Repair Café Bray is a neighbourhood initiative, hosted by Common Ground, that promotes repair as an alternative to throwing things away. We held our first Repair Café back at the July market, and are getting ready to hold the second one on 27th January. Residents of Bray (and beyond!) can bring their broken items to fix them on the spot with the help of voluntary repairers.

How Does It Work?

• If you have things at home that need repairing, bring them along to one of our regular events (roughly every 3 months), and our panel of Repair Experts will try to help you fix them.
• Where possible, our experts will try to help you fix the item yourself, so that you come away not just with your possession fixed, but also having learned how to do the repair yourself. However, the repair expert will help as much or as little as your need, so they will be able to do complicated repairs for you!
• All repairs are donation based: bring your broken things along, and we'll try our best to help you get them fixed; in return we ask for a donation to Common Ground - the donation amount is up to you!

What Repairs Can We Offer?

We are hoping to have the following repairer stations available:

• Woodwork and Furniture
• General Household Repairs
• Clothing and Textiles
• Computer software (problems with Windows, email etc)
• Jewellery
• Knife Sharpening

Please note: we are currently unable to offer help with the repair of electrical and electronic items, but this is something that we hope to be able to do in the future.

Can I Get Involved / Volunteer?

Yes! We are always looking for people with repair skills to help out, and also people to help with publicity and the running of the café on the day. If you are interested, please contact us at [email protected] Want to know more about the Repair Café? Look at the international website: https://repaircafe.org