Volunteer-run repair cafes are helping people, nature and our climate by fixing over 21,000 items for free, saving money and reducing waste. It has reached an extraordinary milestone saving people over £1 million in free repairs.
Repair Café Wales is encouraging people to repair rather than replace a broken item during ‘Fix-it February’ and beyond, by taking something to their local repair café to be fixed for free. Repair Cafe Wales are aiming to fix 1,000 items over the month, which would save as much carbon as taking a car off the road for 360,000 miles.
Anyone can bring a broken or damaged item to a repair café where volunteers can help fix it for free – ranging from electronics and clothing to furniture and household appliances. Repair cafés help people make the most of the items they already have to help tackle ‘throwaway culture’.
The Welsh Government’s Circular Economy Fund has invested in community organisations like Repair Café Wales, which has expanded its network to over 140 repair cafés across the country. Every month they help hundreds of people make their belongings last.
For further information please select the following link: Wales saves £1m by mending not spending | Welsh Government News