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A place for Repair Cafe enthusiasts. Exchange tips, ask questions, find parts.

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BlueSky Repaircafe @blueskyrepaircafe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Repair Cafe Stuttgart (Germany) is looking for tips on how to open a Dyson Fan. Anyone?
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Bolton News @boltonnews.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Bolton Repair cafe restores items believed to belong to Rolling Stones Charlie Watts
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Bolton Repair cafe restores items believed to belong to Rolling Stones Charlie Watts
Four lamps once owned by Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts were restored by volunteers at Horwich Repair Cafe after being bought at auction.
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Vaughan Public Libraries @vaughanpl.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Vaughan Public Libraries is looking for volunteers for our Repair Cafe! 🛠️ We're looking for eager, enthusiastic individuals with varying fixing skills that want to share their knowledge and abilities with their community. All skills and skill levels welcome. Apply now: www.vaughanpl.info/volunteer
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RepairTogether @repairtogether.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Appel à renfort bénévoles ! Samedi 20 juin de 12h30 à 17h30 le Repair Café Mobile sera à la WAQ - WikkAntenne de quartier à Molenbeek. Nous cherchons l'un.e ou l'autre réparateur bénévole en renfort Contact: repaircafemobile@repairtogether.be Merci ! Infos: repairtogether.be/event/repair...
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RepairTogether @repairtogether.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Call for volunteers ! On Saturday 20 June, from 12.30 pm to 5.30 pm, the Mobile Repair Café will be at the WAQ – WikkAntenne de quartier in Molenbeek. We are looking for a volunteer repairer to lend us a hand Contact: repaircafemobile@repairtogether.be repairtogether.be/en/event/rep...
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Your Rowan County Public Library @rowancountylibrary.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Y'all enjoyed our first repair cafe so much, we said we'd do it again. So, here it is: July 18 from 2–5pm! If you've got repair skills, we want you to be part of it; help spread the word and visit our website to volunteer as one of our repair experts: www.rowancountylibrary.org/sustainabili...
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CloudZeeland Newsdesk NL @cloudzeeland.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Wereldwijd webinar Linux Repair Café Amsterdam / Farnham – Op vrijdag 12 juni 2026 vindt het zesde Internationale Repair Café-webinar plaats. Dit gratis evenement staat volledig in het teken van...
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Wereldwijd webinar Linux Repair Café
Ontdek de voordelen van Linux Repair Cafés tijdens het Wereldwijd webinar op 12 juni 2026. Meld je nu aan voor meer informatie.
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BlueSky Repaircafe @blueskyrepaircafe.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This is a great idea! www.devon.gov.uk/news/big-fix...
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The BIG FIX returns next month - News
The BIG FIX is back this May and is expected to bring thousands of broken household items back to life nationwide.
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Denise Baden @dabaden.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The new edition of my Jigsaw to Save the World is out now which focuses on #repair and #RepairCafe @r2reurope.bsky.social @fight2repair.bsky.social @ifixit.com @blueskyrepaircafe.bsky.social rhttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/edition-5-repair-denise-baden-iwsie
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Edition 5: Repair
Things used to be built to last as a matter of course. Resources were finite, it took much effort and energy and often destruction of the environment to get materials out of the ground, transported al...
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BlueSky Repaircafe @blueskyrepaircafe.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
There it is, the repair cafe puzzle!
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Volunteer Galway @volunteergalway.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Repair Café Galway are looking for volunteer Mender Repairers and Event Meet and Greeters. The Cafe is volunteer led, and which helps people repair household items, through skill sharing. If you would like to find out more about the roles, just go to bit.ly/gvcrepaircafe #galway #repair
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Repair Café Sèvres @rcsevres.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Le Repair Café Sèvres au programme de France TV !!! Diffusion prévue mardi 27 janvier, à partir de 12h15, et mercredi 28 janvier, à partir de 19h15, journal télévisé régional de France 3 Paris IDF. @halteobsolescence.bsky.social @blueskyrepaircafe.bsky.social @repaircafefrance.bsky.social
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Provincie Drenthe @provinciedrenthe.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Vanaf 1 januari 2026 kunnen Drenten subsidie aanvragen voor circulaire buurtprojecten, zoals repair cafés, deelconcepten en compostinitiatieven. Provincie Drenthe voegt €500.000 toe. Samen naar minder afval en meer hergebruik ➡️ tinyurl.com/2u27zdbd
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BrabantseKrant @brabantsekrant.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Hoe serieus moet je GroenLinks/PvdA in #Eindhoven nog nemen, nu ze geen ruimte hebben geboden in de nieuwe milieustraat voor het Repair Café? In het collegeprogramma wordt het vieren van Carnaval als integraal beleid van de gemeente Eindhoven gezien. Carnaval 15 februari, verkiezingen 18 maart 2026.
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Chris Faires @blueski2050.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Look, there is a nice story in the news: Hip-hop group Arrested Development 'saved' by repair cafe www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hip-hop group Arrested Development 'saved' by repair cafe - BBC News
Volunteers at Falmouth Repair Cafe fix vital equipment just in time for Arrested Development gig.
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Kiley Price @kileyprice.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Has anyone ever attended a repair cafe? If so, I'd love to hear about your experience for a quick-turnaround article I'm working on today! Message me at kiley.price@insideclimatenews.org
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BlueSky Repaircafe @blueskyrepaircafe.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Is this a record? 82 volunteers is a huge amount.
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taylor bee @taylorbehnke.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Coming back to report that our first Repair Cafe is happening on September 28th in Crown Heights. Folks can sign up to volunteer or get something fixed for free at repaircafe.nyc
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Brooklyn Repair Cafe
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BlueSky Repaircafe @blueskyrepaircafe.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
We take great pleasure in your repairs.
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Annabelle @annabelleps.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
#Linux Repair Café in Amsterdam: www.repaircafe.org/linux-repair...
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Linux Repair Café - Repaircafe
Dit artikel is aangepast op 14 en 30 april 2025; intro gewijzigd en link naar radio-interview toegevoegd Geef je laptop een langer leven Veel mensen willen minder afhankelijk worden van commerciële so...
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Steven Deobald @deobald.fantastic.earth.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2025
endof10.org is a campaign to get repair cafes and community support for people who are getting abandoned by the windows 10 => windows 11 forced upgrade. joseph p. de veaugh-geiss (@be4foss) from @kde discussing #endof10 at @LAS […] [Original post on fantastic.earth]
joseph showing the endof10.org website, which highlights that the program is designed to help people find places and events where they can get direct support from other humans.
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BlueSky Repaircafe @blueskyrepaircafe.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Weather permitting this sounds like a really fun idea! Visit a local fair, a market, a community center!
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BlueSky Repaircafe @blueskyrepaircafe.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Windows 10 will be phased out in October 2025. Repair Cafe Amsterdam is starting an initiative to rescue 240 million (!) W10 computers from the landfill by switching them to Linux. www.reddit.com/r/linux/comm... www.repaircafe.org/linux-repair...
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From the linux community on Reddit: Linux Repair Cafes in Amsterdam starting in April
Explore this post and more from the linux community
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BlueSky Repaircafe @blueskyrepaircafe.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Question from @jennynettles.bsky.social : wondering if I could talk to someone about insurance for repair cafes not set up in maker spaces in the US. The first one is May 25 so trying to get stuff sorted before then. The hosting senior center needs us to hold a policy naming them for these events.
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BlueSky Repaircafe @blueskyrepaircafe.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
"It wasn't just things I wanted to repair." The "memories" of separated families, the "community" of a region that is becoming estranged, the "system" of a consumer society that is based on the premise of throwing things away... youtu.be/APUyza68JAo ideasforgood.jp/documentary-...
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iFixit @ifixit.com · 04/04/2025
Read more: www.ifixit.com/News/33384/t...
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Meet the Woman Behind the Repair Café Movement
Martine Postma was the first to run a Repair Café in Amsterdam. In 2019, Repair Cafés are celebrating their 10th anniversary. We talked to the woman behind the movement.
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iFixit @ifixit.com · 04/04/2025
This #WITDay, we're celebrating Martine Postma, the activist and former journalist who started the Repair Café movement. “More and more people don’t feel good about our throw-away society," Postma says. "[They] don’t throw away because they want to, but because they don’t know what else to do.” 🔗👇
Martine Postma, holding part of a vacuum cleaner, standing in front of a wooden table indoors. The table is surrounded by people fixing things, and the table is covered in tools. This is likely a Repair Café.
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Rolf Oldejans @rolfoldejans.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Nationaal Reparateursregister officieel van start. Doel: vaker apparaten herstellen in plaats van weggooien. www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieu...
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Nationaal Reparateursregister officieel van start
Vaker apparaten herstellen in plaats van weggooien. Dat is het doel van het Nationaal Reparateursregister. Dit register werd vandaag gelanceerd door het ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat (Ie...
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BlueSky Repaircafe @blueskyrepaircafe.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
@leeinroyston.bsky.social Chris Lee made a great blogpost on how to successfully run a repaircafe. Great read, thanks Chris! enterpriseessentials.wordpress.com/2025/03/11/l...
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Life lessons from a Repair Cafe
After running 40 Repair Café events over the past 11 years, I thought I’d share some of the lessons I’ve learnt along the way. Looking down the list of 11, you’ll see that many are life lessons – r…
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 01/03/2025
There was a long queue to the repair shop. There always seemed to be, these days. The areas for fabrics and fibre, wood, metal, mechanics and electronics were all busy, but none more so than the dreams section. "Oh, this has taken some beating, poor thing." "Can you fix it?" "We'll do our best."
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BlueSky Repaircafe @blueskyrepaircafe.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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The village centre in Oegstgeest is taken over by children every month for the Kids Repair Café. With the help of volunteers, primary school pupils learn to repair everything from hoovers to soft toys and from backpacks to game controllers.

