Chineham Repair Cafe

Our lovely volunteer stitchers at Oakley Stitchers CIC are holding some fab 'crafternoon' teas in aid of Breast Cancer...craft, cake, tea...bliss! 🧵🧶☕️🍰

Hello All.

This is your friendly reminder that our next Repair Cafe is Saturday, 17th August, 10am to 1pm, Chineham Christ Church. Our volunteers are ready to help with amazing skills that include:

🔪Knife sharpening
💻 IT repairs
📟 Small to medium electrical repairs
🪚Wood repairs
🧵Sewing and textiles

☕️🍰We will also offer a cuppa and cake whilst you wait.

If you'd like our help or interested in volunteering, drop us an email with your enquiry: [email protected]

Hello All.

This is your friendly reminder that our next Repair Cafe is Saturday, 20th July, 10am to 1pm, Chineham Christ Church. Our volunteers are ready to help with amazing skills that include:

🔪Knife sharpening
💻 IT repairs
📟 Small to medium electrical repairs
🪚Wood repairs
🧵Sewing and textiles

☕️🍰We will also offer a cuppa and cake whilst you wait.

If you'd like our help or interested in volunteering, drop us an email with your enquiry: [email protected]

Hello All.

A friendly reminder that our next Repair Cafe is Saturday , 15th June, 10am to 1pm, Chineham Christ Church. Our volunteers are ready to help with amazing skills that include:

🔪Knife sharpening
💻 IT repairs
📟 Small to medium electrical repairs
🪚Wood repairs
🧵Sewing and textiles

☕️🍰We will also offer a cuppa and cake whilst you wait.

If you'd like our help or interested in volunteering, drop us an email with your enquiry: [email protected]

Hello All.

A friendly reminder that our next Repair Cafe is Saturday 18th May, 10am to 1pm, Chineham Christ Church. Our volunteers are ready to help with amazing skills.

Last month our stitchers had the honour of repairing a christening bonnet which had been treasured by a family for over 100 years. We gave it some TLC in time for its next outing!

If you'd like our help or interested in volunteering, drop us an email with your enquiry: [email protected].

Hello All.

A friendly reminder that our next Repair Cafe is Saturday 20th April, 10am to 1pm, Chineham Christ Church. Our volunteers are ready to help with amazing skills that include:

🔪Knife sharpening
💻 IT repairs
📟 Small to medium electrical repairs
🪚Wood repairs
🧵Sewing and textiles

☕️🍰We will also offer a cuppa and cake whilst you wait.

If you'd like our help or interested in volunteering, drop us an email with your enquiry: [email protected]

'Twas the night before Repair Cafe'....we are busy checking our tools, running through the list of expected repairs, working out where joint efforts will be needed, doing some last minute baking.

We are getting ready to welcome you 😍🛠🧵🪚🍰☕️♻️

This is a lovely article, and really resonates with all our volunteers.

Our next cafe is this Saturday, 16th March, 10am to 1pm at Christ Church, Chineham.

Email [email protected] if you'd like us to take a look at something, or if you'd like to know more about volunteering.

‘There’s a real joy in fixing something’: the rise of the repair cafe Repair shops in local communities have become places for people to fix gadgets, clothing and more – often for free

37 items brought in for repair today, the majority fixed. A highlight of the day involved the repair of a 70 year old cuddly koala bear. 🧵🛠

42 teas and coffee made...30 slices of cake enjoyed!☕️🍰

3 solid hours of team work, skill sharing and supporting our community and the environment♥️♻️

Hello All.

