What is a Repair Café?
It’s a free meeting place where people can get together to:
- alter or mend clothes
- fix broken furniture, electrical gadgets, bikes, toys, crockery and more
Want to learn how to:
- Sew on a button?
- Fix a zip to a coat?
- Wire a plug?
There are basic skills that can help us get by day-to-day that can extend the life of the things we buy. Repair cafes offer the opportunity for people to learn something new by chatting and watching the volunteer repairers.
Cornwall Repair Café Network
The Cornwall Repair Café Network is here to support repair cafes. Both start-ups and those that have been running for a while. With the wider aim of creating a community, teaching new skills and challenging the throw-away culture.
Its benefits include:
- Connection to a Cornwall-wide network of repair cafes
- Access to public liability insurance at no cost to you
- Joining a directory of repair cafes in Cornwall
- Promotion of your events on social media through the Cornwall Recycles, Cornwall Council and Cornwall Repair Cafe Network channels on
- Access to a step-by-step guide which includes
- advice on governance
- venue selection
- sample risk assessments
- and monitoring forms
Where can I find my nearest Repair Cafe?
Currently there are currently 20 repair cafes across Cornwall. These generally occur on a monthly basis and are run by groups of volunteers in each of the the different venues.
November 2023 Programme
| Location (In Alphabetical order) | Cafe | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Bude | Repair Cafe Bude, 10:30am - 12:30pm Neetside Community Centre |
Saturday 25 November |
| Carnon Downs | MyFeock Community Repair Cafe, 10am - 11am The Hub, Carnon Community Methodist Church Hall, Carnon Downs |
Tuesday 28 November |
| Coverack | Coverack Repair Cafe, 2pm - 4pm St Peter's Church Hall, Coverack |
Thursday 2 November |
| Falmouth | Falmouth Repair Cafe, 1:30pm - 4pm Princess Pavillion, 41 Melvill Road, Falmouth |
Sunday 12 November |
| Godolphin |
Godolphin Repair Cafe, 2pm - 4pm |
Tuesday 7 November |
| Hayle | Hayle Repair Cafe, 2pm - 4pm Hayle Day Centre, Commercial Road, Hayle |
Saturday 11 November |
| Liskeard | Liskeard Repair Cafe, 1pm - 4pm Liskerrett Community Centre, Varley Lane |
Saturday 11 November |
| Looe | Looe Shedders, 10am - 12pm St Nicholas Church Hall, Station Road |
Saturday 11 November |
| Mullion | Mullion Repair Cafe, 10am - 11:30am Mullion Village Hall |
Friday 3 November |
| Penryn | Penryn Repair Café, 6pm-8pm Penryn Temperance Hall |
Thursday 2 November |
| Penzance | Penzance Repair Cafe, 1pm - 4pm Redwing Gallery, 36A Market Jew Street |
Saturday 25 November |
| Portreath | Upcycle Kernow, 11am - 2pm Portreath Retail Park, New Portreath Road |
Sunday 19 November |
| St Austell | St Austell Repair Cafe, 1pm - 3pm Community Bank, St Austell |
Saturday 11 November |
| St Just | St Just Care and Repair, 11am - 2pm St Just Woman's Institute |
Sunday 5 November |
| Saltash | Saltash Repair Cafe, 10am - 1pm St Nicholas Church Hall, Station Road |
Sunday 11 November |
| Stoke Climsland | Old School, 9am - 1pm Stoke Climsland, PL17 8NY |
Saturday 18 November |
| Torpoint | Torpoint Library and Community Hub, 10am - 2pm Fore Street, PL11 2AG |
Sunday 26 November |
| Tregrehan | Carlyon Parish Repair Cafe, 11am - 2pm Tregrehan Chapel, Chapel Lane |
Saturday 25 November |
| Truro | Truro Repair Cafe, 10am - 12pm 36a St Austell Street TR1 1SE |
Saturday 4 November |
Join the network
In order to benefit from the network, all we ask is that you complete the form below. This will give us permission to share your details with other members as well as give feedback about your events. In return, we will send you a Repair Café Pack (PDF) and an opportunity to share in its benefits. We would also recommend joining the Cornwall Repair Cafe Network Facebook group:
Join the Cornwall Repair Cafe Network