Repair Cafés are community events where local people get together to fix broken things and learn new skills, with affordable tea\coffee\fruit and the occasional free biscuit! Repair Cafés aim to help people learn to fix and\or help others to fix, to bring about a shift in consumerism and throw less away.

2nd Sunday of every month at the All Good Bookshop.

Book a slot so that we can match you with a fixer, search for fixes online, get spares etc.

haringeyfixers.org

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What do you do with a chair when the leg has come loose? A lamp that no longer works? A toaster that doesn’t toast? A holey jumper?

Throw it away? No way!

We are hosting afternoons of fixing and skill-sharing.

This is a community event where local people get together to fix broken things, often learning new skills and sharing existing ones. Repair Cafés aim to help people learn to fix and\or help others to fix, to bring about a shift in consumerism and to throw less away. We try to match people who want to fix something broken with those keen to help.

We say – don’t leave it in a cupboard or throw it away – fix it.

We help “bringers” get into the habit of repairing and reusing things, saving them money and helping us all. Our repairers ideally aim to hand the bringer a tool they may not otherwise have easy access to (if that’s what needed) and guide them towards mending whatever can needs it – we fix around two-thirds of what is brought in this way. We use “troubleshooting” skills to help people fix things – has the fuse gone? What happened to stop it working? The sorts of problem-solving we all do lots of, just to get through the day. Some of us have specific expertise in things like phones, electricals, sewing, darning etc and we call them in as and when needed but a lot of our repairs just need common sense and a readiness to share the problem and help people. In other words, no need to be an expert. If you are already good at problem solving (or want ot be better at it) that’s all that’s needed to fix a lot of stuff.

If you have skills you can share, please bring along any tools you use (we already have a wide range) and help us help others – let us know on the order form you can help. Swap skills too – you help to fix mine and I’ll help to fix your broken stuff.

Here’s a list of some of what we’ve helped people fix/mend over the last few years:

Electric Toothbrush
clothes that need some attention
cordless kettle
toaster
leather shirt (torn sleeve)
Electric Oil Heater
cloth bag
broken ceramics
laser printer
tabletop cooker
mobile phone
shirt
Espresso machine
Bosch Multi-Tool
Leather bag
DVD player
CD Player
portable TV
DAB Radio
various laptops
kitchen scale
handheld blender
aromatherapy diffuser
Sony Walkman
ear buds
Henry Vacuum cleaner
fan heater
circular saw
torch
computer monitor
Baby’s cot
nightdress
dressing gowns
Solar lights
Lampshade
Cafetiere
Kids bikes
food mixer
Bass guitar
small wooden table
Hair straighteners
Sewing Machine
coffee grinder
garden chairs
Swan Teasmade
Power tool cord sawn through
Amplicomms cordless phone
android and iPhones with problems
hedge trimmer
a tabletop cooker
lampshade
cafetiere. A dress that is too big for me along the waist
table fan
tall fan
backpack whose handle at the top has detached
kettle
kids metal detector
toy crow with broken beak
Moth holes in jumpers
a carriage clock. Pendulum not rotating
Flymo mower
Electric Golf cart
Sony PSP button sticking.

More details of past repairs here: bit.ly/hfixadmin

To give you a flavour of what we’re all about, we made a brief appearance in this BBC Radio 4 documentary.

Please join us and share the great feeling we get when we fix something with someone in a way that helps save the planet, save people money and help people to buy repairable in future if they need to buy at all.

Please tell us you’re coming to volunteer, observe or help repair here: HaringeyFixers.org/about-us/contact-us

If you have something you want help fixing, please book a free slot here: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/haringey-all-good-repair-cafes-turnpike-lane-3116259

Haringey Fixers also run monthly repair cafes at two other locations - click here for details of venues and dates.

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