Every month, one or two primary school classes from schools in the area come to the Village Centre. What is normally the ‘regular’ Repair Café is this day dedicated to primary school students.

Upon entering, make an immediate left. You can already see through the glass windows the activities of some of the volunteers: ironing rugs, repairing a bluetooth speaker, sewing different fabrics together.

The concept of Repair Cafés has been around since 2013: people coming together to get things repaired and given a second life for free. Since then, 700 cafes have been set up across the country. In 2017, chairman Lia van Schaijk also started the Kids Repair Café. She is clearly at ease in the village centre. As founder, Van Schaijk speaks passionately - and often with a smile - about the café. ‘It's important that children learn what sustainability is and that they don't just throw things away,’ she says.

Village centre as the heart of the café
For the first two years, the café's volunteers went to primary schools in the area. Sewing machines, soldering stations, items of clothing: everything had to go with them. That became a bit too much lugging, according to Van Schaijk. Hence, the café moved into the village centre. ‘The children can cycle to swimming lessons, so here too,’ jokes the chairman.

Meanwhile, 10-year-old Kiki started her creative project of the day. She chose a red scarf that she grabbed from one of the bins of old clothes. The café is all about giving things a second life. Sometimes this involves repairing something, while other times it mainly involves decorating.
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BlueSky Repaircafe @blueskyrepaircafe.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
We don't have a guide to repair a country. If you have one, please send it.
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BlueSky Repaircafe @blueskyrepaircafe.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
For those who want to find the Repair cafe people. If you know someone who needs to be on the list, please let me know! bsky.app/profile/did:...
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