BRIGHTON REPAIR CAFE

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  • Good news: Reuse design report

    Loving this website, what a great resource about re-use! → read on

    Good news: Reuse design report

  • Our Mendathon at the Brighton Mini Maker Faire

    We were really chuffed to have Dave and Faraz from the Restart Project join us for the mendathon to help with electronic repairs – but they soon turned their hands to help with a range of other repairs too. Dave got started by fixing a hedge trimmer. The head of one of the screws was stripped so it… → read on

  • Breaking news!

    We will also have furniture & bike repairs on Saturday… even more reasons to come and get fixing! → read on

  • Next Saturday 11th October

    We will be back at St George’s Church in Kemp Town for a repair café at our usual time of 11am-2pm. Bring along your broken electrical goods, jewellery and bric-a-brac as well as any clothing or textiles that need mending. We will also have Tom our expert darner on hand to show you how to… → read on

  • July’s repair café

    Our July repair café seems so long ago now as we had a break in August. We are now looking forward to our next event as we are holding a MENDATHON in collaboration with The Restart Project (who fix electronic items – from iphones to laptops) this Saturday (6th September) at the Brighton Mini Maker… → read on

  • Happy holidays!

    We’ll be back for more repairing in September at Brighton’s Mini Maker Faire on the 6th September; a great annual event where creativity and invention are encouraged in all sorts of weird and wonderful ways!   In the mean time check out the event Izzie (one of the Brighton Repair Café’s Founders) is holding at the… → read on

  • Last chance to get fixing before the summer break!

      We will be taking some time off over the summer and won’t be holding an August Repair Café. So make sure you come along tomorrow and fix those electric fans, deck chairs and summer clothes whilst you have a chance! We will have volunteers on hand to help you fix electrical goods, jewellery, clothing and textiles, furniture and… → read on

  • New volunteers join us at the June Repair Café…

    Ali A.K.A ‘The Chair Doctor’ went to work on two loved but rickety old chairs. He secured the top rail of a chair by reinforcing the outside spindles, gluing and pining it back in to place.Another chair which had somehow had its arm wrenched off, needed the gnarly pins and screws embedded in the wood… → read on

  • The next Repair Café

    We will have volunteers on hand to help you fix electrical goods, jewellery, clothing and textiles, and to darn your woollens. After the successful repairing at the June repair café we will also have Ali, our wonderful new volunteer, helping you fix your furniture. Sadly, we won’t be offering bike repairs this session, but if you need help to fix… → read on

  • Next Saturday…

    We won’t have Mattia on hand to help with electrical repairs but we may have someone step in to take up the mantle so watch this space for up-dates. We will however be doing furniture repair for the first time thanks to Ali offering to come along and help out after attending the May repair… → read on

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