Events and activities

Repair Cafe, cable recycling and bike maintainance – 5th September

10am to 1pm, St Michaels Church, HP65DR

The Repair Cafe is a place where you can bring broken items, and our volunteer repairers work their magic to bring them back to life for free!  

Repairing instead of replacing items saves you money and reduces both waste and consumption, which helps the planet. 

We tackle a wide range of repairs, including:  

  • electrical 
  • electronic 
  • tech advice for phones and laptops 
  • gluing 
  • sharpening 
  • sewing  
  • carpentry 
  • costume jewellery 
  • basic bike maintenance – book a slot on Eventbrite

 

You can also bring old electrical cables for recycling (for example, power leads and old ethernet cables). 

The types of repairs that are available depend on volunteer availability – check our Instagram post the week before the café for updates.  

We can’t repair white goods (for example, washers or dryers) or microwaves.  

How the repair cafe works

We start at 10am and last repairs are taken between 12pm and 12.30pm. Come early to avoid the queues! 

  • bring a maximum of 2 things to repair 
  • our friendly volunteers will greet you and let you know what to do 
  • you will need to wait until an appropriate repairer is available 

 

While you wait you can 

  • get a free cup of coffee or tea and a slice of homemade cake, 
  • browse a selection of free magazines 
  • chat to our team to find out 
  • what we do 
  • how you can get involved 
  • more about local recycling and sustainability 

 

The Repair Cafe is free, but if you donate it will help us cover our costs and support our work in the community.

Get involved!

Send us an email if you would like to help us either as a repairer or as a meet and greeter – or pop in and say hello