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Buy Nowt LS6 - Leeds Library of Things

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Donate, Borrow, Return, Repeat.

Buy Nowt Library of Things is a community group with an actual library lending out tools, powertools, holiday, camping and event equipment with the aim of improving lives and helping people do exciting things with limited resources.

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The idea behind the Library of Things is that items that people tend to use infrequently, but would usually need to buy and store themselves, can be borrowed instead. This saves money, space in the home and reduces waste through reusing donations rather than sending items to landfill, and also extracting maximum use from those special, sometimes one-off, purchases.

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The Library has nearly 1300 members and had loaned over 600 items helping save nearly £20,000 and 20 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Film nights, street parties, birthday parties, AGMs, Eid and other festivals - whatever you've got going on, we may well have just the thing for you including folding chairs and tables, several gazebos, portable pizza ovens, projectors and projector screens. There are almost 800 other items that could help make your event really special.

 

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a selection of items to borrow
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The Library of Things is based at Headingley Methodist Church in central Headingley and welcomes enquiries from small groups or individuals on a limited budget who might be trying to put on events or projects. Find out more at the website here.