Services
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Swap services on Swapster UK and trade skills with people near you. Offer your skills — gardening, cleaning, decorating, dog walking, tutoring — and trade them for services you need. A skills exchange for your community.
6 swaps on the exchange in this category
Offer: 4 h Helping hand on a Saturday move — Sheffield
I'm 6'2", reasonably fit, and have a small van. Available most Saturdays to help with a move within 20 minutes of central Sheffield. No long-distance.
Offer: 1 h GCSE Maths tutoring — Bristol, online or in-person
Maths teacher (16 years), exam-board savvy. Happy to swap an hour of tutoring for guitar lessons, dog walks, or homemade meals. DBS up to date.
Offer: 4 h Babysitting — evenings, Chesterfield
DBS-checked, paediatric first aid certified. Available most weekday evenings 6-10pm. Happy to do bedtime routine, tidy up after, etc.
Offer: 1 h Lawn mowing — Chesterfield area, weekends
I do my own three gardens and have a decent petrol mower. Happy to do small front/back lawns on Saturday mornings within 15 mins drive of S40. Bring-your-own bin bags.
Offer: 1 h Dog walking — central Birmingham, weekday mornings
I work flexible hours and walk my own two anyway. Happy to take a third along for a 1-hour walk Monday–Friday mornings. References available.
How swapping services works
Services is one of the categories on Swapster — the UK marketplace where members trade items directly instead of buying and selling for cash.
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How does swapping a service instead of an item work?
- Offer your time or skill (an hour of gardening, a tutoring session, dog walking) in exchange for something the other member is offering — it works the same as any swap, just with time as the currency instead of a physical item.
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Do I need any qualifications to offer a service swap?
- For general tasks (gardening, cleaning, moving help) no, but for anything involving children, vulnerable people, or specialist trade work, only offer what you're genuinely qualified and comfortable doing, and say so plainly in your listing.
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How do I agree the scope of a service swap upfront?
- Confirm exactly what's included — hours, tasks, and any materials needed — through messaging before you agree, the same way you'd agree condition on a physical item. Vague scope is the most common source of service-swap disputes.
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Is childcare or pet care safe to arrange through Swapster?
- Treat it the same as any arrangement with someone new: check ratings and swap history, meet beforehand if possible, and trust your judgement. Swapster facilitates the introduction, but the same care you'd take finding a babysitter or dog walker any other way still applies.