Banche del Tempo della provincia di Torino
The Banche del Tempo (Time Banks) of the province of Turin were coordinated by a mutual-aid network whose site, according to the copies kept by the web archive, presented itself under the title «Coordinamento Banche del Tempo della provincia».1
The domain banchedeltempo.to.it kept issuing digital certificates from May 2019 to July 2025, when the site’s activity stopped.2 The name is now free in the registry.3
The provincial Coordinamento and the site banchedeltempo.to.it
The Coordinamento Banche del Tempo della provincia di Torino was born, according to the site’s «La nostra Storia» (Our History) page, out of the experience of the Coordinamento Provinciale delle Banche del Tempo set up in December 1996 on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino (the Equal Opportunities Council Committee and the Social Activities Area), which in 1996 brought together 5 Time Banks; among its stated goals were support for member citizens, visibility for local initiatives and participation in the Rete Nazionale delle Banche del Tempo (National Network of Time Banks), pursued through a monthly meeting and annual training seminars.1
In May 2014 the site, built with Drupal, listed over twenty member Time Banks across the province, including those of Borgaro Torinese, Caluso, Chieri, Ciriè, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Pinerolo, Pino, Robassomero, Settimo Torinese, Valpellice, Vinovo and several districts of Turin, as well as training courses on socio-cultural project design already on offer since 2009.2
By April 2023 the Coordinamento’s activities were found hosted at a different address, within the «Volontariato Torino Live Network» platform (voltoweb.it).3
The birth of the Coordinamento in 1996
According to the «La nostra Storia» page of the site banchedeltempo.to.it, captured by the web archive on 13 April 2015, the Coordinamento Provinciale delle Banche del Tempo was born in December 1996 on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino, in particular the Equal Opportunities Council Committee and the Social Activities Area, with the task of promoting, informing and coordinating the Time Banks active or being set up across the province; in 1996 the Coordinamento brought together 5 Time Banks, which grew in later years to more than 20, with almost a thousand members in total.1 By April 2023 the last snapshot with content showed the Coordinamento’s news hosted on a third-party site, the Volontariato Torino Live network.2
The origins of the provincial Coordinamento in 1996 and the member Time Banks
The site banchedeltempo.to.it, in its «La nostra storia» page from 2015, traced the origins of the Coordinamento Provinciale delle Banche del Tempo, born in December 1996 on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino, in particular the Equal Opportunities Council Committee and the Social Activities Area, with the aim of promoting and coordinating the province’s Time Banks; in 1996 the coordinamento brought together 5 Time Banks, which had grown by 2015 to over 20, with almost a thousand members in total.1
In May 2014 the site listed the member Time Banks in the municipalities of Borgaro Torinese, Caluso, Chieri, Ciriè, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Pinerolo, Pino Torinese, Robassomero, Settimo Torinese and Vinovo, as well as five banks active in as many districts or neighbourhoods of Turin.2
In the last snapshot with content, from April 2023, the Coordinamento’s activity was found to have migrated to a page of the Volontariato Torino Live Network portal.3
The origins of the Coordinamento in 1996 and its growth up to 2015
A page of the site banchedeltempo.to.it, archived in April 2015, traced the history of the provincial Coordinamento delle Banche del Tempo, born in December 1996 on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino — the Equal Opportunities Council Committee and the Social Activities Area — with five member Time Banks; by that date the Coordinamento counted almost a thousand members and more than twenty Time Banks across the province.1 A snapshot from April 2023 showed the activities continuing under the same name on the Volto Web volunteering portal, the Turin volunteering network.2
The site banchedeltempo.to.it and its history
According to the site’s «La nostra Storia» page, the Coordinamento Provinciale delle Banche del Tempo was born in December 1996 on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino, with a role of promoting and coordinating the area’s Time Banks; in 1996 it had 5 members, while fourteen years later the association counted almost a thousand members and more than 20 member Time Banks.1
The site banchedeltempo.to.it was first recorded by the Web Archive on 3 March 2010.2 In the copy from 25 August 2017 the portal, built with Drupal, lists among the member Time Banks those of Borgaro Torinese, Chieri, Ciriè, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Pinerolo, Pino, Robassomero, Settimo Torinese, Vinovo, Valpellice and four districts of Turin.3 The last copy with the site still online, from 20 December 2021, shows recent activity, including a national assembly on Zoom in May 2021.4
The site banchedeltempo.to.it and the provincial Coordinamento
The site banchedeltempo.to.it, in the first copy found by the Web Archive on 3 March 2010, presents the Banca del Tempo born on 26 November 2003 on the initiative of twelve founding members, with two offices in the area: one in Torre Pellice, at the «Laboratorio di Cittadinanza Attiva» inside the municipal offices, and the other in Bricherasio, at the Biblioteca Comunale (municipal library) and the «Punto Informativo Giovani» (Youth Information Point).1 The site then became the portal of the Coordinamento Banche del Tempo della provincia di Torino, which, in its «La nostra storia» page (copy from 9 December 2019), traced its origins back to the Coordinamento Provinciale delle Banche del Tempo, set up in December 1996 on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino with 5 member Time Banks and grown, over more than 14 years, to about a thousand members and more than 20 Time Banks across the province.2 The copies from 2017 and 2021 list, among the Time Banks that were members of the coordinamento, those of Borgaro Torinese, Chieri, Ciriè, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Pinerolo, Settimo Torinese, Vinovo and several districts of Turin.34
The site banchedeltempo.to.it in the web archive
A page devoted to the history of the initiative appears in the snapshot from 9 December 2019. The last snapshot with the site still active dates back to 20 December 2021.
