“The best Saturday morning anyone can have”
If you’ve been to a repair cafe, you know they would be nothing without a team of friend, willing and able volunteers…
Taking Repair to Parliament
Repair Cafe NI joined 100 community repairers at the House of Commons last week, here’s why… and what happened!
The Digital Parrot: How to Spot a Robot Pretending to be Your Nan
Repair Cafe NI is delighted to launch a new series of blog articles written by volunteers from across our network
Brendan Mulhall, the 81-year-old fixer who can repair just about anything
If you’ve been to a repair cafe event across NI, chances are you met Brendan
Repair Cafes in the news
We get all sorts of lovely visitors at repair cafes. It always adds a bit of a buzz when they bring a camera or a microphone – not to get fixed, but to help spread the word about repair cafes!
FixFest 2025: A Celebration of Community Repair and Global Solidarity
A big event can make you feel part of a bigger family.
What is it like to start a Repair Cafe?
How do new repair cafes get off the ground – and what’s involved in setting one up in my community? Chris McCartney charts the story of how repair cafes have emerged across Northern Ireland and considers what’s needed and what support is available to set up a successful community repair project where you are.
A Day in the life of a repair cafe
It’s no ordinary day at Falls Road Library. Among the neatly packed shelves of books, people are chatting, enjoying cake and coffee and waiting with baby monitors, bicycles, blenders and even a life-size model of Frankinstein.
