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Time Bank

Money is not everything!

Web and mobile application to support the cashless exchange of services  

Industry: Public sector // Charity  

Technology: Flutter, Node JS, Postgres, Figma, Ghost

Client: Social Initiatives Centre w Gliwicach

Time Bank is a project that involves the exchange of services between users, and the currency is time

Project


The Time Bank brings together people who are willing to help. Users volunteer their skills and time to help others and are paid in return in the form of time. Such an initiative was born out of a need for inclusion, strengthening ties in communities and simply a desire to help.

The Time Bank is not just about helping and announcing your services, but above all about getting people to get in touch with each other and provide help that is often not possible because you don't have enough money. While doing a good deed, you can also gain something.

Technical challenges:

  • Inclusion of all task dependencies that the user may want to perform.
  • Simultaneous work of the user in the two roles of contractor and client without switching roles.
  • Implementation of the application in a new language.
  • Introduction of the application to the stores - responsive application

Solution


The contact between two users is mediated by the Time Bank application. The way the app works is simple: people who want to share their knowledge, their skills or simply their company (going for coffee, going to the cinema or finding a partner for a wedding) fill in a form and can use the app.
It is very important to remember that every job done is of equal value. The hour a plumber spends fixing a tap is equivalent to an hour of English tutoring. Among the Time Bank's services, users have a really wide range to choose from: from repair work, weeding the garden, tutoring at school to legal advice, going to the cinema together or workshops for songwriting and guitar playing

Work schedule:

  • Gathering and writing down customer requirements
  • Designing a prototype at mockup level
  • Implementing the requirements
  • Testing and implementing the application

Project success


Special software was created with the version of the mobile application available in the Google Play Store.

The benefits for the customer:

  • Involvement of local communities in actions
  • Equal opportunities and promotion of equality - everyone has different skills that are equally valuable
  • Overcoming weaknesses and shame barriers due to illness or age
  • Building positive interpersonal relationships
  • Integration of different communities
  • No financial compensation

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