Time Credited activity has taken place to date and over 1350 people have earned a Time Credit in Chorley!

Our evaluation also tells us that 45% of these people had not regularly given their time before.