Eversden Village Hall

Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Hosted by Group avatarEversden Repair Cafe

Volunteers at a Restart Party fixing devices, cropped on hands

Description

Items that can be repaired are: textiles, lampshades, clothes, all types of toys, small appliances, small electrical items including phones, furniture & other wooden items.

Repairs are free but we ask you to book a place in advance and to tell us a little about what you’ll be bringing. Donations are welcome and will go towards the work to improve the village hall heating. Closer to the event you will be able to book an item in via the online booking form. This is to make sure we have a repairer available to assess your item and any parts that are needed for the repair. If there’s a lot of interest in the event, you may have to wait a bit.

Come early or stay for tea, coffee, delicious cake and a chat.

E-mail us if you’d like to help at [email protected]

Location

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4 Chapel Road, Great Eversden, Cambridge, UK

About the group

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Eversden Repair Cafe

We held our first repair café in 2019: https://www.eversdenvillagehall.uk/eversdens-first-repair-cafe/

The aim of our group is to reduce waste, and help our local community. Funds raised are used to maintain our village hall e.g. the heating needs upgrading.

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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.