Repair Café is repairing broken items together, offering advice, encounters and inspiration.
Costs? A voluntary contribution – suggestion of £5
Check out the many links to further information on refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle, and finally rot …
Zero Waste page on the Eco Chi website
Repair Cafés – Reduce waste through item repairs.
Repair Cafés give people the confidence to fix items instead of throwing them away, helping reduce waste and build practical skills. NEWS FLASH! We are searching for new volunteers to join our Chichester team. If you’ve got the skills we’d love to have you on board – come meet us at the Earth Café. Until we have a team we are, unfortunately, unable to run sessions.
In the meantime the nearest Repair Cafés are in
Bognor: https://bognormake.co.uk/repair-cafe/
and Havant: https://www.repaircafehavant.org.uk/
Want to get involved and make a real difference?
Contact Sue: suziehoo@gmail.com.
Until recently we ran sessions along side a regular Foodbank get together.
THE FOOD BANK
Unit 10,
Chichester Trade Centre
Quarry Lane, PO19 8ET
free parking
We had a team of repairers on hand to help with:
clothing and jewellery
Recent repairs: a beaded necklace had a replaced clasp, a broken jug had a mended silver lid, a loose earring was tightened and fixed, some torn jeans received a patch, a broken zip was refitted, a glove with a hole in the finger was repaired, a broken clock with unattached hands – the glass was removed, the hands replaced and the corroded battery was removed cleaned and tested.
A beyond repair cherished toy was kept as an ornament!
If you have some general repairs needed for clothes and jewellery etc., why not bring them to us?
Please remember this runs on donations. Suggested donation £5.
Swaps – Reduce waste through item swaps!
THE SWAP RAIL – swapping unwanted items not only reduces waste but also encourages a culture of reuse. The next Swap Rail at Tuppenny Barn is on Thurs 3rd September and then (usually – check the calendar) every first Thursday of the month.
THE BUTTON BOOT – due sometime!
From the Swap Shop team here’s a Table Top Sale using buttons as cash!
A handful of buttons given free to everyone on arrival –
whether you book table space or not – all welcome.
If you book space, bring small pre-loved items such as homewares, clothing (rail provided), jewellery, books and more, taking home anything left-over at the end.
To book space (essential) and info, email suegilsonhome@aol.com asap.
Button Boot with – POP-UP COFFEE SHOP!
With tea and coffee, delicious homemade soup
and cake, and other treats, all at
community prices!
Plus LIVE MUSIC!