Editing Time-based currency (section)

===Gorbals timebank study===

In 2004, Dr. Gill Seyfang published a study in the ''Community Development Journal'' about the effects of a timebank located in the [[Gorbals]] area of [[Glasgow]], Scotland, "an inner-city estate characterized by high levels of deprivation, poverty, unemployment, poor health and low educational attainment."<ref name="Seyfang_2004_64">{{harvp|Seyfang|2004|p=64}}</ref> The Gorbals Timebank is run by a local charity with the intent to combat the social ills that face the region.<ref name="Seyfang_2004_64"/> Seyfang concluded that the timebank was effective at "building community capacity" and "promoting social inclusion."<ref name="Seyfang_2004_67_68">{{harvp|Seyfang|2004|pp=67–68}}</ref> She highlights the timebank's success at "[re-stitching] the social fabric of the Gorbals."<ref name="Seyfang_2004_67_68"/> by "[boosting] engagement in existing projects and activities" in a variety of projects including a community safety network, a library, a healthy living project, and a theatre.<ref name="Seyfang_2004_67_68"/> She writes that "the timebank had enabled people to access help they otherwise would have had to do without," help which included home repair, gardening, a funeral, and tuition paid in time credits to a continuing education course.<ref>{{harvp|Seyfang|2004|p=68}}</ref>