Welcome to the shed

The first community hub dedicated to the reuse and repair of household electronics has opened its doors in Sydney.

Sharing skills

The City of Sydney’s Banga Community Shed in Green Square provides a space for people to meet, learn, and share skills.

The shed houses a tool library and hosts a weekly repair café, electronic skills workshops and a tagging and testing service.
Historic site

Located in the former pathology building of the historic South Sydney Hospital site, the Banga Community Shed sits in the inner-city neighbourhood’s award-winning Joynton Avenue cultural precinct.
Grand opening

The community shed is run by charity co-operative, The Bower. The Banga Community Shed was officially opened by Lord Mayor Clover Moore and The Bower general manager, Guido Verbist, on Saturday 2 March 2018.
Time to tinker

Inspired by the men’s shed movement, the Banga Community Shed is a new community space for the growing number of inner-city residents who are keen to tinker, create and learn new skills in the workshop.
Makerspace

Banga means ‘make’ or ‘do’ in the Gadigal language, a perfect name for a building that will host workshops for people to learn how to repair and reuse electronic items that may otherwise go to landfill.
Back to the shed

The Bower Group aims to support men and women achieve good health and wellbeing through a range of practical activities – just like those traditionally carried out in backyard sheds.