Unfortunately, we have had to cancel tomorrow's events, due to the high winds that are expected for tomorrow afternoon and the more recent COVID-19 restrictions announced yesterday. Please keep a hold onto your broken items as we are now working behind the scenes to rearrange a suitable date for a repair event. We may also host an online event where you can get repair advice from our volunteers so you can make an attempt to fix at home.
Once again, our apologies and we will be in touch soon with more information on our next event.
Repair Cafe Glasgow is an antidote to throwaway culture, founded in 2017 on the principles of Repair Café International, and built upon the idea that our possessions have lots of life left in them when we maintain and repair them. By hosting repair events in spaces across the city where people can get help to fix broken things. Doing this together with others builds social cohesion and combats isolation, while helping reduce the size of our landfills.
On Saturday 31 October 12pm – 3pm we will be offering 36 repair slots for you to bring in an item or two that you need repaired. *You must pre-book a slot through or Google form link or call/text Hilary on 07733 667102.
During your repair appointment you will have the choice to sit with a volunteer repairer, watch the repair taking place and even assist with it if you so wish. The repairer will always explain what is happening so it's also a chance for you to learn and pick up some new practical skills. (Both you and the repair volunteer will be required to wear a mask - please refer to our Covid Secure guidelines for this event).
If your item is repairable, we will follow up by giving you a time slot for a 30-minute appointment. If your possession is irreparable - and unfortunately sometimes this is the case – we will email you the reasons will give you advice on the safest and easiest way to dispose of it.
Items regularly brought to Repair Cafés include furniture, household electrical appliances, electronic gadgets and devices, toys, garden equipment, bicycles, clocks, jewellery, ceramics, clothes and textiles…and much more!
As we are keeping with Scottish Government’s Covid secure guidelines we ask that you only come to the event at the time slot you are given in order to avoid over congestion and allow for safe distancing to be maintained.
We track what is brought in and repaired. Information is used in our reporting to the Scottish Government as well as for the repair community in general.
To sign up for a time slot please complete THIS FORM.
Also, if you are interested in repair and how we can re-think the way we design our stuff?
Join us for an online film & local panel discussion
Thursday 29 October 7pm – 9pm
Please read our Covid Secure Guidelines here.
Click here to learn more about Repair Cafe.