How does it work?
Find an item and join
Search for an item you want to borrow and join the library that stocks it.
Reserve and borrow
Reserve and borrow an item for a small fee — this can be as little as £1!
Return
Return your item in good condition ready for someone else to use once finished.
Our most popular borrows
Why Borrow?
It makes sense to save money and space in our homes by borrowing and not buying from your local Library of Things. Not everyone needs a drill that's going to be used once or twice a year, and why not borrow a tent for that annual camping trip? And an added bonus is buying less stuff means less stuff going to the bin.
What is Benthyg Cymru?
Benthyg (ben-thig) means to borrow or lend in Welsh, and you can rent, hire, loan or indeed borrow a 'thing' from your local community Library of Things.
Benthyg Cymru is a non-profit that supports a network of communities and helps them develop a Library of Things model that works for them. We also operate our own projects like Re:Make. We want to take some of the headache out of setting up a Library of Things, because although the concept is simple – setting one up quite often isn’t.
Benthyg Cymru is globally, the best organisation supporting Libraries of Things. Chris Tanner, Lend Engine
Seasonal spotlight
Party in style
Make your party sparkle this season with high-quality event kit borrowed at low-cost from your local Library of Things.
New Year cleaning
Already anticipating the Big Clean? Get ahead of the game by borrowing hefty cleaning equipment for little prices.
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Expecting guests?
Got the world and his wife stopping for a few nights? Borrow camp beds, chairs, crockery and so much more.
Our partners and funders
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What the borrowers say...
At Newport City Radio we had the opportunity to run a fundraising bucket collection at Newport County AFC. We borrowed 10 collection buckets. It saved us spending £60 on buckets or cobbling together an odd collection of household buckets.They were professional collection buckets that helped lend credibility to our cause.
Ian Lamsdale- Director Newport City Radio
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It's not all tools and DIY
Many Libraries of Things have some unusual items in their inventories – there's a coin sorter at Benthyg Penarth, a lino printing pack at Petha and a metal detector at RE:MAKE Newport!