Repair café
Lamps, toasters, clothes, bikes and chairs, mended with you at the table.
Something broke and I can’t afford a new one.
- When
- Third Saturday of the month, 13:00–16:00
- Bring
- The broken thing, and anything that came with it.
- Cost
- Free; a tin for donations
What happens
- Sign in at the door and say what’s broken.
- A fixer calls you to their table. You mend it together, so you learn how.
- If it needs a part, we tell you which and where.
Gareth HollisLock Gardens lead volunteerCanal Hall · 020 555 0144Come on a Saturday and I’ll give you a job. Nobody needs to know anything about gardens.
People ask
Do you fix phones?
Screens and batteries, sometimes. Laptops and phones get a first look and an honest answer.
Also heard at the desk
I’d like to meet people, but not at a bar.
Canal Hall, the main hall. Wednesday 12:00–14:00. A friend, if you like.
: Soup lunch, at Canal HallI’d like to be outside and do something useful.
Lock Gardens, through the gate behind Canal Hall. Saturday 9:30–12:30, all year. Shoes that can get muddy. We have gloves and boots in most sizes.
: The Saturday work morning, at Lock GardensWe have an idea for the street and no money.
The grants surgery in Canal Hall, or online. Next round closes 15 January 2027. The idea, on one page. We help you write it.
: Neighbour grants, at Canal Hall