Using Empty Shops for Skills Swap Shops (Unsheffield June 2009)
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Swap Shops*
*working title
@helenmilner
www.ukonlinecentres.com
19 June 2009
A big week for digital britain
ONS Survey Question 2006
%
2007
%
2008
%
Not accessed in last three months 40 33 29
Never accessed 35 27 25
No household internet connection 43 39 35
Sources: ONS internet access surveys
17 December 2008 – all to close by 5 Jan 2009
Recession Britain•
People need skills
•People need practice
•Social m
edia for social good
•People w
ant to share
•People have skills
•People have furniture
•People have sm
art clothes they no longer w
ear
•People w
ant to support their local com
munity
•Shops are em
pty
•Sw
ap shops*
Want skills/Got skills
• You need to know things I know• I need to know things you know
spacemakers.ning.com
• One shop• Volunteers• Two signs• One says:
Do you want to learn something
• One says: Do you want to share something
How much can we achieve for free?
• One shop (free rent)• Furniture (donated)• Wifi (donated)• Computers (reuse)• Yoga mats (bring your own)• All staff (volunteers)• All skills shared (volunteers)• Everything is free to use
Not just technology•
Yoga•
Gardening
•Tai Chi
•Painting
•Reading
•Electronics
•Cooking
•Book keeping
•Photography
•Languages
•G
uitar•
CV writing
•Interview
skills•
…. and lots of technology
•W
hatever people want
Pop-up swap shops
• Instant swap shops• Pop-up • Pop-down (all we need is a van)• That’s why rent is free!
National network of swap shops
• Empty shops are in every town and city• Every town and city has people who want
skills and who have skills to share• Share as we go on a wiki – an unfranchise
handbook• Prove the idea• Create a federation
Moneytise?
• Everything has a value• Donations from people taking part
Sheffield – the pilot
• Do you want this to happen in Sheffield?• Do you have ideas to make this better?• Do you have time to give?• Do you have skills to share?• Do you know more people who will want to
help?• If it works in Sheffield …. it doesn’t mean it will
work elsewhere …
“Milner has a 20th century welfare state style solution to a 21st century problem"
http://is.gd/Q65P
Let’s use 21st century tools to bring people together to make our
communities better places to live
Two signs:
Do you want to learn something?Do you want to share something?
@helenmilner
http://spacemakers.ning.com/group/sheffieldswapshop