Boggart Hole Clough Repair Cafe

Introducing North Manchester's first Repair Café! The Boggart Hole Clough Repair Café is a collaboration between Stitched Up, the In Our Nature Programme and Lakeside CIC to bringing the right to repair to the community of Blackley.

FIX YOUR STUFF

A Repair Café is a free meeting place where people get together to repair things. The first Repair Café was held in Amsterdam in 2009, and since then, have grown into a global network of menders. You can read more about their history here.

Boggart Hole Clough Repair Café is a free to use, drop in community event, run by volunteers and open to all. Visitors can attend our Repair Café every month to learn from expert volunteers the skills to fix broken clothes, furniture, electronics, bikes, and technology.

The event runs from 10am-12pm, and the last repair will be booked in at 11:40am. Just turn up on the day with your broken item and you'll be given an estimated time to meet with your repairer.

While volunteers are skilled in various repairs, they don’t offer a guarantee that your item can be fixed, nor will they single-handedly do the work for you! The Repair Café is all about getting people fixing things together – equally focused on sharing skills and meeting new people. You’re encouraged to stick around for a cup of tea and to chip in with advice and ideas for other visitors’ repairs.

JOIN THE TEAM

We are on the hunt for volunteers and we're always looking for more friendly faces to join. if you fancy helping your neighbours fix their broken stuff and keep it out of landfill, get in touch! We need event hosts and organisers too, so whether you can fix things or not, we'd love to hear from you.

hello@stitchedup.coop