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Please provide two personal references below, you must have known these persons for a minimum of one year. Please provide an email address and phone number for each reference. NO family or household members as references please! We CHECK all references to keep you and our membership safe.
Our new applicant has requested that you provide a reference in support of his/her application to become a member of Portobello Timebank*. Timebanking requires a level of trust between participants, and for this reason we do these reference checks on all potential members. We should therefore be grateful if you would answer the following questions at your earliest convenience, and return to: admin@portobellotimebank.co.uk (not the sender address). You can use our questions as a guide to provide your own freehand reference, or if you wish, just insert your answers directly into our email after each question (if your email system doesn’t allow this, just copy/paste the questions into the body of your own email, and insert your answers there). Applicant's name: Our new applicant Reference provided by: How long have you known the applicant? In what capacity? To your knowledge, does the applicant use good judgment? How responsible is the applicant? What special skills, gifts and talents does the applicant possess? Does she or he relate well to people of all ages? Do you have any reservations about recommending this person to become a member of Portobello Timebank? Anything that you would like to add? Best times to call you if we feel it necessary: Return To: admin@portobellotimebank.co.uk * About timebanking: Portobello Timebank is a registered charity and Hour Exchange that builds community. Every exchange is based on time. Members earn and spend hours, with every hour equal regardless of the service. We respect & value everyone, no matter what the skill-set or present circumstance may be. If you are interested, you can find out more about our organisation and explore the benefits of joining by following this link: http://www.portobellotimebank.co.uk Thank you for your time!