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title: Sending time credits to someone in another community | TimeBank Ireland
description: Pay a member of a partner community for help they gave you.
canonical: https://hour-timebank.ie/help/members/other_communities/federation_send_credits
generated: 2026-11-12T16:56:56.223Z
---Connecting with other communities

# Sending time credits to someone in another community

Pay a member of a partner community for help they gave you.

You can send time credits to a member of a partner community, if both of you allow it.

1. Open the member's profile from Federation Members.
2. Press Send Credits.
3. Enter the Amount (hours). It must be a whole number from 1 to 100.
4. Add a Description saying what the credits are for. This is required.
5. Send the credits.

## When you cannot send credits

Sending only works when all of these are true:

- you have switched on Allow transactions in Federation Settings
- the other member has switched it on too
- the partnership between your communities allows transactions

If the member does not accept transfers, you see **This member does not accept federated credit transfers.**

Only send credits for help you have agreed with the member. Check the name and amount before you send.

[Go to this page](/federation/members)

## More guides in this topic

[What does connecting with other communities mean?](/help/members/other_communities/federation_what_is_it) [How do I start connecting with other communities?](/help/members/other_communities/federation_join) [Choosing what other communities see, or stopping](/help/members/other_communities/federation_privacy) [Finding and messaging members of other communities](/help/members/other_communities/federation_browse_message)

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