Repair your things with the help of our friendly volunteers and enjoy a cuppa, and natter.
Scroll down for more info and to book.
- Where and when can I get help with repairing an item?
- What type of items can you help me repair?
- What does it cost?
- House Rules/Disclaimer
- Why use a Repair Café?
- Other Repair Cafés
- Local Repair Business Directory
Where and when can I get help with repairing an item?
To request a repair slot in the hub or at pop-ups sessions, email us with information on the item that is broken including make and model, and when you are available to attend. We’ll get back to you to confirm availability.
Hub Repair Café Sessions
Bookable sessions are currently available at our Hub in Cascades
- Wednesday (general, IT & electrical)
- Thursdays (general, electrical & fabric)
- Fridays (electrical & fabric)
- Saturdays (all)
We also have tool and knife sharpening and jewellery repair slots available at a variety of times.
Pop-Up Repair Café Sessions
- Sat 18th May 10am – 1pm, at Buckland URC Hall, 174 Kingston Road, PO2 7LP (entrance on Queens Road)
- Sat 15th Jun 10am – 1pm, at Southsea Library, Palmerston Road, Southsea
- Sat 20th Jul 10am – 1pm, at St Michaels & All Angels Church, Hempsted Road, Paulsgrove, PO6 4AS
- Sat 21st Sept 10am – 1pm, at Buckland URC Hall, 174 Kingston Road, PO2 7LP (entrance on Queens Road)
- Sat 19th Oct 10am – 1pm, at Christ Church Milton URC, 239 Milton Road, PO4 8PH
- Sat 16th Nov 10am – 1pm, at Southsea Library, Palmerston Road, Southsea
What type of items can you help me repair?
We get asked this alot, and the general rule of thumb is if you can carry it and it’s not alive, we’ll help you take a look. So book in your broken household electricals, clothes, toys, jewellery, furniture, rusty tools and more. Join us to learn how to repair and mend, save money and carbon and be part of a community sharing knowledge, crafts and skills. (Please note that we can’t help with microwaves or e-scooters.)
What does it cost?
We ask everyone that can, to make a donation to help us cover the cost of running the sessions. However we never want money to be a barrier to us helping you repair something, so anything you can do to help is appreciated whether that’s offers to volunteer or spread the word.
House Rules/Disclaimer
Before we work on any repair together, you’ll be asked to read and sign the House Rules/Disclaimer. You can read it in advance here.
Why use a Repair Café?
There are many benefits to repairing rather than replacing:
- save money – often, a very simple repair is all that is needed to extend the usable and useful life of a product for several months or longer,
- save carbon – before you even started using your product, a lot of carbon and raw materials were used in it’s creation and transportation (often more than will ever be needed by you using it!). And when it does reach the end of it’s life, more resources and energy are used in recycling it. So the longer your things last, the kinder to the planet you’re being,
- learn and connect – Repair Cafés bring together a diverse group of people, sharing and learning new skills, along with a good smattering of cakes, cuppas, natter and fun.
Other Repair Cafés
There are over 2,500 Repair Cafés worldwide. Below, we’ve listed the Repair Cafés closest to Portsmouth, as well as a link to others in Hampshire and the rest of the world.
- Havant Repair Café (1st Saturday of the month)
- Gosport Repair Café (2nd Saturday of the month)
- Hayling Island Repair Café
- Isle of Wight Repair Café
- Other Hampshire Repair Cafés
- Repair Cafés around the rest of the UK and the world
- Restart Parties
Local Repair Business Directory
There are local repair businesses that can repair phones, computers, radios, clothes, bikes and jewellery for you. We have created a map of Portsmouth, with organisations that can help with the repair of small electrical items. We hope to expand this to cover all types of repair in the future – if you’re interested in helping, please do get in touch.
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