Stroud Library of Things - Tool Share

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Stroud Library of Things will make a variety of tools and equipment available at low cost for people to borrow. We want to inspire and support our community to spend less, waste less and share more.

£6,376 Raised of £5,964

114 Backers

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Our Delivery Report

Funded on 11 January 2025 | Delivered on 31 March 2025

£6,376

RAISED

114

BACKERS

72

DAYS TO FUND

BIGGEST PLEDGE

£3,000

From Stroud District Council

£20

MOST POPULAR PLEDGE AMOUNT

111

people have visited this project!

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65 Hours volunteering opportunities

611 Kgs of CO2 reused

More about our impact

The environment

The library software we use, Lend Engine, has the capacity to measure the carbon saving from the library. We input the type of device and material and the weight. The software then calculates the average carbon value of each tool, and what the value of savings are by preventing people from buying their own items. The total CO2 saved calculated to date is 610.5 Kg of CO2.

Volunteering, jobs & education

We ran a number of volunteer events, attracting a total of 26 individuals. The volunteers spend on a variety of tasks which were essential to getting ready for the opening. These included assessing and repairing the donated tools, researching and costing some items from the community Wishlist, entering the data into the database and meeting up to make decisions about pricing and benefits. In total, we held 9 sessions in the library space, with volunteers putting in extra time at home. In total, 65 hours were spent in setting up and sorting out the library by volunteers. We are very grateful for everyone to who gave their time to help us out. Two of the volunteers gave their time to join a small steering group alongside the project lead, and we met four or five times to make decision about issues such as the membership rates and borrowing fees. This was then turned into the Membership Agreement with the conditions being made available on the website.

http://cscic.org

At Creative Sustainability we provide residentials, activities, workshops and opportunities for marginalised people and communities across Stroud and beyond. We facilitate safe, supportive environments where people develop confidence and independence, raise self-esteem and expectations, access peer to peer support, develop and maintain friendships and become active citizens. For many these are first steps to improving mental and physical health, living happy and fulfilled lives.

Our work aims to address mental, physical and economic health inequalities for disabled, disadvantaged and vulnerable adults and young people. We are highly regarded for our expertise in inclusion and peer to peer support, managing positive and negative risk, creative approaches to engagement of hard-to-reach groups, youth leadership facilitation and co-produced inclusive evaluation.

Access Bike Project is a youth peer mentor support project and community bike workshop. We sell refurbished bikes, run mentor schemes, upcycle parts and provide a young people space to make friends and learn new skills.

The 3rd Space is a youth space with a community kitchen, cooking and music sessions, gardening and art - a vibrant, inclusive, safe, supported space for young people to develop skills, make friends and have fun.

Gloucestershire Youth Climate Group is funded by GCC to engage youth to support action to make a positive impact for a low carbon and resilient county that reduces inequities and centres the needs of people and the environment.

We work with SDC on a district wide Community Hubs Development strategy collaborating with other organisations also supporting marginalised communities to combine services and projects for a wider reach.

Our Digital inclusion Project works across Gloucestershire, Stroud mainly, to run spaces providing digital support to people finding it difficult to be included in the world of digital and technology.

Creative Camping hold residential and online activities for disabled and non-disabled young people in Gloucestershire, supporting teenagers and young adults to spend time together in nature as well as online and encourages self-agency, positive risk taking, cooperation, friendship and inclusion.

Our shopfront at 10 John Street is a visible high street space providing a central space for our work and opens up for local groups to use as a place to meet. This space is the ideal location from which to operate our Library of Things.

Project Owner: Creative Sustainability The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.