Repair Café - Nenthead
Cumbria Action for Sustainability
Have things fixed for free at the Nenthead Repair Café alongside the Nenthead Big Breakfast!
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September 23rd, 2018 10:00 AM   to   1:00 PM
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Nenthead Village Hall
Nenthead, CA9 3PH
United Kingdom
Repair Café - Nenthead

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Round up all your broken stuff and bring it along for a fix! Or just drop in and enjoy a chat with your neighbours over coffee and a cake. Volunteers will be standing by to fix everything from holes in sweaters to vacuums that have given up the ghost at this sociable session.They’re able to look at electricals, textiles, electronics, IT and software, plumbing and mechanical goods for you.  We’re running four Repair Cafés over the next year, on behalf of Alston Moor Partnership – made possible by funding from Cumbria County Council and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

“We’ve all got things languishing in the back of the cupboard or lying in the garage that need a repair, but sometimes it can be tricky to find someone to fix them and it can be costly, too,” said Roe Baker from CAfS, who’s organising the events as part of the Alston Moor Greenprint.

We’re very grateful to all the volunteers who’ve come forward to help, and we’d still love to hear from you if you’ve got the skills to fix things, as we’re building up a pool of volunteers. The Repair Café is also about passing on skills, and the Alston one will have a craft station where attendees can make their own draught excluder, thanks to a helping hand from crafty volunteers and using donated fabric. They could well come in handy during any summer storms that come along, as well as getting ready for winter.

The cafe wouldn’t live up to its name without tea and cake!

 

 

 

Thank you to these organisations, who are supporting this year's Cumbria Green Build Festival in various ways!

Phone: 01768 210276
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Event information
Type Workshop
Category Alston Moor Greenprint, Cumbria Green Build & Sustainable Living Festival
Audience Open to all
Topic Upcycling & reuse
Funders Cumbria County Council, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
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