Next Repair Cafes:
Saturday 2-3.45pm
December 13, January 10 & 24, February 7 & 21
Redbridge Central Library, Ilford
Bring along broken stuff: electric gadgets, sewing jobs, bits and bobs.
We try our best to repair portable household items, sewing repairs, jewellery and we have a volunteer who is great at mending zips. We’ve saved a lot of coats, bags and rucksacks!
We can’t look at microwaves – sorry. At the moment we are not taking on desk top/computer software issues and upgrades.
It’s one electric item each time for a household, although if we are not busy we could possibly look at two. You need to book it on the electrics reception table – Ilford Repair Cafe Electrics House Rules. For sewing repairs you can bring along a few items and it’s a different reception/triage table. If they are smallish repairs we will see if we can do them all. Ilford Repair Cafe sewing table house rules
You are welcome to contact us with queries about your repair, to make sure it is worth bringing. Email: ilfordtransition@gmail.com or Text/whatsapp (don’t ring please as it is a volunteer’s private number) 07957 534908
Cost?A voluntary donation if you can
More help always welcome! Contact us if you want to be a repairer, or help in other ways.
Toss it? No way!
We run two Repair Cafes a month at the fabulous Lab Central on the ground floor of Redbridge Central Library in Ilford. It runs on alternate Saturdays from 2pm to 3.45pm, but always check our website or socials.
You will need to register your repair and sign our house rules. We are volunteers and we always finish by 3.45, so best to arrive at the start.
We run an Energy Café at the same time with tips and support for energy reduction and saving money/carbon.
Here is some info about what Computer issues we can deal with and how to book in.
Ifixit is a great website with repair advice for a whole load of things! https://www.ifixit.com/Guide.
Espares is our great first point for finding spares.
Lots of info here on the Restarters Wiki page.
Our amazing zip mender uses a lot of these fascinating tips. click here for youtube video.
And here’s some tips for mending sewing machines
We have been collecting data (electrics only at the mo) since July 2023.
