If appropriate, products made during the skillshare can be sold at material cost price for participants to take away with them. Sometimes donations are requested to cover the cost of venue hire and material costs.
with no expectation of receiving anything in return) so are always available for free to those who are unable to contribute monetarily. Skillshares are offered as part of the Gift Economy (i.e. Contributions of all kinds are welcome! We can pass on valuable skills as well as experiment, stretch ourselves, practice generosity, form connections, inspire each other and have fun! The Project encourages anyone of us to offer guidance on a topic likely to help increase our community's resilience, as a one-off gift (or more!). To work with existing groups in order to share and draw on local skills.To organise practical and useful events.To establish and nurture links between old and young as skills are passed on.To create a fundamental sense of ‘can do’ and feelings of positivity, creativity and empowerment.To build networks and move our community towards self-reliance and resilience.To bring people together, relaxing and learning new skills.The goals of the project (as from The Transition Handbook) are: The Skillshare Project was inspired by Rob Hopkins “ Great Reskilling” idea and is listed as Number 8 in the “12 Steps to Transition”. Skillshare is a platform that carries free and paid online classes that is hosted and created by globally-recognized practitioners. join the Skillshare project team of volunteers (drop us an email!).
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