Community Toolbank closes

Christmas sees the closure of the Community Toolbank at Abbeyfield Park House in Burngreave which has been running for over 10 years and has over 700 members.

The Toolbank has served the local community with gardening tools and DIY equipment. It has also provided advice in basic home repairs, maintenance and improvements which helped people’s ability and confidence to improve their homes and local environment.

Feedback that has been received included:

“enjoyed and encouraged me to do it by myself”

“helped me renovate a house … couldn’t afforded if I had to buy the tools”.

However the Toolbank has now run out of funding and Green City Action cannot afford to continue to support it.

Green City Action aims to explore further funding opportunities to see if the community tool-bank can reopen in the near future.

Please contact Green City Action if you would like further information on 0114 244 0353 and return any borrowed tools by Saturday 15th December 2012.

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