Skills
Document – things that you have experience doing
(Modified from Gibson-Graham Portrait of Gifts)
(Modified from Gibson-Graham Portrait of Gifts)
Health, companionship and other ways of helping each other out
- Caring for elderly people
- Working with people with mental illnesses
- Working with people with physical or intellectual disabilities
- Running errands, shopping or driving someone who needs transportation
- Listening to or giving support to someone who needs to talk about their problems
- Helping a person or a family with medical problems
- Companionship - visiting or calling the “home bound” or the lonely
- Caring for the sick
- Taking meals to people who are unwell
- Health advice
- Yoga
- Reflexology
- Chatting about politics/interesting topics
- Supporting others in the Timebank. Helping someone with their trades.
- Babysitting
- Driving a car
- Driving a bus
- Driving a commercial truck
- Driving a bus
- Backing a trailer/caravan
- Furniture removal
- Driving lessons
- Repairing small appliances (e.g. TV, toaster)
- Repairing major appliances (e.g. washing machine, refrigerator)
- Repairing lawnmowers/small engines
- Mechanic - repairing motor vehicles
- Other mechanical skills
- Electrical skills
- Bike maintenance
- Advice about using WINZ
- Election advice
- Mentoring people in local government
- Mentoring people applying for jobs
- CV advice
- Budgeting and money management
- Funding applications
- Other (please specify)
- Lawnmowing
- Gardening
- Landscape design
- Garden watering
- Permaculture
- Organising games/activities for children or teenagers
- Involvement with sports teams
- Reading or storytelling to children
- Tutoring school subjects
- ESOL
- Ability to speak another language (please specify)
- Ability to understand another language (please specify)
- Ability to read another language (please specify)
- Ability to write in another language (please specify)
- Interpreter
- Proof-reading/ editing
- Research and writing
- Event organisation
- Fundraising experience
- Filing
- Media skills, e.g. writing press releases
- Specific programmes you’re familiar with:
- Word processing
- Data entry
- Computer programming
- Website design and development
- Emails
- Social networking
- Baking
- Cooking
- Bartending
- Cake decoration
- Meal preparation for large groups
- Washing dishes for large groups
- Menu planning
- Clearing/setting tables
- Operating commercial food preparation equipment
- Preserving
- Writing letters
- Filing or typing
- Transcribing
- Translations (specify languages)
- Making a budget
- Record-keeping
- Filling out forms
- Answering phones and taking messages
- Writing business reports
- Bookkeeping or accounting
- Drawing or painting
- Sculpture
- Ceramics and pottery
- Leatherwork
- Knitting or crocheting
- Patchwork, quilting or needlework
- Teach an instrument (please specify)
- Creative writing
- Poster making
- Graphic design
- Fashion
- Sewing/dressmaking/tailoring
- Jewellery design/making
- Housepainting
- Wallpapering
- Tile work
- Plastering
- Concrete
- Bricklaying
- Plumbing
- Insulation
- Floor covering
- Cabinet making or furniture making
- General household cleaning
- Gutter cleaning
- Washing windows
- Cleaning carpets
- Rearranging furniture or equipment
- Fixing leaky taps
- Cutting firewood
- Interior decorating
- Washing and cleaning cars
- Theatre directing/production/props
- Acting
- Dancing
- Singing
- Play an instrument (please specify)
- Photography
- Videoing/ documentary
- Pet feeding and walking
- Grooming
- Training Assistance
- Running Errands
- Lawnmowing
- Hairdressing
- Certified swimming instructor
- Moving furniture/ Assisting with moving house
We can add to this list - please let us know.
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