The Goodlife Centre, an independent learning space in Waterloo, is hosting London’s very first Repair Café on Sunday 22nd July. The Repair Café is a project first launched in Holland to encourage communities to repair, reuse and recycle their possessions and reduce the volume of what is thrown away.
The Goodlife Centre’s light and airy workspace in Waterloo is an ideal environment for a Repair Café, which is free to attend. Visitors are encouraged to bring their broken items from home for assessment, and if deemed repairable by the organisers, can start making their repairs in the Repair Café. DIY and electrical experts from The Goodlife Centre will be on stand-by to advise and a selection of tools and materials will be made available for use on the day. It’s an ongoing learning process in a friendly social environment with plenty of tea or coffee on hand.
The types of items that can be repaired and reused include clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, appliances and toys. In fact, according to The Goodlife Centre founder, Alison Winfield-Chislett, there is very little that cannot be given a new lease of life;
“We hope that the Repair Café will help Londoners view all of their possessions in a new light and appreciate their lifelong value. By reducing our dependency on throwing away and starting over and instead focusing on repairing and reusing items, we hope to inspire enthusiasm for a sustainable society.
She goes on to explains why The Goodlife Centre is a natural home for a regular Repair Café;
“The Goodlife Centre is about sharing practical knowledge and learning traditional skills for life and this is very much in line with the values of the Repair Café concept. By hosting a regular Repair Café, we hope not only to encourage sustainability in our borough, but to facilitate a community that learns from each other.”
London’s first Repair Café will take place at the Goodlife Centre on Sunday 22nd July from 2pm – 5pm. The Goodlife Centre is just ten minutes from Waterloo, Borough and Southwark tube stations.
Go to The Goodlife Centre's website at thegoodlifecentre.co.uk/repair-cafe/ to learn more about the upcoming event in July. For full details of the Repair Café concept that originated in Holland go to repaircafe.org/
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Published Jun 27, 2012