Share – A Library of Things
Recently visited Frome and ran across the Share Library of Things. It’s a shop with a difference… you don’t buy stuff you borrow stuff instead. Apparently the average drill is used for only 13 minutes in its entire lifetime (a bit longer in our household but we like to make things!). Anyway, the proposal is instead of buying a drill, you could borrow one from a neighbour that you have never met before. That is SHARE…. Check them out on:
http://sharefrome.org/
The idea is that we spend too much money on ‘stuff’; things that we use for a short space of time and then lock away in the shed, kitchen, garage etc. If you can borrow ‘stuff’ instead then we spend less, waste less and connect more.
So SHARE have opened up a community space in Frome so you can borrow things like a drill, or a belt sander or an ukulele and more importantly share skills.
In November Frome is hosting a Sharing Festival with lots of events around skill sharing and the sharing economy.
Download the programme at http://sharefrome.org/sharing-festival/.

Also, on Saturday 14th November there will be a workshop on the origins of SHARE and how to start your own share shop. Checkout the website to book a place.