Presentation by Sam Stephens, Founder of the Streetbank website, which shows all the things and skills your neighbours will lend or give away. Presented at the Waste Services Discovery Day in London on 4th October 2014.

1. Local
Digital
Campaign
Working with the 3rd
sector towards a
circular economy
#LocalDigital
@LDgovUK
Sam Stephens
Founder
Streetbank

2. Waste Services Discovery Day
Taking Down the Fences

3. The Story of Streetbank

4. • Defines Streetbank:
– A website showing all the things and skills your
neighbours will lend or give away
– Rated by The Times as one of the 50 websites you can’t
live without
• BUT Streetbank is not really used for lending

6. Two points:
1. Free digital tools:
– Restart Project
– Easycarclub
– Freecycle/freegle/
streetbank

7. 2. No magic formula