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Marjorie
Marjorie
  • offering: website, salsa, spanish, photoshoplessons, adobeflash, photographer, computerlessons
  • seeking: driving, lessons
    • Fee Berry
    Fee Berry
  • offering: genealogy, create, secondlife, composing, writing
  • seeking: plumbing, carpentry, gardening, general, maintenance, storage, boxes, albums
    • Jade Lawson
    Jade Lawson
  • offering: babysitting, steiner, work, facepainting, kidsparties, cleaning, mechanics
  • seeking: land, to, park, live, in, vehicle, violin, lessons, dance, math, tuition
    • helen
    helen
  • offering: gardening, diy, holistic, crystal, nutrition_advice, nutrition
  • seeking: dressmaking
    • Kimberley Trevett
    Kimberley Trevett
  • offering: therapy, emotional, freedom, technique
  • seeking: web, designers
    • Gabriel
    Gabriel
  • offering: computers, technology, computer_security_advice, videogames
  • seeking: computer, parts, games, software
    • baywebdesigns
    baywebdesigns
  • offering: webdesign, websites, proofreading
    • Andrew Wolf
    Andrew Wolf
  • offering: web, design, shopping, cart, joomla, php, cscart, flash, photoshop, lathe, work, machining, networks, blogging, linkbuilding, product, reviews, website, review
  • seeking: writer
    • luca della valle
    luca della valle
  • offering: italian, language, personal, trainer, nutritionist, indian, haed, massage, meditation
  • seeking: voice, and, singing
    • Monik23
    Monik23
  • offering: design, mexico, city, friendship, spanish
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    Car for House Decorating
    "We needed our house decorating but couldn't afford it so we swapped a second hand car that we didn't need anymore - wicked!"
     - John, St Albans, UK
    Jimmy Choo shoes for Legal advice
    "I got some fantastic legal advice in return for some nearly new Jimmy Choo shoes - we were both thrilled!"
     - Suzy, New York, USA
    Patio for French
    "I taught Rosemary and her husband to speak French and in return I got a free patio built!"
     - Michele, Northampton, UK
    Holiday in India for a Website
    "I built a new website for Ishpal in India and in return I got a holiday and made a great new friend, Swapping across the world" - brilliant!"
     - Heinz, Bielefeld, Germany

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    Recent Posts

    Swapaskill members in the media!

    Here are just some of the Swapaskill media pieces featuring Swapaskill members and their swapping experiences. Some fantastic stories! Thanks to all those members who participated and to those who didn't, for being the pioneers in this giving, sharing, happier community they're all talking about!   THE WASHINGTON POST Swapaskill launches in the United States!   THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER "Is this the death knell for cash and cards?"   THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER "He who shares...
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    How to swap skills and items - some tips

    Firstly remember the spirit of exchanging favours; it's about doing a favour for a friend and when you enter into that spirit, you'll find that swapping skills is an easy, fulfilling and joyful experience. Here are some tips to help you: Step 1. Develop your profile and register your own skills and items. Not sure what skills you've got to offer as favours? Think about anything you enjoy and are good at. It could be...
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    Find friends who can do you favours and do them favours in return

    Swapaskill is an online community of giving, sharing, fun and friendship where people make friends and do favours for each other.  We're delighted to let you know that you can also now swap items! Our aim is to improve communities across the world and create a place that nurtures community spirit and a genuine caring for the environment - and it's all completely free! Ever seen the film Pay it Forward? We highly recommend it as...
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    Welcome to the new Swapaskill site!

    Welcome to the new Swapaskill site which we have just launched based on feedback we've had over the last year from you our members. We’re proud of it and we hope you like it too!  It's early days and there may be a few teething problems so do feedback any comments you have which are always welcome, (good or not so good:) As you'll see you can now swap items as well as skills and...
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    Get happier!

    It's official, swapping skills and exchanging favours actually makes you happier. Dr Tal Ben-Shahar, Happiness Expert and Positive Psychology lecturer at Harvard University has written a book called 'Happier' which is based on the latest, leading edge research on what makes human beings happy. A quote from the book: "Helping oneself and others are inextricably intertwined; the more we help others the happier we become, and the happier we become the more inclined we are to...
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    Royal chef swaps favours and her hubby gets one back!

    Swapaskill members Emma and Fay featured on Radio 4 swapping skills. We were so proud of them! Here is their story: Fay's story "I swapped skills with Emma James and we featured on Radio 4 You and Yours programme this week. I am a Chef and have cooked for Princess Margaret and other royalty. Emma is a highly experienced complimentary therapist who offers various therapies and specialises in massage. My Swapaskill experience was great fun,...
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    C'est Magnifique!

    That's exactly what Ros wrote in her email to us telling us her story. It's one of our favourites and this is what she told us: "Hi to all at swap a skill. My husband and I are planning to move to France in a few years and so are trying to learn French. I met Michelle through this site, who is a French tutor. She had just bought her first house and was looking...
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    Making friends by swapping skills!

    Another one of our fave's is Yuri's story because it resulted in him making a new, great friend. Yuri runs a website called londonamigo.com to help people new to London find their way. It’s a great site for anyone wanting to get to know London - check it out! http://www.londonamigo.com This is what he told us: "I joined Swapskill to find someone to teach me how to sew and I found a girl, who coincidentally is...
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