Swan Hills LETS
Welcome to Swan Hills LETS
Help for Members
Members please note Subs of $5 were due in February. Please pay now if you haven't done so yet.- A Member's guide to using this website.
- Events Calendar - busy bees, socials & meetings
- Newsletter archive (members only)
- Minutes of trustee meetings (members only)
- Membership Fees - paying your annual subs (currently $5)
- Street Flyer for getting your neighbours interested in LETS
Becoming a member
We welcome new members from the Perth Hills. Join online!- The subs are $5 per year.
- You must always have at least 1 active offer.
- There are no fees in the local currency, everything you earn is yours to spend .
- Download our brochure
- Join online
- Or download our application form
New members welcome
We are always looking for new members in the Perth Hills area. Questions? Don't hesitate to get in touch and ask. We are very friendly.
We trade in gumnuts
Complementary currencies are well recognised throughout the world, and becoming more and more popular all the time. LETS is just one example. Our unit of currency is the gumnut. It's a virtual currency (not actual gumnuts) but very real.
"Act Local" and support each other. The 2011 National Conference was hosted by Swan Hills LETS.
There is a huge renewal of interest in ways we can live better on smaller incomes, with perhaps a little more time than we had before. It's a good time to reconnect with your local communities and spread some of your skills around, in return for something you need from other local people.
Working together we get a lot done and make new friends
We also regularly trade home grown produce, second hand goods, and lots of different services like massage, sewing etc etc.
What is LETS?
LETS is a Local Exchange Trading System or community currency system which originated, many years ago, in Canada. LETS currency ('gumnuts' in our case) is created as mutual credit. Each transaction is recorded as a corresponding credit and debit in the participants' accounts. The quantity of currency issued is thus automatically sufficient and (unlike regular currency) does not depend on the judgment and effort of a central authority (such as the Reserve Bank).
Swan-Hills LETSystem is firmly established in the Darling Ranges and nearby suburban areas. From Morley to Sawyers Valley, and from Pickering Brook to Middle Swan, over 50 member families are offering a wide variety of services and goods over a very wide area and at the same time fostering community connections.
There are, literally, hundreds of LETS groups worldwide, all fostering community spirit. In Australia there are over 80 groups.
New members are very welcome. Browse this site to see what it's all about, and see the links above for how to join, or download the printable brochure.
