Reading: Sentence Matching - 2024 őszi

The Edinburgh Tool Library makes more than 2,000 tools available free of charge to Edinburgh residents. (0) ______________ The inspiration for the library came when its founder, Chris Hellawell, came across a similar project in Canada. (23) _____________ During his stay, he visited the Toronto Tool Library and met Ryan Dyment, one of the driving forces behind the project. "I picked up invaluable advice from Ryan, but what stuck with me most was an encounter with another visitor, a young man called Philippe, who was having a tough time. (24) _____________ He was probably around the same age as me and I guess I could see something of myself in him," Chris says. "To his credit, Philippe had found a job as a roofer and was due to start the following Monday. (25) _____________ Nor did he have any money. Ryan ran through the set-up at the Library with Philippe and let him borrow what he needed, registering him as a temporary member. This meant Philippe was able to earn a wage, and in turn he then became a full member of the library. (26) _____________ In an instant, his whole life had been transformed, and he wasn't far from tears," Chris remembers. Before Toronto, Chris had understood the environmental case for tool sharing. (27) _____________ Chris returned from Toronto determined to start Edinburgh's own Library. He established a board of trustees, and they applied for charitable status, which took longer than they had hoped. (28) _____________ The board set up a staff team, built up the tool inventory through donations and raised public interest in the idea. Then, in March 2015, the UK's first tool library opened on Leith Walk, Edinburgh.