From Rodborough to Nailsworth, TradeOff helps people across the Five Valleys swap what they're good at for what they need. Make do and mend, done the modern way.
Why TradeOff in Stroud
Stroud has always made things: cloth in the valley mills, food for the Saturday market, work in its studios and workshops. TradeOff gives that make-and-share spirit somewhere to meet.
Stroud would rather mend something than replace it. Swap a bike tune-up for a sewing repair, or a morning on the allotment for help with a leaky tap. Useful skills stay in the valleys instead of money leaving them.
Potters, woodworkers, illustrators, growers, musicians and tradespeople all live within a few miles of each other here. Whatever you need doing, someone a valley over may well do it already.
Steep hills and winding lanes make every trip count. TradeOff sorts matches by distance, so you can find someone in your own valley or fit a swap around your trip into town for the Farmers' Market.
Stroud Swap Ideas
A few examples of trades that work well around Stroud. Yours can be anything two people agree is fair.
Town centre · Market day
A logo and stall banner for a market trader ↔ a month of home-baked sourdough
Slad · Uplands
Help digging over an allotment bed ↔ an evening of guitar lessons
Nailsworth · Horsley
Dry-stone wall repairs ↔ a new website for a holiday let
Minchinhampton · Rodborough
Dog walks on the common ↔ a tidy-up of a small business's spreadsheets
Stonehouse · Cainscross
A full bike service ↔ GCSE maths tutoring
Chalford · Brimscombe
Upcycling an old chest of drawers ↔ clothing alterations and repairs
How It Works
Add a skill in a couple of minutes, whether that's pottery lessons, hedge laying, bookkeeping or bike repairs. Say what you'd like in return so the right people can find you.
Browse services from people near you in Stroud and the surrounding villages. Photos, ratings and reviews help you decide who to trade with.
Message your match, agree what each of you will do, and send a trade proposal. Once you both accept, the trade is on.
Around Stroud
TradeOff matches you with people nearby wherever you are around Stroud, across the GL5, GL6 and GL10 postcodes.
FAQ
No. Right now TradeOff is free to download and use: listing your skills, browsing, messaging and completing a swap. Between members, trades are skill for skill, so no money changes hands.
Yes. Set your location and the app sorts services by distance, so you'll see what's on offer near you in places like Painswick, Nailsworth or Stonehouse as well as in Stroud itself.
Definitely. Pottery, woodwork, sewing, upholstery, printmaking and furniture restoration are all fair game, alongside everyday skills like gardening, tutoring, cooking and IT help.
Suggest it. Anyone can put forward a new skill from the skill picker. We review it and add it to the directory so people around Stroud can find you for it.
Every member has a profile showing their skills and their rating from past trades. After each swap both people leave a review, with communication and quality scored separately.
Talk it through in the chat first. If you can't sort it out, raise a dispute from inside the trade. Both of you give your side with notes or photos, and an admin reviews it and explains the decision in writing.
Only if the skill needs it. Web design, tutoring over video and proofreading can all be done remotely. Wall repairs, gardening and dog walking obviously can't.
Stay in the loop
Hear about new skills near you, or tell us what you're looking for and we'll go and find it.
Get Started
Download TradeOff, post a skill, and find your first match in Stroud and the Five Valleys. No money changes hands, just skills.
Available now on iOS and Android
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