The history of the Coordinamento and the network of Time Banks (from the archived site)
According to the «La nostra storia» page of the site banchedeltempo.to.it, the Coordinamento Provinciale delle Banche del Tempo was born in December 1996 on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino, in particular the Equal Opportunities Council Committee and the Social Activities Area, with the task of promoting, informing and coordinating the province’s Time Banks: in 1996 the Coordinamento brought together 5 BdT, which grew over the years to about a thousand members and more than 20 banks.1 The first snapshot of the site found, from 3 March 2010, also mentions the Banca del Tempo della Val Pellice, born on 26 November 2003 with two offices, in Torre Pellice and in Bricherasio.2 The list of member banks changes over time: in 2017 it includes, among others, Borgaro Torinese, Chieri, Ciriè, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Pinerolo, Pino, Robassomero, Settimo Torinese, Vinovo and some districts of Turin;3 in 2021 Casalborgone, the Banca del Tempo del Canavese and Orbassano are also added.4
The site banchedeltempo.to.it in the web archive (2010-2021)
The Coordinamento Provinciale delle Banche del Tempo was born in December 1996 on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino, in particular the Equal Opportunities Council Committee and the Social Activities Area, and at the time brought together 5 Time Banks.1 The site banchedeltempo.to.it, online at least since 2010, listed in 2017 the member banks of Borgaro Torinese, Chieri, Ciriè, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Pinerolo, Pino, Robassomero and Settimo Torinese, as well as three city banks in Circoscrizioni (districts) 2, 4 and 6.2 In December 2021 the list also included the new banks of Casalborgone, del Canavese and Orbassano; the coordinamento’s annual assembly was held on 29 March 2021 on the platform made available by the Città metropolitana di Torino.3
The site banchedeltempo.to.it in the web archive (2010-2021)
The domain banchedeltempo.to.it appears in the web archive starting on 3 March 2010, when the homepage presents the Coordinamento with two offices, in Torre Pellice and Bricherasio. A dedicated page tells how the provincial Coordinamento delle Banche del Tempo was born in December 1996 on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino, at the time with 5 active Time Banks. In the snapshot from 25 August 2017 the site, run on Drupal, lists a network that includes Borgaro Torinese, Chieri, Ciriè, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Pinerolo, Pino, Robassomero, Settimo Torinese, Valpellice, Vinovo and three districts of Turin. The last snapshot with content, from 20 December 2021, adds to the network Casalborgone, the Banca del Tempo del Canavese and Orbassano, with meetings and assemblies held on Zoom.
The history and network of the Turin Time Banks in the site’s archive (1996-2021)
The site banchedeltempo.to.it told, in a page archived in December 2019, the story of the birth of the Coordinamento Provinciale delle Banche del Tempo in December 1996, on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino — the Equal Opportunities Council Committee and the Social Activities Area —, at the time with five member time banks; the text reported that in later years the number of members had come close to a thousand, with more than twenty banks present across the province.
In 2017 the site listed, among the banks that were members of the coordinamento, those of Borgaro Torinese, Chieri, Ciriè, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Pinerolo, Robassomero, Settimo Torinese, Turin (Circoscrizioni 2, 4 and 6), Valpellice and Vinovo, noting the 18 years of the Banca del Tempo di Nichelino and the 20 years of that of Chieri. In 2021, after the arrival of Casalborgone, the Banca del Tempo del Canavese and Orbassano, the site documented the coordinamento’s activities during the pandemic, carried out via Zoom, including the annual assembly of 29 March 2021.
The site banchedeltempo.to.it in the web archive (2010-2021)
In the «La nostra Storia» page, archived on 9 December 2019, the Coordinamento recounts that it was born in December 1996 on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino, at the time with 5 member Time Banks; fourteen years later the number of members had come close to a thousand, with more than 20 Banks present across the province. In the last snapshot with content, from 20 December 2021, the site was still publishing recent activity, including the 2021 national assembly held on Zoom.
