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What is Skillshare?

Skillshare is a Transition initiative encouraging the community to share skills, knowledge, know-how and support.

Community is at the heart of Transition, with the belief that creating happier, fairer and stronger communities will in turn support us to begin to build a more sustainable society.

Skillshares are mostly free and take place in various places all over St Andrews. Where we charge, it is so we can support local artists, specialists and entrepreneurs.

If there is something specific you would like to learn, please get in touch. Every week one of our skillshare volunteers offers free one-to-one sewing classes and every month we run our Repair & Advice Cafe, where you can learn basic electrical, ceramic, jewellery and sewing repair skills as well as learn about woodwork, renewable energy and much more (this varies each month). We also run ad hoc skillshares on a range of themes including No Dig Gardening, Beginners Crochet, Beginners Sewing, Clothes Design, Dress Making, Kilt Making, Soft Toy & Clothes Upcycling, Whittling, Seaweed & Fungi Foraging, Visible Mending, Origami, Vegetarian Cooking, Jam Making and more. Please check our Events page for specific details.

Cooking – In 2024 we ran a weekly online Cooking Club, which focused on vegetarian cooking and tried to use local, seasonal produce.

Here are some of the recipes we enjoyed:

– Leek and Cheese Savoury Muffins
– Lentil Dahl and Naan Bread
– Potato Dumplings (Pierogi)
– Bean Chilli and Pita Bread
– Sweet Potato Chocolate Pudding
– Lentil Bake
– Black Bean Brownies
– Homemade gnocchi
– Potato scones and potato cakes
– Veggie toad-in-the-hole
– Oat and Yoghurt Bread
– Veggy Pasta Bake
– Pumpkin Fritters
– Lentil Bolognese
– Cheesy Potato Bake
– Lentil Patties

We are always looking for new volunteer skillsharers – you can come once, on-and-off or regularly – there’s no minimal commitment and we will fit around you. Don’t forget – no skill is too ‘common’ (e.g. fewer people than you might think feel confident with a needle and thread) or too obscure! We run community skillshares open to all, skillshares in local schools and always welcome more volunteer support for our monthly Repair & Advice Cafe. They are a GREAT way to meet new people and give back to your community. Please get in touch and please join our St Andrews Community Skillshare Facebook group.

Finally, we are always looking for friendly members of the community to host skillshares. Let us know! It is a great way to meet people and learn a new skill or hobby.

Upcoming Events

Events

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