Streetbank
UK-based network that helped users share equipment and skills with their neighbours / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Streetbank was a UK-based network and Website that helped users share items with their neighbours. It was launched in July 2010 by Sam Stephens and Ryan Davies in West London.
It closed on 1 March 2024.
[1] Sam Stephens initially set it up to encourage neighbours to share items that they own but do not use every day, such as ladders, drills, and hedge cutters, as well as to "save money, cut down on waste, and reduce their carbon footprints".
Streetbank saw itself as more than just a free item site and encouraged people to get to know their neighbours, not just exchange items and leave.[2][3] Streetbank also allowed its users to share advice, skills, language teaching, cooking, and DIY.
It had 15,000 members in September 2012.[2] More than £1 million worth of skills and items had been listed on the site by October 2013. The organization had 300 members per square mile in West London, its busiest area.[1] In 2013, The Times listed the site as one of the "50 websites you can’t live without".[4]
Member accounts were free to set up and users were encouraged to offer items for free or to lend, or offer their time/skills. Members could also make requests and provide information ("notices"). Users could choose the size of their "neighbourhood" and can opt to receive messages from other users living within one, five or ten miles.[citation needed] After a user joins Streetbank, they received a weekly newsletter about local announcements and new offers and wants.