Walsall Tool Shack-Tool Hire Service

Funded on
16 Aug 2023

The Walsall Tool Shack tool hire service is a convenient and cost-effective solution for local residents to access a wide range of tools for DIY projects, home improvement & for hobby and leisure.

£11,237 Raised of £11,165

29 Backers

100%

Costs

Tool purchase £3,880
Tool Shack Buddy time £2,580
Tool storage solution £865
Volunteer Costs £624
Facilitated community sessions £600
Web page development fees £600
Contingency £500
Safety equipment purchase £431
Tool lending software costs £416
Target: (inc. fees) £11,164

https://urbanhax.com

Urban Hax CIC is a community makerspace and creative incubator based just north of Walsall town centre. It is home to a wide variety of creative enterprises but also houses a makerspace where local residents can access and make use of the tools and facilities to design, make, repair and recycle/upcycle things using our workshop facilities and our extensive range of tools, equipment and machinery.

Urban Hax also undertake creative projects including those which help raise the profile of the town, help to promote environmental best practice or which involve local artists and other creatives.

We've been in existence for over ten years and employ local people to improve their skills and run a wide variety of creative courses for people especially those who are unemployed or disadvantaged.

Currently under development, Walsall’s Grade II listed Guildhall building is being transformed into a vibrant Creative Industries Enterprise Centre (CIEC), celebrating the borough’s rich heritage through new innovation for future generations.

This makerspace, to be run by Urban Hax, will include support and facilities for creatives to run and grow creative businesses and projects across art, science and technology.

More than just a business space, it will be a hive of creativity, with a café, gallery space for creative organisations to exhibit their work, and open to residents to engage with the space. Conference facilities will host a range of creative and cultural events for the wider community.

Central to these aspirations is Repair Café Walsall which will open up the space to a wide range of residents who may find engaging with the wider project a challenge.

The funding of Repair Café Walsall would underpin and kickstart activity in the Guildhall and hopefully be a gateway to undertaking further activity in the wider project.

Project Owner: Urban Hax CIC The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.