Bridget Kennedy has been interested in the share economy for a while. She’s thought about starting a tool library for many years, the impetus being when she needed some power-operated gardening tools to do a bit of work in her new garden. She borrowed some tools from neighbours but realised that most people in the street had multiple versions of the same tools.  While borrowing tools was a great way to meet her new neighbours, it just didn’t seem to make sense on so many levels for most households in the area to have the same tools. In 2020, she decided to make her idea a reality. She visited Make-Do in Wollongong, and spoke to other tool/thing libraries. She reached out to the local community to see if there was interest and put a proposal together to a supportive council….and here we are.

We’re an incorporated Not-for-Profit association that runs a number of borrowing libraries (for anything apart from books)  supporting communities in Sydney. We have a large collection of extremely useful but only occasionally used items including, camping gear, household appliances, gardening tools, party gear,  power tools and more, that are loaned out to the community for a short period of time.

Borrowing useful but rarely used items saves money, resources, space & waste. It also helps build resilient & sustainable communities, strengthening community connections. Research shows that people who contribute & borrow from a tool library express a sense of belonging in the broader community. We’d love to have you join our community!