Quanzhou established the first old party member "Time Bank" mutual assistance for the elderly volunteer service team

Quanzhou Evening News · Quanzhou Tong Client September 26 (Quanzhou Evening News reporter Wu Zhiming Correspondent Huang Xinwen/Picture) Community volunteers will deposit the time of participating in volunteer services into the "time bank". Can be taken from the "bank card". Recently, the launching ceremony of the theme activity of "Welcome Twenty Happy and Warm Chongyang" theme activities and "Red Care · Yinling Mutual Assistance" volunteer service pilot work hosted by the Quanzhou Municipal Party Committee Old Cadre Bureau was held. The mutual help pension volunteer service team was officially established.

The staff presented the volunteer service certificate to the first batch of 13 old party members who joined the volunteer service team

According to reports, in order to give full play to the leading role of party organizations of retired cadres, the Municipal Party Committee veteran cadre bureau rely on some communities to "party building+" neighboring center pilot to form a "red care · silver age mutual assistance" volunteer service team. The service team adopts the "party member volunteer+social worker" two -time workers' linkage model and combines the construction of the old party member studio in the community to encourage old -age old party members, especially party members of the same grid, the same community, and the same building. The form of support is the elderly, sick, alone, and other special difficulties with retired cadres to carry out volunteer services such as neighborhood watches and spiritual comfort.

The first 13 old party members who joined the volunteer service team were from six communities in Fengze District. At present, 13 old party volunteers have registered for the guidance of the professional social workers of the Haixi Society Industrial Development Center in Quanzhou City, and registered on the China Volunteer Service Network (Fujian) and became a qualified volunteer. The volunteer service duration records and points are required. The pilot communities also formulated and introduced the "time banking" mechanism to promote the implementation of the "time banking" mechanism according to the "party building+" neighborhood center's pension service function layout.

Relevant person in charge said that the project operated by "Time Bank" is "volunteer service time". Community residents are based on individuals. Any residents who are enthusiastic about community public welfare can go to the community to find the person in charge of the volunteer service team to "open an account". Record "Love Time" for each volunteer, including the time, place, content, service duration of volunteers with volunteers. For example, after the community volunteer A is at work, participating in community volunteer services, teaching the elderly in the community to do handmade, and his service time will be stored in the "bank"; one weekend, volunteer A should work overtime, no time at noon, there is no time at noon, there is no time at noon. To cook for the elderly, he can extract and pay his "service time". Volunteer B is asked to serve the elderly. At the same time, volunteer B's "bank card" will have the time of this service.

The reporter learned that the current pilot communities include: Xiahuai Community, Fengze Community, Yuanhuai Community, Shenghu Community, Minghu Community, and Renfeng Community. The relevant person in charge said that the establishment of a "time bank" in the community is to allow more community residents to join the volunteer service team to help difficult groups and others, while they will also get the help of others to establish and improve community volunteer services The "pay, accumulation, and return" mechanism of the event.

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