Site

Online

Set up

2020

Team

Sally Taylor
Coral Musgrave

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Bearwood Trade School was our first foray into the world of local people sharing their skills and experience in return for barter (gift) items, a chance to connect with others and learn with others. There’s more detail on that below, but we want to let you know about Trade School Online.

Trade School Online is a wonderful collaboration with Co-Lab Dudley and Wolverhampton for Everyone. We’ve worked together during lockdown to try and recreate the Trade School experience as best we can online. Working across the Black Country has meant an even greater array of teachers coming forward and we have a great line-up for you. Here’s the link to all the classes: https://bit.ly/trade-school-online

Here’s more about the concept of trade school, developed in many other communities, where learners bring a gift item specified by the teachers in exchange for the teachers sharing their knowledge and skills with others. The ethos is:

• A Trade School Class is a workshop where people barter for knowledge.

• Knowledge can be practical skills, talents, knowledge and experience.

• Anyone can teach, anyone can learn.

• No teaching experience is required.

• Everyone is welcome to attend classes.

• No money exchanges hands.

• Teachers give their knowledge in return for barter items.

Classes are open to everyone but we ask that under 16s bring an adult with them!

If you like the sound of it, check out the latest classes