Garages, cupboards and spare rooms are full of things we bought for one job, one weekend or one stage of family life.
Need a drill for an afternoon? A ladder for ten minutes? A tent for one weekend? A printer for one page? Something for a school project?
Before you buy it, put a Cooee out and see if someone in your community already has what you need.
Your community already has more than you think.
Save money together.
Give things another life.
Use what we already have.
Stronger, closer, together.
Your Community Knows More Than You Think.
We don’t all have the same people in our lives. Someone had a dad who taught them to fish, a big sister who helped with homework, a grandmother who could sew, or a mate who knew how to fix just about anything.
The knowledge, skills and experience we might not have in our own homes could be sitting a few streets away. SayCooee helps us share more of it.
Broken, flashing or just refusing to work? Before you throw it out, someone nearby might know what's wrong, what to try or whether it can be saved.
Stuck on maths? Practising a handstand? Learning a dance routine or trying to master something new? Sometimes you just need someone who's already figured it out to show you how.
Wi-Fi refusing to cooperate? Need to print something? New phone doing your head in?
Someone nearby might have the tech or the know-how.
A hem, a button, a tear or something worth repairing rather than replacing.
Someone in your community might know exactly how.
Fishing, guitar, cooking, photography, changing a tyre or growing the perfect tomato. There are generations of skills sitting within every community.
Veggie patches, herbs, pruning, composting and garden know-how. Someone nearby has probably learnt the hard way so you don't have to.
Sometimes you don't need an expert. You just need someone with the experience, time or extra pair of hands you don't have right now.
What we don’t know alone, we might know together.
Simple steps to share, learn and help each other.
Share what you can offer or what you're looking for.
Connect with people in your community who may be able to help.
Message safely through SayCooee and decide what works for you.
Sort out the details between yourselves.
Things to borrow. Skills to share. Knowledge, produce and a helping hand when you need one.