A friendly reminder that our next Repair Cafe is tomorrow, 17th February, 10am to 1pm, Chineham Christ Church. Our volunteers are ready to help with amazing skills that include:

🔪Knife sharpening
💻 IT repairs
📟 Small to medium electrical repairs
🪚Wood repairs
🧵Sewing and textiles

If you'd like our help or interested in volunteering, drop us an email with your enquiry: [email protected]

Wow! What a lovely way to celebrate our 1st birthday. 🎂

Our repairs included cuddly panda and dog, toy plane, pair of jeans, clothes pole, sewing machine, radio, head phones, magnifying glass, toaster, Vax, necklace and dressing gown.🧵🔨🔧

The Mayor and Mayoress stopped by to see us at work and wish us Happy Birthday. 🥰

There was even time for one our repairers to teach our youngest volunteer some woodcraft skills. 🪚

Our next cafe will be on Saturday 17th February, 10 am to 1pm, Chineham Christ Church . If you'd like to join our friendly group as a volunteer or need something repaired email us at [email protected]

A lovely article all about our great work 😍

Repair cafe in Basingstoke celebrates being open for one year Chineham repair cafe was opened in Chineham by Basingstoke residents Shane Bennett and Jonnie Jenkin.

Happy New Year!

The 1st Chineham Repair Cafe of 2024 is being held Saturday, 20th January, 10am to 1pm at Christ Church. This will also be our 1st birthday! 🎂...12 whole months of repairing and chat!!

If you have anything that needs repairing, for a small donation, the lovely volunteers will do their best to repair for you whilst you wait with a cuppa and a slice of cake 😊

Can you help?

🛠Do you have a knack for fixing things?
🧵Are you nifty on a sewing machine?
☕️Can you make a mean brew and enjoy a chat?
📄Is admin more your thing?
📢 How about social media? Could you be our PR Guru and spread the Repair Cafe word?

❓️Are you seeking to get involved in your community but not sure how and have limited hours to spare?

If this sounds like you then please get in touch, we are always on the look out for helpers. You don't need to be an expert trades person to help!!

Please email [email protected] if you think you could help, or have something to repair. And please spread the word!

Savy social media volunteer needed!

Are you nifty with all things Face Book, Instagram, and X?

We are looking for a volunteer to help us share our great work via media platforms.

If you have a knack for sharing great stories and can spare a small amount of time each month helping spread our news then please get in touch at: [email protected]

At our last Repair Cafe we had the privilege of reuniting a much loved and treasured family teddy bear.

A few months ago, Steve came to our Repair Cafe with a Teddy Ruxpin bear in desperate need of repair.

The bear was brought by Steve's Dad, as a gift for Steve's Mum many years ago. Sadly, Steve's Dad has passed away, and Ruxpin's voice box no longer worked.

Repairing the bear was definitely a team effort. James, Ian and Jamie worked on the mechanics, whilst our team of stitchers, Anne and Caroline took great care in unstitching Ruxpin's head so we could get to the mechanics...and with a bit of TLC fixing it back on.

The result....a bear returned to its glory and back with a family who hold him dear as a reminder of a loved one.

We look forward to continuing our great work in 2024, we love what we do!

If you have something that needs repairing, or would like to volunteer with please send us an email at [email protected]

Next Repair Cafe: Saturday 20th January, 2024, 10am to 1pm, Chineham Christ Church

Come and say hello to us today at BVA volunteer recruitment fair.

We are always looking for volunteers to help repair things, make refreshments, help with admin..we are a really friendly bunch!!

A lovely mention in the local paper today. It was a pleasure to be able to help!

'The repair cafe fixed my items - you should visit them too' My husband and I visited the café at Christ Church Chineham last Saturday, September 16.

🧵Are you nifty on a sewing machine?

♥️ Would you like to get involved with your local community?

Chineham Repair Cafe is in urgent need of stitchers and seamsters who could volunteer some time at our monthly Repair Cafe. We are a friendly bunch, and promise to keep you refreshed with a cuppa and cake.

Please email [email protected] for more information. And please spread the word!

Hi everyone we are back this Saturday at Chineham Christ Church on Reading Rd. from 10am - 1pm

We have updated our website: https://chinehamrepair.org.uk

Well another successful event. Thanks to everyone who came out and to the Lord Mayor and Mayoress for attending the event. Also a big Thank You as always to our excellent volunteers, without you this would not be possible.

This event we had a total of 14 items and we were able to repair 10 of them. We saved a total of 25kg from the landfill and prevented 140kg of CO2 emissions.