A new repair cafe is starting up in the centre of Hereford, just one week after International Repair Day which is on Saturday 19th October.
This year, International Repair Day celebrates 15 years since the founding of the first repair cafe in Amsterdam. Since October 2009, more than 3000 repair cafes have sprung up worldwide, and there are over 300 in the UK.
Repair cafes are a place where local communities come together to fix household items. They divert good items from landfill, save people money and create a positive social event at the same time.
Herefordshire and Worcestershire are a hotbed of repair activity, with thirteen repair cafes across the two counties.
Repair Cafe Hereford City will now bring that total to fourteen. It’s first session will be on Saturday 26th October (10am to 12:30), and it will be open on the last Saturday of the month thereafter (excluding December). The repair sessions will be held at Holy Trinity Church on Whitecross Road.
Rod Howell, who helped set up the Repair Cafes in Worcester and Hereford City said: “We are absolutely thrilled that a new Repair Café is starting in Hereford in the same month as International Repair Day. Repair Cafes are a place where good things happen. We are always looking to welcome new volunteers, so anyone interested in joining should reach out to their local group”.
Wherever you are in the two counties, there is bound to be a repair cafe close to you.
Here is a listing of all the repair cafes in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
Herefordshire:
Archenfield Repair Cafe (Llangrove Village Hall)
South Hereford Repair Cafe (Dinedor Village Hall)
Repair Cafe Ledbury (Ledbury Community Hall)
Leominster Repair Cafe (Leominster Community Centre)
Repair Cafe Hereford City (Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross)
Repair Cafe Marden (Marden Hub)
The Golden Valley Repair Cafe (operates between Kingstone, Dorstone and Ewyas Harold)
Worcestershire:
Bewdley Repair Cafe (St George’s Hall)
Bromsgrove Repair Cafe (All Saints Church Hall)
Droitwich Repair Cafe (Old Library Centre)
Kidderminster Repair Cafe (Kidderminster Youth House)
Malvern Hills Repair Cafe (Malvern Cube)
Redditch Repair Cafe (Community House)
Repair Cafe Worcester (Unity House)
More information regarding locations and timings of repair cafes can be found on county council websites.
We haven’t yet mentioned that repair cafes also serve tea, coffee and cake.
Now what better way to celebrate International Repair Day than to go to your local repair cafe for some refreshment?
