Repair Cafes
Our Repair Cafes are hubs for community engagement - encouraging people to come together, share skills and a cuppa, and repair what might otherwise get thrown away!
Got a pair of ripped jeans, a bike with a flat tyre, a teddy bear in need of a patch, a sewing machine that’s stopped sewing, or a clock that’s stopped ticking? Bring it along to one of our Repair Cafes and see if one of our superstar volunteers can help give it a new lease of life.
Saving pennies and saving the planet
Repair Cafes are a great way to combat fast fashion and a throwaway culture, and also provide an important community space to open up the conversation and help people to feel empowered to combat the climate crisis together.
The environmental and climate crisis and the cost of living crisis are not separate issues, and a repair cafe is a simple but effective solution that addresses the times we’re living in, in a way that benefits people and also the planet. We do not have finite resources, whether we’re talking on a household level or a planetary level, so finding ways to repair, reuse, or repurpose what we already have is vital for our communities and planet to be able to thrive.
Repair Cafe’s Supporters
We are grateful to all our delivery partners, host venues and other stakeholders: British Museum of Surfing, Braunton Men’s Shed, 51 Degrees Coffee, Braunton U3A, The Earth Repair Shop, North Devon Voluntary Service (NDVS), Hand:Plant, Willows Tea Room, St John’s Church - Bishops Tawton, South Molton YMCA, Skate Molton
Repair Cafes in Action
