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A thriving, interconnected community where every person’s time, talents, and lived experience are valued equally - fostering belonging, mutual care, and a culture of generosity. Through the exchange of time and service, we strengthen relationships, bridge differences, and reimagine what it means to support one another.
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To cultivate a connected and compassionate community by inviting people into meaningful exchanges of time and service that build trust, deepen relationships, and honor the inherent value of every individual. Rooted in the principles of dialogue and connection, the Warwick Time Exchange supports community well-being through shared responsibility and mutual care.
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To create and sustain a self-organizing network rooted in the belief that we all have something to offer and something to receive. By exchanging time, skills, and care outside the cash economy, members co-create a regenerative system of mutual support. This exchange not only meets practical needs, but also strengthens relationships, builds trust across differences, and fosters a deeper sense of belonging in our community.
Core Values
We ask that everyone be mindful of our core values and treat each other with respect, be courteous and be safe.
Stronger Together
We need each other. People joined in shared purpose are stronger than individuals. Helping each other, we reweave communities of support, strength and trust.
Equality
At the heart of every time exchange is equality. Everyone has value, everyone has something to offer and everyone’s time is equal. An hour is an hour, regardless of the service.
Redefining Work
Work is beyond that which is done in exchange for money. It includes all of the activities it takes to raise children, to sustain families, communities, democracy, the future, and to advance social justice. The real economy is people. Work should be joyful, valued, shared and enjoyed. Warwick Time Exchange helps you trade time: it allows you more time to do the things you enjoy while getting help with things you don’t enjoy doing, don’t know how to do, or can’t do yourself. We all know chores go quicker with a helping hand, and working together can feel like play.
Assets
We are all assets. Every human being has something of value to contribute. Warwick Time Exchange encourages participation from all, including youth, to share skills and build connections. We recognize that the world takes all kinds of people, and all kinds of knowledge and talent. Many people have skills that they do not even realize, skills they may take for granted that could help someone else. We empower people to grow their abilities and learn new skills, to stop limiting ourselves by thinking of what we can’t, and to imagine the possibilities of what we can accomplish together.
Reciprocity
Rather than the question “How can I help you?”, the question “How can we help each other build the world we both want to live in?” acknowledges that helping works better as a two-way street. It is a gift to be able to help someone, and we should allow each other that gift by not only offering help, but also asking for and accepting it.
Respect
Everyone matters. We must remember to respect where people are in the moment, not where we hope they will be at some future point. Through reciprocity we respect ourselves and each other. No one is a burden, we are all givers and receivers, teachers and students.
Golden Rules
We ask that you keep your account updated, make sure your contact info is accurate and that you are willing and able to provide the services you have listed as able to provide.
Responsiveness
It can be frustrating to contact members who say they provide a service and not hear back. We ask every member to: respond to a request within 48 hours, even if it is just to let the requester know you are unable to provide that service at this time.
Sufficient Notice
Warwick Time Exchange is not an emergency service. Please contact members a week or more in advance of when you wish to provide or receive a service.
Hours
Phone people during reasonable hours (between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m.) unless they have expressly given you permission to do so outside of these times. You can enter the best times to contact you and when you are available to provide a service in the service description.
Timeliness
Be on time to appointments, if you cannot make an appointment, please give at least a 24 hour cancellation notice.
Clarity
Be clear in your service description what it is you are offering and any relevant experience you have. If you are a licensed professional, you may wish to include your license number.
If a task needs special tools or equipment, it is up to the requester of the service to provide those, for example a lawnmower and gas.
Recommendation
You may wish to ask other members for recommendations on who they have received services from and how their experience was.
Comfort
Do not invite anyone into your home, your vehicle, or around your children, or enter anyone else’s home or vehicle if you are not fully comfortable.
Integrity
Do not solicit other members for personal financial gain or promote your political, religious, or other personal beliefs.
Supervision
Individuals under the age of 18 may only be involved in exchanges with consent of their parent or legal guardian and with adult supervision. It is the parent/guardian’s responsibility to be present or have an agreement with another adult to serve as supervisor for such an exchange.
Safety First
If there is an accident, please notify the appropriate authorities (police, fire, ambulance, etc.) and then notify the Warwick Time Exchange Coordinator when you can. Always remember safety first and to err on the side of caution.
Equity
If you are low on hours, ask for an hour estimate with your requests. You can have a negative debt of up to 10 hours. If you go over that limit and do not try to contact an administrator or earn back hours, your services may be suspended or your account deactivated.
Support
There may be times when members need help but are unable to offer a service. If this is the case, contact an administrator to apply for up to 20 hours from Warwick Time Exchange Compassionate Fund. Members donate hours they earned to the Compassionate Fund which can then be used to help support members in need.