Welcome to Season 2! Today we welcome Chris Hellawell. 

Chris and I met at the School for Social Entrepreneurs Scotland programme, way back in 2014 when we were both setting up our enterprises. Now Chris has a tool library empire and has a workshop at Tribe Porty.

Chris Hellawell is the Director of the Edinburgh Tool Library, an organisation that aims to create resilient communities by harnessing the wealth of resources that already exists within those communities.  This includes tools, equipment, space, volunteers, skills and knowledge.  They share tools and equipment via tool lending libraries, and teach skills to their members and outreach groups of people who have historically been excluded from workshop and creative spaces.  Since their beginnings in 2015, ETL have saved their members over £2million and supported over 100 community groups and charities through their outreach programmes.

Working For Progress is hosted by Dani Trudeau and produced by Alice Hudson.

Dani Trudeau, founder of Tribe Porty, a community coworking space in Edinburgh built on the belief that creativity, collaboration, and care are good for people, business, and the world.

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