Repair Café: Hughes Community Centre
Saturday, 9 May 2026
10:00 – 13:00
10:00 – 13:00
Location:
2 Wisdom Place, Hughes ACT, Australia
We repair:
- electrical goods
- mechanical items
- bikes
- soft toys
- string instruments
- clothes and textiles (darning and other sewing)
- jewellery.
We are also a lids4kids drop off point.
This event is volunteer-run and self-sufficient, so if you have tools or materials you can use for your own repairs or share with others, do bring them along.
Tea and coffee available. Free entry, small donations welcome. We buy glue and other consumables with any donations from guests.
We look forward to seeing you there!
== Hosted by Hughes Repair Cafe ==
We will have electricians, handy people and our talented needleworkers (sewers) available to repair all your goods and assist you to learn a new skill or two.
This event is volunteer-run and self-sufficient, so if you have tools or materials you can use for your own repairs or share with others, do bring them along.
Tea and coffee available. Free entry, small donations encouraged.
We use donations from guests to buy glue and other consumables for the repairers.
** This cafe was previously known as the Canberra Repair Cafe and run at the Canberra Environment Centre. It moved to Hughes in 2023 and supported by the SEE-Change Woden group since 2024. **
https://seechange.org.au/
Learn more about Repair Cafés and how to start one at: https://therestartproject.org/
- electrical goods
- mechanical items
- bikes
- soft toys
- string instruments
- clothes and textiles (darning and other sewing)
- jewellery.
We are also a lids4kids drop off point.
This event is volunteer-run and self-sufficient, so if you have tools or materials you can use for your own repairs or share with others, do bring them along.
Tea and coffee available. Free entry, small donations welcome. We buy glue and other consumables with any donations from guests.
We look forward to seeing you there!
== Hosted by Hughes Repair Cafe ==
We will have electricians, handy people and our talented needleworkers (sewers) available to repair all your goods and assist you to learn a new skill or two.
This event is volunteer-run and self-sufficient, so if you have tools or materials you can use for your own repairs or share with others, do bring them along.
Tea and coffee available. Free entry, small donations encouraged.
We use donations from guests to buy glue and other consumables for the repairers.
** This cafe was previously known as the Canberra Repair Cafe and run at the Canberra Environment Centre. It moved to Hughes in 2023 and supported by the SEE-Change Woden group since 2024. **
https://seechange.org.au/
Learn more about Repair Cafés and how to start one at: https://therestartproject.org/
