Beth is doing her dissertation on "The influence of #RepairCafe events on improving attitudes towards waste and encouraging a societal shift away from throwaway culture."
We ran one of our monthly #RepairCafes yesterday. Happy to say that we accomplished all of our goals.
Everyone had a great time
We fixed most of the things we were asked to fix
No one got hurt
We didn't blow any fuses
I'm also happy to see that we fixed three sewing machines. These stand out to me because these are things that will be used to fix other things. Fixing stuff has trickle down. #fixer#fix#repaircafe#community#Coventry
Went to the first ever #RepairCafe here in my town just to check it out and meet some of the folks running it (tbh, I'd only heard of its existence yesterday).
Not 10 minutes later, I was accidentally volunteered to help fix small appliances! I managed to help out with one of several broken humidifiers (bad bearings on an easily-replaced motor), but had no tools to do much else. I'll be at the next one, this time legit: with meters, soldering supplies, and maybe some parts!
I’m going to my first #repaircafe today, it’s in a nearby village and I emailed to ask if I could visit and they said yes! I’d like to do something similar in our village as there seems to be the need and the resource just needs the organisation…
Some pics from our Repair Café yesterday in Coventry Central Library.
We had more visitors than usual and had to start telling people they might have to wait a long time only 45mins into our 3 hour session as we already had a big queue by then.
We repaired 30 items including a coffee machine, a china ornament, a jacket zip, 2 radios, an electronic toy, a hedge trimmer, a sewing machine and a pair of boots.
NOUVEAU au Repair café de Forges les bains en Essonne!
On vous explique ce qu’est un « Logiciel libre » et on vous installe Linux gratuitement en moins d’une demi-heure sur votre appareil, afin de prolonger la durée de vie de votre ordinateur ou smartphone devenu trop lent. Le tout par votre serviteur, mais pas seulement ;)
We’re excited to announce the launch of the ⭐️ Student Repair Revolution ⭐️ - our new student project funded by HubbubUK and Virgin Media O2 Time After Time E-waste Fund ✊
Want to save some money, learn a new skill or help reduce your carbon footprint? 🌱
We’re working to help set up and support #repair initiatives in Universities across the #UK - from tech amnesties to #RepairCafe s to workshops.
Plus de 700 associations (dont le #repaircafe#Manosque !) utilisent les outils de @Framasoft, dont le #framaspace, un environnement de travail collaboratif "tout équipé" gratuit pour les associations. Merci à vous #framasoft !
This coming Saturday is the regular #RepairCafe in the Stratford Methodist Church Hall. Items for #repair are accepted from 10am to 1pm, and we'll have sewing, electrical, bikes, knives/scissors/garden tool sharpening and general repairs. No computer repairer this month though.
A great afternoon skill sharing at the #Glasgow#RepairCafe yesterday. Lots of the team learned to solder, while others learned to not fear the sewing machine and how to darn.
At the weekend I got some amazing compliments from both @RepairCafe_Barry where I volunteer and the comms officer for the countrywide #RepairCafe network on the work I've done on their social media. It made me think I should let you know where I excel in social media as I have space for a couple of new clients.
I am amazing at community based social media - connecting with local or topic based communities, especially around #sustainability, mental health and neurodivergence, and disability.
We are proud to yesterday have been in the UK Parliament demonstrating repair and talking about #RightToRepair with MPs, allies, community repair groups from all over the country
Fantastic to host Patrick Grady MP at the Parliamentary #RepairCafe with BackMarket.
Consumers should be empowered to make the choice to #repair their tech devices or opt to buy refurbished – and to achieve that, policymakers need to take action.
From Repair Cafe Lambeth's epic event yesterday... ❤️ 🛠️ 📻
Item: Cassette radio
Age: 20+ years
Problem: Not powering on
Fixed? Yes
Solution: "We pushed buttons at random and it came back to life" #repair#RepairCafe#Vintage#FixStuff
Yet another fabulous fix from Repair Cafe Lambeth:
Item: Toaster
Age: 20 years
Problem: Sparked and motor failed.
FIxed? Yes
Solution: "PAT test failed and tripped mains. Earth leakage due to raisin bridging element and earth. Removed raisin and now PAT passes and toaster working OK." #RaisinHell #repair#RepairCafe#Vintage#FixStuff