A REVOLUTIONARY way to trade, care and play has been set up by a Cleckheaton company.
Tradeclick Kindheart is a new website to help people become old-fashioned Good Samaritans through the modern medium of the internet.
Its developers hope it will help revive a sense of community spirit by asking people to donate their special skill
s, talents, professional advice, or simply their time, to other people in their community that could benefit.
The site has individual profile pages for members and once registered they can list skills or time they have to donate.
They can also look for the time and support of others.
Anthony Cahill, a second year MSc physiotherapy student at Leeds Metropolitan University, registered his newly-acquired sports massage skills on the site.
He explained: "I've registered on Kindheart as a sports massage volunteer.
"Once I have my MSc I'll register as a physiotherapist and then hopefully volunteer in a residential home or in other hospitals alongside my day job."
Other members have volunteered to shake a tin for charity and even run soup kitchens for the homeless.
Kindheart is accompanied by two other parts under the Tradeclick banner. The Trades area of the site is designed for tradesmen or professionals to swap skills and save money, while the Sports area is dedicated to finding partners for running, tennis or any other sport.
The Tradeclick team say the three areas complement each other.
Scott Allison, who developed the site with Tom Kulczycki, said: "Our one aim with the three Tradeclick pages is to get people connected but we think Kindheart is set to do for simple acts of community-based charity, what eBay did for second hand goods.
To visit the site, go to tradeclick.co.uk.
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