Aylesbury Welcome Repair Café

On this page: | What is a repair café? | What happens at a repair café? | How can you help? | Repair café house rules

WHAT IS A REPAIR CAFE?
Repair Café is a local community initiative that promotes repair as an alternative to throwing things away. We will be one of over 3,750 Repair Cafés worldwide.

The aim is for Aylesbury residents to bring their broken items to fix them on the spot with the help of volunteer repairers. They can enjoy a relaxing cuppa while they wait. We already have a team of expert repairers drawn from this church and the wider community who can fix:

Clothing and textiles | bicycles | small electrical appliances | clocks and watches | mechanical items | wooden objects |
tool sharpening.

So… if you have any of these items that need fixing, bring them along to one of our 4th Saturday morning in the month sessions.

WHAT HAPPENS AT A REPAIR CAFE?

• No appointments needed but first come, first served.
• If you want to check first that a suitable repairer is scheduled to come, contact the organiser, Philippa Tipper by email: awelcomerepaircafe@gmail.com or mobile: 07768 325455.
• Relax, have a chat and a cuppa while you wait. (A big thank you to our Welcome Coffee Bar team who will be looking after us).
• Repairs are free apart from parts that might be needed.
• Donations to offset overheads and running costs are welcomed.
• Roger Kirk, our treasurer, is aiming to have a card reader for our increasingly cashless society.
• On-street parking and car park charges apply on Saturdays.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

1. If you, or someone you know, are good at fixing things, come and join our team. There will be a maximum of 10 Saturday mornings a year: come to however many your commitments allow. Speak to Phil (see above).
2. We are also looking for people to fulfil the role as hosts. This involves welcoming people and being a contact point for both repairers and visitors. If you can smile, you qualify.
3. Spread the word. Tell your friends and neighbours about the repair café and how it can help them to fix more and bin less.
4. Find out more about the Repair Café movement from their website: Repair Café – Fix Your Broken Items

REPAIR CAFE HOUSE RULES

• The work carried out in the Repair Café is performed free of charge on a voluntary basis by the repair experts at hand.
• Visitors carry out the repairs themselves whenever possible, but repair experts on site can help if necessary.
• The fact that the repairs are being performed by unpaid volunteers reflects the allocation of risks and limitation of liability. Neither the organisers of the Repair Café nor the repair experts are liable for any loss that may result from advice or instructions concerning repairs, for the loss of items handed over for repair, for indirect or consequential loss or for any other kind of loss resulting from work performed in the Repair Café. The limitations set forth in these house rules shall not apply to claims declared justified on the basis of liability arising by virtue of applicable consumer protection legislation which cannot be lawfully superseded.
• A voluntary donation is greatly appreciated.
• Any use of new materials such as leads, plugs, fuses, ready-made kneebends or applications will be paid for separately.
• Visitors offering broken items for repair do so at their own risk.
• Experts making repairs offer no guarantee for the repairs carried out with their help and are not liable if objects that are repaired in the Repair Café turn out not to work properly at home.
• Repair experts are entitled to refuse to repair certain objects.
• Repair experts are not obliged to reassemble disassembled appliances that cannot be repaired.
• Visitors to Repair Café are solely responsible for the tidy removal of broken objects that could not be repaired.
• To cut down on unnecessary waiting times during busy periods, a maximum of ONE broken item per person will be examined. The visitor will join the back of the queue if there is a second item for repair.