Sharing Space + Skills

Shared work spaces (other terms include fabrication laboratories, makerspaces) are open access workshops where almost anything can be made by anyone. These offer shared access to a combination of high end machines, tools and software (including but not limited to digital fabrication) as well as diverse networks of people with skills to help develop and refine ideas and prototypes.

How to Make a Makerspace
www.artisansasylum.com/how-to-make-a-makerspace

Australian Examples

Makerspace Adelaide (SA, CBD)

https://makerspaceadelaide.org/
www.facebook.com/MakerspaceAdelaide

Hackerspace Adelaide (SA, City, Tonsley, Woodville)
hackerspace-adelaide.org.au/

SANE Makerspace (SA, Holden Hill)
www.sanemakerspace.com
www.facebook.com/sanemakerspace

The Adelaide Remakery (SA)

www.facebook.com/theadelaideremakery

Retailing quality products remade by established and emerging remakers, holding workshops and a low-cost service for teaching people to remake and repair their own goods.

Footscray Maker Lab (VIC)
footscraymakerlab.com
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-16/footscray-maker-lab-an-experiment-in-community-building/5814850

Substation33 (QLD)

substation33.com.au

Substation33 is an electronic waste processing social enterprise/hackerspace whose mission is to provide a safe and innovative workplace in order to support people transitioning into skilled and meaningful work while diverting e-waste from landfill.

International Examples

Fab Labs (Fabrication Laboratories)
www.fablabs.io - international map

ADX Portland (Portland, US)
https://adxportland.com

Artisan's Asylum (Somerville, US)
www.artisansasylum.com

Edinburgh Remakery (Scotland)
www.edinburghremakery.org.uk

Mothership Hackermoms (Berkeley, US)
www.mothership.hackermoms.org

Men's Sheds are open access sheds whose primary purpose is to provide a safe and friendly environment where men are able to work on meaningful projects at their own pace in their own time in the company of other men. A major objective is to advance the well-being and health of their members.

How to Start and Run a Men's Shed
www.mensshed.org/how-to-start-a-mens-shed-manual

Australian Examples
 

Australian Men's Shed Association

https://mensshed.org/find-a-shed

Charters Towers Women of the Outback Shed (QLD)

www.facebook.com/CTwomenoftheoutbackshed

Boolaroo Women's Shed (NSW)

www.facebook.com/groups/1359348140742288

Orange Women's Shed (NSW)
www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-07/womens-shed-constructing-community-connection-and-confidence/7559818 

Paramatta Women's Shed (NSW)

www.pedestrian.tv/news/womens-shed-diy

Port Macquarie Women's Shed (NSW)

www.facebook.com/groups/1647121982225387

The Hills Women's Shed (Baulkham Hills) (NSW)

www.facebook.com/thehillswomensshed

Wagga Wagga Women's Shed (NSW)

www.facebook.com/WWWShed

Beechworth Women's Shed Association (VIC)

www.facebook.com/pg/WomensShedBeechworth

Rupanyup Women's Shed (VIC)

www.facebook.com/rupanyupwomensshed

Torquay Women's Sharing Shed (VIC)

www.facebook.com/womenssharingshedtorquay

North Coast Women's Shed (Yanchep) (WA)

www.facebook.com/ncwshed

International Examples
 

www.shareable.net/blog/1000-mens-sheds-in-australia-spark-nascent-global-movement  

Repair Cafes N Fixit Clinics

Repair Cafes and Fixit Clinics let people learn how to mend and repair in a social setting, bring those with stuff that needs fixing together with those who have the skills to do so, and share their knowledge with others:

Australian Examples

Adelaide Repair Cafe (SA)

www.adelaidesustainabilitycentre.org.au/repaircafe
www.facebook.com/adelaiderepaircafe

Adelaide Bike Kitchen (SA)

www.adelaidebikekitchen.net/
www.facebook.com/adelaidebikekitchen

Aldinga Bike Kitchen (SA)

www.facebook.com/aldingabikekitchen

Ballarat Repair Cafe (VIC)

www.facebook.com/ballaratrepaircafe

Bendigo Repair Cafe (VIC)
www.facebook.com/BendigoRepairCafe
www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/4494435/hands-on-fix-for-broken-bits

Bower Repair Cafe (NSW)
http://bower.org.au/repaircafe
 

Campbelltown Repair Cafe (SA)

https://www.facebook.com/events/904392143416547

Gawler Repair Cafe (SA)

https://www.gawlerenvironmentcentre.org.au/event-gawler-repair-cafe/

Maleney Fix-It Cafe (QLD)
www.facebook.com/groups/malenyfixitcafe/about/
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-25/maleny-fix-it-cafe-tackles-disposable-society/7201222

Melbourne Repair Cafe (VIC)

www.melbournerepaircafe.org

www.facebook.com/melbournerepaircafe

North Sydney Repair Cafe (NSW)

http://repaircafesydneynorth.net

www.facebook.com/RepairCafeSydneyNorth

Parks Library Repair Cafe (SA)

https://stemlibrary.space/parks-repair-cafe/

Payneham Repair Cafe (SA)

www.sustainablecommunitiessa.org.au/recycling-waste/repair-cafe-payneham/

Perth Repair Cafe (WA)

repaircafeperth.org.au

www.facebook.com/pg/repaircafeperth

Richmond Repair Corner (VIC)

https://rclc.org.au/?page_id=2560

St Kilda Repair Cafe (VIC)
www.facebook.com/StKildaRepairCafe

Tea Tree Gully Repair Cafe (SA)

https://www.teatreegully.sa.gov.au/Events_and_places/Events_programs_and_activities/Repair_Cafe

Unley Repair Cafe (SA)

www.sustainablecommunitiessa.org.au/projects/unley-repair-cafe/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItNf_DNQowk

International Examples

Farnham UK's Repair Cafe
www.transitionnetwork.org/news-and-blog/farnham-uks-repair-cafe-takes-bite-waste

Edinburgh Remakery
www.makewealthhistory.org/2017/03/15/every-town-needs-a-remakery
 

Global Surveys of Repair Cafes and Hackerspaces - Research Summary
www.cfsd.org.uk/site-pdfs/Research-summary-Repair-Cafes-and-Hackerspaces.pdf

Stop Throwing Your Broken Stuff Out. Go to a Repair Cafe and Fix It Yourself - Big Think
http://bigthink.com/david-ryan-polgar/stop-throwing-your-broken-stuff-out-go-to-a-repair-cafe-and-fix-it-yourself