The Town Council is excited to announce that an Earley Repair Café will be opening soon!

 

What is a Repair Café?

Repair Cafés are free meeting places, focused on repairing items together. Repair Cafés try to repair any household item that may otherwise be destined for the bin, with the aim of reducing landfill whilst also passing on valuable practical and repair skills. 

 

How do Repair Cafés work?

A friendly team of volunteers will try to repair any household item, this may include: domestic appliances, bikes, clothes, tools, laptops, clocks, suitcases and bags, toys etc etc.

 

Whilst the repair is taking place, visitors are able to get a refreshment from the onsite café, or better still, visitors are welcome to watch and learn about the repair process if they so wish.

 

There is no charge for repair services, however donations are welcomed. 

 

The Earley Repair Café

The initiative is currently being led by the Town Council, and we aim to have the Earley Repair Café up and running by September 2024.

 

Our plan is for the Earley Repair Café to become a community asset, so in the longer term, it is hoped that as the Earley Repair Café becomes more established, a team of enthusiastic and driven volunteers will be selected to take on more of the management and decision-making responsibilities. The Town Council intends to continue to support the Earley Repair Café in a sponsorship role.

 

The Earley Repair Café will take place on the morning of the second Sunday of the month at Centrepoint Community Centre. 

 

Centrepoint Community Centre is located on Chalfont Close between Lower Earley Library and Flavours of Tandoor

 

We need you!

We are looking for a team of enthusiastic volunteers:

 

 

  • Repairers – from bikes to bags, clothes to clocks, tools to toys, laptops to lamps…..
  • Reception & Registrations – welcoming visitors, signing in items, queue management
  • Helping in the Café – serving refreshments, chatting to visitors and cleaning up

For Repairers, no specific qualifications are required, however we’d love to hear about any skills, hobbies or interests you have that you feel would make you a great repairer. 

 

To apply, please complete and return a Repair Café Volunteer Application Form.

 

More information and updates coming soon!