The Edinburgh Tool Library

Edinburgh Tool Library helps the people in our communities save money 💸💞

One of the major ways we do this is through tool borrowing! Did you know by borrowing tools rather than buying them we have saved households an incredible £3 million?! Another way we do this is by running our community workshops such as our Repair Cafe, where our community can repair their broken items rather than replacing them.

These vital aspects of ETL allow the members in our community to save money in increasingly trying times. By donating to our Big Give campaign you can help us to continue to provide these services that help everyone across Edinburgh.

Every donation this week will be matched by Big Give. Thank you for your continued generous support ❤️

Donate here ➡️ https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000CW9qrYAD

It’s Big Give Time! 🥳

For one week only Big will be DOUBLING all donations to support the Edinburgh Tool Library! This means that your support will go twice as far - your £5 donation becomes a £10, and your £50 becomes £100. Please help us reach our goal and shape ETL's next decade of building a shared future without costing the earth!

Here are some of the main things we do that your kind donations support:

🛠️ We share tools, skills, knowledge
🛠️ We fight waste
🛠️ We are inclusive
🛠️ We are open for everyone in our community
🛠️ We work for the community
🛠️ We inspire by showing that alternatives work!

💚 Donate here: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000CW9qrYAD

Some moments from our 2026 Summer Party & Tool Sale 🤩 🥳 🎉

Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate the opening of our new Leith Community Workshop and Repair Hub, what a brilliant day it was!

We also raised £1500 for the future of Edinburgh Tool Library, a HUGE thank you to everyone who contributed ❤️

We’re calling for your votes! 💚

We’re delighted our new project, Choose L.I.F.E, has been nominated for ECCAN’s Greenlight Fund alongside many other amazing community initiatives.

💚 What is The Greenlight Fund?
It’s ECCAN’s community climate fund, supporting local projects that help communities across Edinburgh respond to the climate and nature crisis.

💚 What is Choose L.I.F.E?
Leith Improvements For Edinburgh! A new community project that could offer free workshops in Leith using reclaimed materials to improve Edinburgh’s green spaces, build practical skills and engage more people in practical climate action.

💚 Why Vote?
Choose L.I.F.E can only happen with ECCAN’s Greenlight funding. Your vote will make all the difference!

💚 How do I vote?
1. Become a member of ECCAN. It's free and you get to be part of community-led climate action in Edinburgh while supporting your favourite local organisations!

2. VOTE! You must vote for five projects, ranking them in order of preference. Vote here: https://www.eccan.scot/greenlightvoting-2026

Voting closes Fri 10 Jul. Thank you for your continued support of ETL 💚

On Monday 22nd June starts the Big Give Campaign!

Donations raised in that week will be DOUBLED by Big Give, meaning twice the impact for the Edinburgh Tool Library to build a shared future. Your £5 becomes £10, and your £25 becomes £50. Easy!

As a charity, your support means the world to us. We will be sharing the many examples of what your support makes possible. But for now, save the date, share this campaign with your friends and be ready for Monday!

Thank you ❤️ ♻️ 🛠️

Libraries come in all sorts.

There are tool libraries, toy libraries, musical instrument libraries, boardgame libraries, sling libraries, libraries of things and so on..

As the more we share, the more we have!

Shout out to the sharing libraries in Edinburgh and Glasgow that make our community so much richer and vibrant! We love you!

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Have you recently taken on an exciting project using borrowed tools or learned something new at one of our classes? 💪

If you’re loving your experience with ETL, we’d love if you could take a few minutes and write us a review and share your experiences of Edinburgh Tool Library with your friends and family so that they find out about us too! 🤩

By spreading our message of sharing and sustainability across Edinburgh, you can help us to grow our community and allow us to do even more for our city and area! ❤️

To leave a review, go to the Trustpilot link at:
https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/edinburghtoollibrary.org.uk?



(ID: Four people smiling and holding handheld drills after successfully putting up a wooden shelf.)

Something exciting is coming… 🥳

For more than 10 years, Edinburgh Tool Library has helped people save money, learn practical skills, reduce waste, and feel part of a welcoming community.

Now we’re preparing for the next decade.

Next week, we launch a special matched funding campaign with , to help more people across Edinburgh access tools, repair their items, and learn new skills.

From 22 - 29 June, every donation to the Edinburgh Tool Library will be DOUBLED, meaning twice the impact for the sharing and repairing ecosystem!

If you're able to support and share our campaign, it would make a real difference. (Campaign link in bio)

🗓️ Save the date: Donations open on 22 June 2026

Build your own wooden lamp in this beginner friendly two-day class, and learn new skills in woodworking and basic electronics!

This class is designed for people with little or no prior experience and provides a hands-on introduction to safely using common workshop tools and electrical components.

Over the course of the workshop, you'll design, construct, finish, wire and test your own functional lamp to take home.

This class will be run over two evening sessions:
🗓️ Wednesday 24th June & Wednesday 1st July
⏰ 6.30pm - 8.30pm
📍 Edinburgh Tool Library Community Workshop @ 32 Tennant Street

Tickets can be found at the link in bio!