Enniscorthy has officially held it's first Repair Café!! Thanks for the help and engagement from everyone today. We had lots of repairs and lots of positive feedback, not to mention a few cups of tea for good measure too!
More photos and a full count of the repairs to follow.

This little reindeer would like to be fixed before next Christmas! Bringing it to our repair cafe and fingers crossed it will be as good as new. A bit of superglue and magic dust required I reckon.

Here is a photo of our ottoman in our sitting room. It's upside down! The little wheels underneath keep coming off. I need to get a board nailed to the underside, visible here & then have the wheels screwed onto that. Much better idea. I hope the skilled Men's Shed carpenters can help at our Repair Café on Saturday! I'll let y'all know how I get on :)

Preparations for Enniscorthy's first Repair Café are moving along nicely and it was great to meet last week to move things along. Registering on the Eventbrite Page is recommended but we will be welcoming walk-ins on the day too!

Promotion for our first repair cafe on 17 June at the Presentation Arts Centre is now full steam ahead! For info and to register to attend, see the events link. This is a free community event, but by registering it helps us to plan - not only to find out what items people are planning to bring for repair, but also to register your interest in volunteering to be a repairer - all skills welcomed!

http://www.repairmystuff.ie/

I’ve used this website a good few times in the past to find fixers. Very handy.

Notice in the May issue of Slaney News. https://issuu.com/slaneynews/docs/sn_02-05-23/128

Hi all - I have some broken little pickers which I am happy to hand over to someone to repair or show me how!!!

Jeffrey of Tog Hackerspace (@TOG_Dublin) very kindly met us online last night to talk through his experience of running repair cafes - very practical advice about insurance, planning for and running the event, PAT testing and more. Very grateful for his insights.

An update on tonight's planning meeting for our repair cafe project. We are currently looking into potential venues, connecting with other Enniscorthy community groups to identify potential fixers, find out more about insurance needs and setting down in writing the who/what/when/how/where for our first event. We are aiming for a June repair cafe all going to plan!

The Northern Ireland Resources Network have put together a short video with hints and tips on running a repair cafe (see link) which has given us some inspiration! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7OMFnkP0rA

If any members would like to join our next catch up meeting (online) 8pm Tuesday 18 April let me know by posting here and I will share a meeting link