The member Time Banks in the web archive (2010-2021)
In the web archive’s first snapshot, from 3 March 2010, the Coordinamento brought together the time banks of Torre Pellice, at the Comune’s Laboratorio di Cittadinanza Attiva, and of Bricherasio, at the municipal library. In the last snapshot with content, from 20 December 2021, the list of member banks included Casalborgone, il Canavese, Borgaro Torinese, Chieri, Orbassano, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Settimo Torinese, Valpellice, Vinovo and three districts of the city of Turin (2, 4 and 6, the last with the «Cirimela» office).
The site banchedeltempo.to.it: from the 1996 Coordinamento to the network of over 20 Time Banks (1996-2022)
A page of the site banchedeltempo.to.it, saved on 9 December 2019, recounts that the Coordinamento Provinciale delle Banche del Tempo was born in December 1996 on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino, in particular the Equal Opportunities Council Committee and the Social Activities Area, and that in 1996 it brought together 5 Time Banks; by the time the page was published it counted about a thousand members and more than 20 Banks across the province. The site appears parked in the 2022 snapshots, with the last snapshot recorded in 2023.
One domain, two stories: from the Banca del Tempo di Torre Pellice to the provincial Coordinamento
The domain banchedeltempo.to.it, in the first 2010 snapshot, hosted the site of the Banca del Tempo di Torre Pellice e Bricherasio, born on 26 November 2003 from twelve founding members with two offices in the Val Pellice. From 2017 the same address instead hosted the site of the Coordinamento Banche del Tempo della provincia di Torino, itself born in December 1996 on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino with five member time banks, and grown to bring together about twenty time banks and around a thousand members across the province.
The site banchedeltempo.to.it: from the provincial coordinamento to the network of twenty banks
The last version with active content saved by the archive dates back to 20 December 2021.
The site banchedeltempo.to.it: from the provincial Coordinamento to the online network (2010-2021)
The first copy of the domain banchedeltempo.to.it, from 3 March 2010, shows on its homepage the profile of the Banca del Tempo di Torre Pellice e Bricherasio, born on 26 November 2003. In the copy from 25 August 2017 the site, based on Drupal, lists the member Time Banks in municipalities such as Borgaro Torinese, Chieri, Ciriè, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Pinerolo, Settimo Torinese and several districts of Turin, and celebrates the Coordinamento’s twentieth anniversary (1996-2016). In the last working copy, from 20 December 2021, the list of member Banks includes the newcomers Casalborgone, del Canavese and Orbassano, and the site documents the assemblies and meetings held online on Zoom during the pandemic.
The site banchedeltempo.to.it: from the Banca di Torre Pellice to the provincial coordinamento
In 2016 the site celebrated the Coordinamento’s twenty years of activity with posts such as «Banche del Tempo - 20 anni in rete con te» and «Chieri - 20 anni di passione». A snapshot from 20 December 2021, the last with full content, shows the online meetings held on Zoom during the pandemic, including the 2021 Assemblea nazionale delle Banche del Tempo. From 2022 the archive’s scans record only parking pages, with no content.
The site banchedeltempo.to.it, from the 1996 Coordinamento to the network of time banks (2010-2021)
In the snapshots from 25 August 2017 and 20 December 2021 the site lists the individual member time banks in the province’s municipalities, including Borgaro Torinese, Chieri, Ciriè, Moncalieri and Nichelino.
The site banchedeltempo.to.it, the Coordinamento born in 1996
The site, under the same name, can be found in the web archive’s snapshots from 3 March 2010, 25 August 2017 and 20 December 2021.
The Coordinamento’s site, from 2010 to 2021
In the «La nostra Storia» page, in the snapshot from 9 December 2019, it is stated that the Coordinamento was born out of the experience built up within an earlier coordinamento. The site, with the same section structure (Home, Cos’è, Cosa offre, Contatti, Banche), remains reachable at least until the snapshot from 20 December 2021.
The site banchedeltempo.to.it, from the 1996 coordinamento to its closure after 2021
According to the «La nostra Storia» page, available in the snapshot from 9 December 2019, the Coordinamento Banche del Tempo della provincia di Torino was born in December 1996 on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino, with 5 member Time Banks; fourteen years later the number of members was close to a thousand, with more than 20 Banks across the province. In the snapshot from 3 March 2010 the site lists two offices, in Torre Pellice and in Bricherasio; in that from 25 August 2017 the member Banks cover Borgaro Torinese, Chieri, Ciriè, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Pinerolo, Pino, Robassomero, Settimo Torinese, three districts of Turin and the municipalities of Valpellice and Vinovo. The last live snapshot, from 20 December 2021, still shows Coordinamento activity, with meetings on Zoom and a National Assembly; from spring 2022 the domain appears parked.
