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  • Come and join us at the Repair Cafe, this Saturday 28th November.

    This will be the last chance to fix things before Christmas! As per usual we will be at the Bevy on the last Saturday of the month. Pop down this Saturday 28th November at the normal time of 12noon until 3pm We will be able to help with electrical goods & furniture repairs as well as… read on

  • New volunteers join us for the October Repair Café…

    Leona and Victoria, currently on the 3D Design and Crafts BA at Brighton joined our gang of repairers at the Bevy. Leona shortened the roll neck on Betty’s jumper by sewing it under. Oliver Heath brought in a blender. The drive spindle was slipping stopping the blade from rotating. Unfortunately the part that needed repairing… read on

  • September’s Repair Café with a bit of mind mangling on the side

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  • Got some scary repairs you can’t face alone?

    Bring them to our halloween repair café next Saturday! We’ll be holding the repair cafe earlier than usual 11am-2pm. So there will be plenty of time to get home before all the ghosts and ghouls come out to play. We will be able to help with electrical goods & furniture repairs as well as anything that needs sewing, gluing… read on

  • This Saturday

    We are back at The Bevy from 12-3pm. We will be offering help with repairing bikes, electrical goods, gluing, darning & sewing. We will also have the amazing Pocket Science Festival with their Mind Mangler Machine. Bring your kids along! read on

  • August repairs at the Bevy

    Michael helped Perry and Megan fix their outdoor solar lights which had accidentally been snipped through with gardening shears. He re-combined the wires and secured them with electrical tape. Perry and Megan also fixed the wire on their portable vacuum cleaner using a similar technique. On this occasion the wire had been damaged by a… read on

  • July’s repair café

    was a fairly quiet but we still got a fair few things fixed… This lovely vintage vanity case needed a bit of TLC. The lining was re – glued where it had come away from the case (due to the age of the glue). Another vintage item, brought in by Ruth was this lovely leather… read on

  • June Repairs at the Bevy

    A list of all the repairs achieved during our June day at the Bevy, in Tom’s beautiful handwriting. Dan changes the fuse on Bab’s hairdryer and also helps Alan diagnose the problem with a Mitre saw, of which the switch component is broken. Attempts are made to glue the broken part, but as it is… read on

  • This Saturday…

    We will have volunteers on hand to show you how to repair your broken electrical goods and things that need gluing, as well as any clothing that needs sewing or darning. Sadly no bikes, furniture or jewellery this time. Unless anyone would like to offer their skills? Please share the flyer through your social networks. read on

  • The next Repair Cafe will be this coming Saturday – 27th June

    This will be our 3rd time at The Bevy from 12-3pm. We will have volunteers and tools on hand to help you with repairing: Jewellery, IT equipment Clothes & Textiles Anything that needs gluing Furniture & Bikes And there will be great food served in the café.   read on

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