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The Streetbank is a UK-based network and Website that helps users share items with their neighbours which was launched in July 2010 by Sam Stephens and Ryan Davies in West London. Sam Stephens initially set it up to encourage neighbors 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". The purpose of Streetbank is to boost local communities by encouraging people to get to know their neighbours. Streetbank also allows its users to share advice, skills, language teaching, cooking, and DIY.
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| dbo:abstract | The Streetbank is a UK-based network and Website that helps users share items with their neighbours which was launched in July 2010 by Sam Stephens and Ryan Davies in West London. Sam Stephens initially set it up to encourage neighbors 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". The purpose of Streetbank is to boost local communities by encouraging people to get to know their neighbours. Streetbank also allows its users to share advice, skills, language teaching, cooking, and DIY. The website has 60,000 members worldwide. It had 15,000 members in September 2012. More than £1 million worth of skills and items had been listed on the site by October 2013. The organization has 300 members per square mile in West London, its busiest area. In 2013, The Times listed the site as one of the "50 websites you can’t live without". Accounts are free to set up. Once the account is set up the user will receive emails from other users living nearby. Users can offer items for free or to lend, or offer skills. Members can also make requests and provide information ("notices"). User can choose the size of their "neighbourhood" and can opt to receive messages from other users living within one, five or ten miles. After a user joins Streetbank, they receive a weekly newsletter about local announcements and new offers and wants. (en) |
| dbo:purpose | Item sharing platform |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink | http://www.streetbank.com/press_clippings/The-Big-Issue-August-2010.pdf http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/earthrise/2011/11/20111117151637406294.html https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/sep/04/where-to-find-free-stuff http://www.dailycandy.com/london/article/85570/Streetbank-Community-Borrowing-and-Sharing-Project http://www.streetbank.com/press_clippings/London_Evening_Standard-3rd_September_2010.jpg https://www.streetbank.com http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/carrie-lloyd/putting-the-social-back-i_b_1114030.html |
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| dbp:formation | July 2010 (en) |
| dbp:founder | Sam Stephens, Ryan Davies (en) |
| dbp:foundingLocation | West London, UK (en) |
| dbp:fullName | Streetbank (en) |
| dbp:purpose | Item sharing platform (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | The Streetbank is a UK-based network and Website that helps users share items with their neighbours which was launched in July 2010 by Sam Stephens and Ryan Davies in West London. Sam Stephens initially set it up to encourage neighbors 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". The purpose of Streetbank is to boost local communities by encouraging people to get to know their neighbours. Streetbank also allows its users to share advice, skills, language teaching, cooking, and DIY. (en) |
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