The Borrow Shop: an affordable and sustainable equipment lending scheme for cultural organisations across South Yorkshire

我们的项目是一个为期6个月的试点，为南约克郡文化产业提供一个新的负担得起的和可持续的贷款计划，名为“借阅商店”。该计划将提供低成本的设备和材料租赁，以及存储和潜在的收入来源，为那些选择通过该计划出借自己物品的组织提供服务。它将对所有人开放，只要借来的物品将用于创造性和/或社区利益。这家借物店将是即将到来的谢菲尔德一个空荡荡的店面改造成一个充满活力的文化中心的一部分。这笔资金将使我们能够建立和试点项目，包括实施必要的物理和数字基础设施，以适应预订，支持，维修和交付/收集。该计划解决了4个问题：* 传统租用/购买的成本障碍：负担能力意味着我们可以为更多的人和更多样化的群体提供访问，以创建 * 存储：节省组织资金并鼓励资源共享 * 创收：* 废弃物和可持续性：文化项目通常有时间限制，物品在使用后会被丢弃-我们将通过赋予物品新的生命、修复和分享它们来解决这一问题，以造福文化/社区。

Our project is a 6 month pilot of a new affordable and sustainable lending scheme for the South Yorkshire cultural industries, called The Borrow Shop. The scheme will provide low cost hires of equipment and materials, as well as storage and a potential income stream for organisations who choose to also lend their own items via the scheme. It will be open to all, as long as items borrowed will be used for creative and/or community benefit. The Borrow Shop will be part of the upcoming transformation of an empty shop front in Sheffield into a vibrant cultural hub. This funding will allow us to set up and pilot the project, including implementing necessary physical and digital infrastructure to accommodate reservations, support, repairs, and deliveries/collections.The scheme solves 4 problems:* Cost barriers of traditional hire/purchase: affordability means we can provide access for many more people, and more diverse groups, to create* Storage: saving organisations money and encouraging sharing of resources* Income generation: introducing new options for ourselves and others* Waste and Sustainability: cultural projects are often time-limited, and items are discarded after use - we'll combat this by giving items new life, repairing and sharing them for cultural/community benefit.