Christ Church Turnham Green

London, United Kingdom

Hosted by Group avatarChiswick Repair Cafe

Volunteers at a Restart Party fixing devices, cropped on hands

Description

The Chiswick Repair Cafe is a voluntary initiative to help reduce waste, share repair skills and strengthen the local community. We hope you will come along and visit us soon.

The Chiswick Repair Cafe happens once a month (with some exceptions for holidays), on Saturdays at Christ Church Turnham Green, 10:30am – 1pm

These are the items we can generally repair:

  • Small electrical a nd electronic repairs
  • Carpentry repairs (e.g. gluing chairs)
  • Toy repairs 
  • Computers & laptops (not mobile phones)
  • Knife & tool sharpening
  • Sewing repairs: mending /darning
  • Select: Small bike repairs, clocks 

Location

Get directions on Google Maps

Christ church, Town Hall Avenue, London, UK

About the group

Group avatar

Chiswick Repair Cafe

The Chiswick Repair Cafe is launching on Saturday 15th October 2022 at Christ Church on Turnham Green, Chiswick. 10:30am - 1pm. The launch coincides with International Repair Day.

We have teams covering sewing, electrics, electronics, woodwork, toy fixing, knife sharpening and bikes.

The Repair Cafe is free to enter, and visitors will be asked to make a donation to the organisation's running costs. Coffees, teas and refreshments will be available to purchase in the cafe area.

Email [email protected] for more info!



Group Stats

...

participants

...

hours volunteered

...

parties thrown

...

waste prevented

...

CO2 emission prevented

Restart Party Do’s and Don’ts

DO

  • Check if your device is still within warranty, you may be eligible for a free repair, replacement or a refund. (Which? helps in the UK).
  • Take responsibility for your device and your data. Our volunteers are here to help you learn to fix your gadget, not to provide a free repair service. Get involved!
  • Backup your data. We can’t be responsible for your cat pics, so please back up your device before you come. (Of course you already do this once a month, right?)
  • Charge up your device and bring all leads.
  • Get in touch with organisers if you have any questions about whether a fix is possible.

DON’T

  • Assume repairs will be successful. We help fix over half of devices at our events. Even if your repair is unsuccessful, you will learn about your device and why it failed.
  • Expect us to have spare parts. But we can help you source them. Often people visit twice: first we’ll help diagnose the fault, then you source the spare part, and on your return we’ll help you do a replacement.
  • Attempt a mobile screen repair just to save money. DIY mobile screen repair is a learning opportunity first and foremost. Please see our advice page first.
  • Bring a microwave.