The Green Skills Library

Green Skills Library is a Maidenhead-based social enterprise with a simple but powerful idea at its heart: - reclaim materials, build skills, and connect neighbours. We believe that practical, hands-on activity in a welcoming space is one of the most effective antidotes to social isolation and environmental waste — and that the two challenges are better solved together than apart.

Anyone can walk through the door — no prerequisites, no prior experience needed. Our workshops use materials rescued from the waste stream to teach repair, upcycling, and making. Participants leave not just with something they've created, but with greater confidence, new friendships, and a growing sense of purpose. We design our sessions from the ground up to be accessible and affirming for neurodivergent people, and young people who are NEET, and anyone who has ever felt that mainstream provision wasn't quite built for them. In 2025 alone, we reached over 1,300 people, ran 100 workshops, and diverted nearly a tonne of materials from waste.

Our digital home, the Good Neighbourhood app, extends that same spirit of welcome into everyday neighbourhood life. It's not social media — there are no algorithms, no infinite scroll, no pressure. Instead, it's a calm, human-centred space where local people can find events, discover volunteering and skills opportunities, connect around shared interests, and look out for one another. Accessibility is built in from the ground up, and a "read before you enter" approach means people always know what they're joining before they do.

Together, the physical hub and the app form two halves of the same community infrastructure — one where everyone, whoever they are, can feel they belong.