The Isle of Wight Repair Cafe will be visiting Ventnor Exchange later this month and giving you a chance to have your broken household items repaired by volunteers – and stop broken items going to landfill.
The Repair Cafe pop-up event brings people together to learn how to repair things that would otherwise be thrown away. Bring your broken items such as clothing, electrical items, or small items of furniture.
As part of the Repair Cafe ethos, you will be encouraged to get involved in the repairs to try and give you the confidence to start your own repairs.
How to book
When you book your slot you will be asked to select a free ticket with a repair type and a time. This is to help the Repair Cafe team manage numbers in the venue and match your repair with the repairers they have available.
Please book a free ticket for each item you are bringing. Repairs are free but donations are welcome.
What can be repaired
A quick guide to repair types this month:
- General or Electrical – Repair of household appliances, power tools, toys, lamps and other simple electrics
- Textile and Crockery – Repair of clothing, curtains, fabric, broken mugs and plates and similar
- Computer, Tablet and Phone – Computer, phones, tablet repair, help and advice
The Repair Cafe will be at Ventnor Exchange on Saturday 21st November from 10.15am to 12.30pm.
Growing repair movement
The organisers encourage people to spread word of the event and follow the Repair Cafe’s social media presence on Facebook, Mastodon and Bluesky for updates.
