Heston Community Centre

London, United Kingdom

Hosted by Group avatarHeston Repair Cafe

Volunteers at a Restart Party fixing devices, cropped on hands

Description

The next Heston Repair Cafe is on Saturday 16th December 2023 (11:00 to 14:00) at

Heston Community Centre,

343 Vicarage Farm Road,

Hounslow,

TW5 0EE

Repair Cafe based in Heston, Hounslow, London

The repair cafés run between 11am and 2pm, on the last Saturday of every month. Come on down with your bike, small electrical appliance, laptops/PCs or item of clothing that you want mended, and we’ll help you fix it for free.

We will have experienced teams supervising & guiding the repair of bikes, clothing, small electrical appliances and laptops/PCs & Games Consoles.

The 5th Heston Repair Café is FREE for all users. Coffees, teas and refreshments will be available in the café area.

Email [email protected] for more information & to help us with volunteering!

Repair, Educate & Raise Awareness to reduce consumption.

Location

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343 Vicarage Farm Rd, Hounslow TW5 0DZ, UK

About the group

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Heston Repair Cafe

Repair Cafe based in Heston, Hounslow, London

The Repair Cafés run between 11am and 2pm, on the last Saturday of every month at the Heston Community Centre. Come along with your bike, small electrical, laptop or item of clothing that you want mended, and we’ll help you fix it for FREE.

The Heston Repair Cafe is a FREE event that is a part of the Heston in the Loop initiative from the London Borough of Hounslow that will help the local community to save money by having your precious items being repaired, learning new skills and reducing waste.

These repair workshops are staffed by experts in key categories (see below) who will be able to diagnose the problem and then guide you through the repair process. These experts will make sure that the item is fully repaired (if possible) and make sure that the item is safe to reuse.

For this event, we will be repairing the following categories,

- Small Appliances (kettles, toasters, radios, etc.)

- Bicycles & Scooters (NOT e-bikes or e-scooters)

- Clothing or textile items

- Laptops/PCs & Console Devices

Heston Repair Cafe is held on the last Saturday of every month (check below for details of the next Repair Cafe) at

Heston Community Centre,

343 Vicarage Farm Road,

Hounslow,

TW5 0EE

Coffees, teas and refreshments will be available in the café area.

Want more info? Get in touch [email protected]

Repair, Educate & Raise Awareness to reduce consumption

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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.