Building Social Capital as a Community Development Strategy. Using Community Currency as a Tool

      Аннотация: The present study will help to understand the concept of swap of services by using Community Currency. It is a non-financial currency and used to value everyone’s time as equal, I hour equals 1 hour, or 1 credit. Usage of community currency is widely increasing as a tool for swap of services in the first world. This has been proved as a phenomenal tool for the building of social capital and ultimately healthy and happier community. Rushey Green Time Bank, Lewisham, London, UK is attached with health care setting (Rushey Green Group Practice). Through the medium of community currency, bank is helping its members to swap the services with each other resultantly improving their health and sense of well being.

Ключевые слова: Health Care, Social Capital, community development, Social Networking, social isolation, Community Currency, Time Bank