Possible tool bank/library

Tony has had several goes at trying to start up a tool bank or tool library in Reading and they have never yet succeeded. Over the past few months he’s talked to several people about this, just to incidental conversations, and last week a donation of tools was given for the Reading tool bank, which of course doesn’t exist yet, so Tony is hanging onto them until it does.

There are several models for a tall bank and I rather like the one in Edinburgh. https://edinburghtoollibrary.org.uk/ this one has a membership model where you pay £20 a year to be a member and then you can borrow whatever tools you like, they run delivery service and they like a library fine you if you don’t bring the tools back when you said you would you can book tools out so they’re available when you need them it’s a completely brilliant system they’ve developed. They have an awful lot of very helpful and useful information in the frequently asked questions section of their website.

I’m talking to Reading Repair Café about this and between us, we are going to look at some premises. I don’t see it happening quickly. I would like to Rotary to be involved but will continue to pursue open avenues of enquiry as they crop up.