The domain banchedeltempo.to.it (2010-2021)
In 2017 the site listed the individual time banks of the province, from Borgaro Torinese to Casalborgone, as well as sections on regulations and insurance; it remained online, in the same structure, at least until December 2021.
The Coordinamento born in 1996 and the site banchedeltempo.to.it (2010–2021)
The Coordinamento Provinciale delle Banche del Tempo, later the Coordinamento Banche del Tempo della provincia di Torino, was born in December 1996 on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino — in particular the Equal Opportunities Council Committee and the Social Activities Area — with five member time banks; a presentation page from December 2019 described it as having reached almost a thousand members and more than twenty banks across the province. The domain banchedeltempo.to.it’s first snapshot, from March 2010, is devoted to a single affiliated bank, founded on 26 November 2003 by twelve founding members, with offices in Torre Pellice and Bricherasio. Until December 2021 the site listed the member time banks in the Turin and Pinerolo areas — including Borgaro Torinese, Chieri, Ciriè, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Pinerolo, Settimo Torinese, Vinovo and some districts of Turin — and, during the pandemic, the assemblies held on Zoom; from 2022 the domain shows only parking pages.
From the 1996 provincial Coordinamento to the site online until 2021
According to a page of the site dated December 2019, the Coordinamento Provinciale delle Banche del Tempo was born in December 1996 on the initiative of the Provincia di Torino, in particular the Equal Opportunities Council Committee and the Social Activities Area, with a role of promoting and coordinating the area’s Time Banks (BdT): it was founded by five BdT, which grew in fourteen years to about a thousand members and more than twenty banks. In the domain banchedeltempo.to.it’s first useful snapshot, from 3 March 2010, the Coordinamento’s homepage instead carried the story of a single Time Bank in the area, that of Torre Pellice e Bricherasio, active since 26 November 2003 with twelve founding members and two offices. The site, built on the Drupal platform, remained online at least until 20 December 2021, when it listed banks active in Borgaro Torinese, Chieri, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Settimo Torinese, Vinovo and several districts of Turin.
banchedeltempo.to.it in the web archive
In the last live snapshot analysed, from 20 December 2021, the site listed the member Time Banks in municipalities such as Borgaro Torinese, Chieri, Moncalieri, Nichelino and Settimo Torinese, as well as several districts of Turin, and published news about the Coordinamento’s online meetings during the pandemic.
The domain banchedeltempo.to.it, from the Pinerolo area to the provincial network
The domain banchedeltempo.to.it was born as the site of the Coordinamento delle Banche del Tempo della provincia di Torino: the survey from 3 March 2010 describes a network of just two offices, in Torre Pellice and Bricherasio, born on 26 November 2003 from twelve founding members. The surveys from 25 August 2017 and 20 December 2021 show a network grown to more than a dozen offices, including Chieri, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Settimo Torinese, Vinovo and some districts of Turin, with the addition in 2021 of Orbassano, Casalborgone and the Banca del Tempo del Canavese.
The Coordinamento and the site banchedeltempo.to.it
In 1996 the Coordinamento brought together 5 Time Banks, which grew over time to more than 20, with a membership base close to a thousand people. Its working tools included a monthly meeting among all members and annual training seminars.[1]
Renewing the board and association life during the pandemic
Among the news published on the site, in June 2016 the Coordinamento announced the renewal of its board, in office until 2018.1
During the Covid-19 pandemic activities also took place online: besides the assemblies, the Coordinamento organized cultural aperitifs on Zoom, such as the one devoted to theatre on 13 April 2021, and in November 2021 it announced the resumption of fortnightly meetings with the Time Banks at the national level.2
The network of member banks, 2017 and 2021 compared
The Coordinamento’s site allows a comparison of the network of member time banks at two different moments: in August 2017 it included those of Borgaro Torinese, Chieri, Ciriè, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Pinerolo, Pino, Robassomero, Settimo Torinese, Valpellice and Vinovo, as well as three districts of Turin; in December 2021 the list instead included Casalborgone, the Banca del Tempo del Canavese, Orbassano, Moncalieri, Nichelino, Settimo Torinese, Valpellice and Vinovo, with the same three Turin districts — with Chieri, Ciriè, Pinerolo, Pino and Robassomero having left in the meantime and Casalborgone, the Banca del Canavese and Orbassano having joined.1,2
The site banchedeltempo.to.it
The Coordinamento delle Banche del Tempo della provincia di Torino had a site at the domain banchedeltempo.to.it, recorded by the web archive between 2010-03-03 and 2021-12-20; a page devoted to the coordinamento’s history was online at least from 2019-12-09.
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