November sees Lindfield Repair Cafe celebrate its 3-year anniversary. ‘This month is about giving huge thanks to all our amazing volunteers’ enthuses founder Trevor Carpenter. ‘Without every one of them our Repair Cafe would not have been such a great success. Thanks also to all our very supportive visitors, many of whom are now regulars.’
‘The atmosphere on our Saturday morning each month is always warm, friendly and buzzing with activity. Many visitors enjoy a hot drink and cake while they wait to be seen so it feels like a real community get-together.’ says Pauline, who is Volunteer Coordinator for the Cafe.
The Repair Cafe has had nearly 3000 visitors since it first opened its doors in November 2021 and more than 2300 repairs have been completed. Crucially, this means that all these items have been prevented from going to landfill and furthermore, energy and resources have been saved in avoiding the need for replacements to be manufactured.Many treasured items are also restored. In October, 94-year-old Nelly brought in her Carrom board, and skilled repairers Marta and Paul are working together to restore it for her.
‘The Repair Cafe is so well run and offers such a fantastic local service’ said visitor Simon Drane. ‘I was so pleased that Nick was able to fix our statue. It’s great to see the community pull together in this way, reducing waste and offering items a new lease of life.’
As well as welcoming several local community projects to the repair cafe, collection points have been set up for recycling used candle wax and batteries.
In November donations of green electric circuit boards are being collected so that children in the Kids Room can make the word ‘Computer’ from them. Please bring along any printed circuit boards that you no longer need or contact lindfieldrepaircafe@gmail.com
ALL REPAIRS MUST BE CHECKED IN BY 12.3OPM FOR COMPLETION BY CLOSING AT 1PM PLEASE
Lindfield Repair Cafe is also proud to offer computer advice:
They don’t carry spares, so physical repairs aren’t usually practical, and the aim is not to compete with local professional services, but they can help with many technical issues that may be making you think about replacing your device prematurely. Don’t forget the power supply!
Recycling Collection Points:
Used Wax for recycling by the Candle Lady has become a popular feature, please bring along your donations.
Used Batteries to be recycled in exchange for books for a local primary school Recycle to Read (www.jointhepod.org)
Forthcoming events:
Saturday 2nd November
Saturday 7th December
Saturday 4th January
MEND everyday items, RESTORE family treasures, SAVE money, REDUCE waste,
VISIT Lindfield Repair Cafe
Lindfield Repair Cafe is open on the first Saturday of the month at the
United Reformed Church, 50 High Street, Lindfield, RH16 2HL from 10am to 1pm.
Please check our website/social media pages for the latest updates (details below).
Note: Lindfield Repair Cafe cannot guarantee that they will be able to repair all items brought in, but they will always have a go if possible! Spare parts for repairs are not supplied so if you need a new zip or bulb fitted it may be worth purchasing one before you come along!
There is a collection point for Haywards Heath Food Bank at the venue so visitors may drop off donations when they visit.
Website: https://www.lindfieldrepaircafe.org/@lindfieldrepaircafe
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