LETS provides a money-free method for people to exchange their skills or services. From this perspective, it can be seen as another mechanism which has been developed in recent years and which meets part of the strategy. But it is not geared to giving advice on options of what to do and the risks that each may entail. Another route for getting work done is to pay professional people. However, they wish to maintain high standards and minimise risk of recall and therefore tend to advocate courses of action that may exceed to a marked degree what, in all likelihood, they would consider sufficient for themselves.
Contractors too tend to be motivated in a similar way.
Local authorities could promote the setting up of these free services for the community, inviting volunteers, vetting them, and perhaps providing a base for their work, though much of it would of course take place in the homes of those in need of advice. You can give a rating to this scheme overall. Click 0-10 below and press the Submit button. DoBe.org or click on the image below.