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The
Benefits of LETS...
- Are there services you really need - like an
electrician to repair faulty wiring, or an osteopath
for back troubles, or someone to fix your car - but
you just can't afford the cost?
LETS can help you get what you need. It
gives you instant access to goods or services, plus
interest-free credit. You don't need to spend cash.
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- Do you know people who are unemployed and
seeking work, while others in the same neighbourhood
need help or assistance, but they cannot get together
because no-one has the money?
On LETS you create local currency which not
only supplies what you need, but makes all kinds of
trades possible for other local people.
Have you ever felt lonely because
you didn't know anyone locally, and didn't know how to
'break in' to the local community?
LETS brings back community spirit. You can
get to meet all kinds of people on LETS, and share
your interests, or discover new ones.
Would you like to try out different
kinds of work, or move into another field, but don't
know where to start?
Try different things part-time on LETS. It
helps you keep up your skills, develop other talents,
or use skills the market does not value.
Do you dream of starting your own
business, but hold back because you don't know if
there'd be a demand for your services?
Test out the market for your
services on LETS. It gives you more scope to start new
ventures, or develop a new business at your own pace.
Have you noticed how quickly small local
businesses and shops are disappearing, and how we have
to go further to buy goods and services, most of which
are no longer even produced in this country?
LETS supports small local
businesses, and local producers of goods and services.
It helps plug the leaks in the local economy, keeps
money in the locality, and offers new employment and
wealth for everyone.
Benefits to you, the community and the
world...
Benefits of LETS to you
- Access to many goods and services - many of
which are rarely available in the normal market
- Cash savings and immediate interest-free
credit, reducing any need to borrow from a bank.
- Opportunities to turn your unused time, skills
and resources into assets, or to develop new skills
through trading.
- Freedom and flexible hours, with repayments as
you wish to suit your own situation.
- Being part of a supportive community - like
having a hundred friends
Benefits of LETS to the community
- Reaches the parts other currencies can't- eg
those without bank accounts, lone parents, the
long-term unemployed, retired people, disabled people
etc.
- A supportive, cooperative rather than
fragmented, competitive community - cuts down crime,
mental illness, vandalism etc.
- Encouraging a better quality of product (doors
made by carpenters rather than mass produced ones,
fresh local food rather than supermarket meals).
- Reduced waste, and import costs.
- Leads to a thriving, diverse local economy
which is less dependent on external capital.
Benefits of LETS to the world
- More and better employment for every locality.
- Less poverty, hunger, disease, social unrest
and conflict.
- Economic security - increased local production
for local need. Self-reliant, mixed local economies
are less vulnerable to the ups and downs of
international markets.
- Less pressure on the environment - more repair
and recycling, fewer resources used, less waste, lower
transport costs, less commuting, less pollution
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