From 1st May – 31st July 2025 the service has been accessed 443 =mes.
260 of these visits were first-=me users.
24% come from outside the Ryde postcode area.
80% are over 50 years old
Users had a wide variety of issues
53% welfare benefits
8% housing
9% u=li=es
5% transport
There are now have 3 volunteers which allows weekly outreach to Oakfield Food Pantry and Living Well CAMEO in Sandown.
Funding from Na=onal LoVery Awards for All con=nues up un=l the end of March 2026. We are in discussions with partners about the possibility of extending the RISS model across the Island.
There are currently 72 members of which 17 are organisa=onal.
Between 1st June and 31st August 2025 Ryde Timebank members have done 153 exchanges of which 251.5 hours were donated.
Exchanges include members helping at the Uniform Swap Shop, suppor=ng the RISS service, working at Ryde Carnival and Mardi Gras, crochet sessions with Network Ryde young people, helping with clearing at Ryde Cricket Club
We have established links with HMP Isle of Wight with the Head of Reducing Reoffending and Timebanking UK with a view to them star=ng their own Timebank and some of the credits donated to Ryde Timebank so that members of Ryde community who would like to join but can’t offer anything can s=ll par=cipate in the
=mebank.
We have been on BBC Radio Solent and That’s TV Solent promo=ng Ryde Timebank
We have also been selected to be part of the na=onal trial of the Timebank App which is being developed by University of Edinburgh. We had an interes=ng Teams call with the developers during which we gave our views.
A pop-up session at Network Ryde’s HelpFest in early July was well aVended. There were 4 Friday sessions and 1 Saturday session at 11 St Thomas Square (former Natwest).
Approximately 108 families aVended, and the event was very well received. All events were supported by Ryde Timebank members, and they also helped set up and pack away all the uniform. Afer the event, BBC Radio Solent approached us to speak about the event and how good it was to save money for families. West Wight Sports Centre have also approached us to get ideas on how it started off in the hope they can replicate it in their area.
At =me of wri=ng, the Guide is with the designer. The costs for adver=sing have remained the same this year and as such now have 15.5 pages of adver=sing as opposed to 11 pages last year. There are also many more lis=ngs having made the decision to include sports associa=ons that are run by volunteers. Afer last year having employed a company to distribute the Guide and this clearly wasn’t done properly (as people didn’t receive them), the decision was made to get volunteers to deliver the Guide. Deliverers from 2 years ago have been approached and the Ryde Timebank members will also be asked to help.
We have been awarded over £11,000 from Household Support Fund to work with community partners to offer basic cookery courses to the community. These will be offered to all Ryde Primary schools for parents and children to work together. Network Ryde will be hos=ng courses for their young people and for Home Ed students in the day=me.
Community organisa=ons included in this funding are Aspire and Men Only, plus sessions using the Network Ryde space (hopefully having one session specialising in cookery for those with diabetes).
This con=nues to be well supported by community organisa=ons. Speakers included a Health and Safety advisor who specialises in suppor=ng community organisa=ons and Community Ac=on. Speakers have been booked un=l the end of the year and include Southern Water vulnerability officer, Southern Housing Money Mentor, Public Health suicide preven=on and Household Support Fund officer.
There is a mee=ng booked before the October half term and the Salva=on Army Community Officer will be aVending to discuss their Christmas hamper offering and the process of applying. These sessions con=nue to be on a half termly basis.
There was a very successful day =tled ‘Sand and Deliver’ in July for students to help improve the Monktonmead children’s sand park as part of the Biosphere week. They worked very hard moving the build-up of sand to the Appley children’s sand park. This con=nues to be a good working rela=onship, and we are hoping the young people will help to deliver the Ryde Guide.
There are now 6 new trustees in place. The AGM was held on 28th July and Chair, Treasurer and Secretary were elected. There has been another mee=ng and an agreement to hold them monthly. The Community Development team has taken a step back on this in terms of the mee=ngs. We con=nue to look into the issue of changing the Land Registry documents and the possibility of changing the charity into incorporated to allow the land informa=on to show Sherbourne Centre owning the land rather than the individual trustees.
Two RTC Councillors aVended the Greenmount School summer fair to consult local families on what they wanted to see at the Centre. At the last mee=ng, it was agreed that a community day would be beVer organised in spring 2026.
This con=nues to flourish with two groups now using the garden. The crop of vegetables and fruit from the Thursday group and the cut flowers from the Monday group (run by NHS Social Prescribers) were welcomed by all!