The ‘bread and butter’ work of our repair café volunteers is fixing everyday household items from toasters and mixers to vacuums and clocks. It’s always a special pleasure to repair items that have a story or sentimental value – perhaps it belonged to your mother, or it’s a toy you had as a child and want your grandchildren to enjoy. 

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Not everything is repairable: sometimes we can’t get parts or even open it for repair. But it’s worth our amazing repairers taking a look. We work on a wide array of household items: 

• Mechanical and electrical items -- vacuum cleaners, toasters, kettles, coffee makers, air fryers, radios, CD players, keyboards, lamps, clocks.  

• We can also PAT test electrical items to be sure they are safe to use. 

• Wooden items -- picture frames, chairs or tables with wobbly legs, knife handles 

• Garden tools -- replace handles for forks or spades, secateurs, repairing cords for hedge trimmers. lawnmowers 

• Treasured objects that need to be delicately glued like statues, toys 

• Clothing -- repair or replace zips, sew up seams, replace buttons, stitch up little holes and tears 

• Sharpening -- knives, scissors, garden tools 

• With support from the Spire IT team we can assist with smartphone, laptop and tablet problems, and if you have an old one they can delete your data and donate the item to a charity (find out more at https://spirecomputerhelp.co.uk/)  

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There are a few things we don’t work on:  microwaves, bicycles, pressure cookers, child’s car seats.

If you’re not sure about something just get in touch. We may be able to help or refer you to a professional.

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A few rules to remember

• Items must be clean 

• It must be something you can carry in 

• If a part is needed you need to purchase it (or refund us if we supply it)  

• You bring items for repair at your own risk, we can offer no guarantee for repairs 

• Repairers are entitled to refuse to repair items.​​​