Banc del Temps Pont del Dimoni

The time bank is at Centre Civic Santa Eugenia

On 11 April 2025, Girona Buddies signed up to the Time Bank Pont del Dimoni.

Contact details

Pablo (owner of the Time Bank) +34 606 144 335

Activities offered by Time Bank Pont del Dimoni

We can send our people to the following classes (except the French class, which is full). Each class costs 15 minutes per person per hour.

All their activities take place at the Centre Civic Santa Eugenia.

English practice group

English conversation practice group.

• Time: 6 pm
• Date: Tuesdays
• Location: Espai Marfa, Centre Civic Santa Eugenia
• Number of people we can bring: This group doesn't have many participants, so we can bring as many people as we want :)

Photo walk

• Time: 7:15 to 8:45 pm
• Date: Thursdays (every Thursday?)
• Location: They meet at Centre Civic Santa Eugenia?
• Number of people we can bring: We can bring as many people as we want, because it's outside

Biodansa sessions

Biodansa, led by Sonia J. Cook.

• Time: 7:15 to 8:45 pm
• Date: Mondays (every Monday?)
• Location: Centre Civic Santa Eugenia
• Number of people we can bring: To this group, we can bring up to 5 people :)

Cooking class

• Time: 8 pm
• Date: Every Monday
• Location: Centre Civic Santa Eugenia
• Number of people we can bring: To this group, we can bring up to 5 people :)

French practice group

French conversational practice group.

• Time: 7 to 8 pm
• Date: Every Tuesday
• Location: Centre Civic Santa Eugenia
• Number of people we can bring: This one is already full :(

Posters

• 
  English meetup
• 
  Photowalk
• 
  Biodansa
• 
  Cooking class
• 
  French meetup

Services we can offer to the Time Bank

• Spanish practice meetup
• English practice meetup
• Catalan practice meetup
• Hikes
• We can volunteer on a one-to-one basis. Go to https://www.timeoverflow.org and log in (if you have the log in details) and you'll see a list of current Offers and Requests.

Note that we can't use the word "Free" on promotional material we send to the Time Bank.

Meeting with Pablo on 24 April 2025

Summary of meeting with Pablo from the Time Bank, Tessa Ten Tusscher and Monica Smith, April 23, 2025 at the Santa Eugenia civic center:

About the Time Bank: Pablo is one of the founding members and has participated for the last 15 years helping to run the organization. There are about 700 registered members, though less than half are very active. An initial interview is required for an individual to join/participate in Time Bank exchanges. There are a number of regular activities, such as language sessions (English and French), cooking classes, and one-off events like a photography class.

In principle, the Time Bank works on an exchange system, with work done by one person earning time credits, and work received by another person creating a time charge. If there is a group event, the person giving the class might get a few hours of credits, while the members attending might be charged a percentage of the total (perhaps 15 minutes). Exchanges do not need to be one-to-one; a person could get credits from one activity and use them with another activity.

Pablo has joined a few groups within Girona Buddies, such as the volunteer group, so he can learn more about how GB functions and the kinds of people who participate.

Pablo proposed that the two groups could get to know each other better by allowing GB members to participate in Time Bank activities with a time charge for GB, and the other way around – Time Bank members could participate in GB activities with a time charge to the Time Bank. For instance, if someone from the Time Bank wanted to attend the GB group hike, the Time Bank itself could get a charge of 15 minutes per person, or something like that. This could benefit GB in that it would not require GB members to each have a screening interview.

We did not make a counter proposal to this suggestion, as it was an initial meeting. However, this accounting of time on an entity basis raises the question – are GB activities open to everyone without any pre-conditions? If yes, it would be awkward to “charge” someone from the Time Bank for something that is offered freely to others.

Other questions – is the idea for the GB to integrate with the Time Bank, or to inform GB members about the Time Bank as an option? Those would require different strategies.

Pablo said that if members of GB are interested in joining the Time Bank, they could come for an interview/screening and join, but the language barrier might be an issue. Many events are in Catalan or Spanish.