Laund Hill Community Club, 9th July
The cafe is on tour once again, this time at Laund Hill in Salendince Nook! Bring along your fabric, clothes and material repairs, too.
Huddersfield Repair Cafe
Get it fixed
Whether it’s beloved but broken, no longer for sale or you just don’t want to cough up the dough for a new one, the Huddersfield Repair Cafe is here to help.
Bring your items along, and let’s see if we can fix them, and keep them out of the landfill.
And yep; it’s totally free!
next repair cafe in...
Days
Hours
Minutes
11:00, 14th DEC 2024
You can also get stuff fixed on Saturday 16th March at the Skircoat Repair Cafe.
- 16th March
- 1:30-4:30pm
- All St Parish Hall, Godfrey Rd, Halifax, HX3 0LY
Hope to see you there!
Where to find us
S2R Create Space5-7 Brook StreetHuddersfieldHD1 1EB
WHEN to find us
Second Saturday of every month
11AM – 3PM
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
Electrics, electronics, computers, mechanics, wood and metal working, and anyone with DIY skills.
You don’t have to be able to fix things to join in and help, either. The repair cafe wouldn’t run without our front-of-house volunteers, so there’s plenty to do for anyone who wants to get involved.
WANT TO HOST A REPAIR CAFE AT YOUR VENUE?
We often take Hudds Repair Cafe on the road. If you’d like to host a repair cafe, check out the requirements your venue would need, and get in touch.
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Visited the Repair Cafe for the first time today. Many thanks to all who give up their time to run the session and carry our repairs. I had a steam iron and a wooden toy repaired! Look forward to visiting again.
I thought [my printer] may have been broken beyond repair. [The fixer] found that a piece of paper was lodged around the belts. Once this was removed the printer worked fine, saving me over £50 for a new printer and saving a whole printer scanner going to the tip! Brilliant!
I took a broken hand held vac to the cafe today. What a great bunch of people. Many thanks especially to John who fixed the problem and advised how to use the vac going forward. Good news for landfill.
Not just good to get your item fixed but also learn something at the same time and have a chat with the friendly people there.
It's such a good idea. I'm pleased that the word is out and that so many were there at the last one. It's gonna catch on, surely.
A special thank you for taking a look at my Gameboy. It took some time and patience but they rang that bell! 🔔
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DEWSBURY NOW HAS A REPAIR CAFE TOO!
Our good friends over in Dewsbury are planning to run some repair cafes, beginning in October. There are two venues hosting the repair cafes, and some are going to be held mid-week.
Do get in touch with the organisers if you’re interested in volunteering with Team Dewsbury.
Dewsbury Repair Cafe Dates:
- 25th November
- 29th November
- 20th December
Repair cafes around Huddersfield
We sometimes run additional repair cafes in different parts of Huddersfield and surrounding areas, which you can find out more about below. We’ll also try to include repair cafes by other teams when we hear about them.
If you’re running a repair cafe or know of one in the surrounding areas, let us know and we’ll give it a shout out.
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Hudds Repair Cafe in Queensgate Market, 11th June
We’ll be back in the Queensgate Market in our usual spot on Saturday, 11th June.
Hudds Repair Cafe, 14th May at the Chestnut Centre
We’re on tour at The Chestnut Centre, and this time you can bring along fabrics, materials and clothes that need fixing, too.
about us
repair cafes
Find out when and where repair cafes are taking place, and contact us if you want to talk about getting things fixed.
About Us
Learn about the people who are involved in Huddersfield Repair Cafe, what they do and why they do it.
Get Involved
However you can contribute to the repair cafe cause, we're always on the lookout for more people to join in.
Get involved with the repair cafe
Join us and make a real difference to the environment, while saving money.
Repairing and reusing are the purest forms of recycling!
Get stuff fixed
Visit one of our repair cafes and bring along your items that need repairing. The more you get things fixed, the less you're adding to the landfill.
Come and fix things
If you're handy when it comes to DIY or repairs, join the team and become one of our fixer volunteers.
A culture of fixing
The repair cafe’s ethos is found in the old call to arms of, “make do and mend!”
It’s the antidote to a disposable society.
The opposition to weaponised capitalism.
We’re fighting back against the built-in obsolescence that drives consumer greed.
right to repair
Our friends over at iFixit, who’ve supported Huddersfield Repair Cafe very generously, explain the personal, community and environmental benefits of repairing, and learning to repair, very eloquently. Check it out, and take a good look around iFixit while you’re there.
What is a repair cafe?
Our organisation ninjas will book you in, take some details about your item that needs repairing, and you’ll join our fixer as they look at getting it working again.
It’s super simple, and it’s totally free.
what do we fix?
- Electrical items
- Electronics
- Mechanical items
- Toys
- Computers
- Clothes
- Upcycling clothing, material and fabrics
- Household items
- Jewellery
- NOTE: Unfortunately we don’t repair microwaves due to health and safety issues.
get involved
how you can help
volunteer
We're always on the lookout for new fixers, and people to help with admin, organisation, and whatever other skills you might have that would be useful.
visit the cafe
Don't throw things away, or buy new ones. Come to the next cafe with your items that need fixing, and let's do what we can to keep it out of the landfill together.
spread the word
Help us to get the word out to the people of Huddersfield and surrounding areas about the repair cafe, what it does, and what they can do to join in.
Send us a message about the cafes, items you'd like fixing, or anything else
(Your info will only be used to communicate with Huddersfield repair cafe, and will never be shared with anyone else. Ever.)
Part of the Repair Café Foundation
Huddersfield is a full member of the global Repair Cafe Foundation.
The first repair cafe was organised and run by Martine Postma in 2008, in Amsterdam.
Since then she’s launched the Repair Cafe Foundation to help other people around the world start their own repair cafes, including Huddersfield.
Here’s a bit more info, direct from the Repair Cafe Foundation. Interested in starting your own? Feel free to chat with us and we’ll help however we can!