Grand Arcade Repair Cafe for International Repair Day
Saturday, 18 October 2025
13:00 – 16:00
13:00 – 16:00
Why recycle when you can repair? We’ll be joining repair groups around the world on 18th Oct, International Repair Day, to help fix people’s broken stuff and share repair skills.
Our International Repair Day Repair Café will be on the first floor in the Grand Arcade's 'Let's Go Circular' space.
Experienced Cambridge Repair Café volunteers will work together with volunteers from local company Sentec – a Xylem Brand – to help fix your broken and worn toys and gadgets, jewellery, clothes, electricals and all sorts of household items. We’ll do our best to fix your item but if we can’t, we’ll try and suggest a next step.
We strongly recommend booking your item in advance – this enables us to do background research and make sure we have the most appropriately skilled repairer working on your item. We’ll keep a few walk-in repair slots for the day, and will do our best to fit your item in if you are unable to book in advance.
Please book your item in to be repaired using the from [HERE](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYKhB8QvEL5UMn_CfM9UxM1oyz6_q3R5r...). The organisers will be back in touch with a time slot. International Repair Day Cafe at the Grand Arcade.
== Hosted by Cambridgeshire Repair Cafe Network ==
Repair Cafes are distinct from Restart Parties, but there is considerable overlap, and much to be gained from sharing information. They are co-ordinated from the Netherlands (http://repaircafe.org), and are not in competition with Restart Parties (there's more than enough to fix for us both!)
Repair Cafes tend to be less hi-tech than Restart Parties, though we will tackle computers, laptops, tablets and phones when requested. Repairs are always free, and a cafe (which charges modest prices) is associated with the event, to cater for those who are waiting to be seen.
Cambridge Carbon Footprint co-ordinates Repair Cafes in the Cambridge area. Learn more here: https://cambridgecarbonfootprint.org/repair-cafes/
https://cambridgecarbonfootprint.org/repair-cafes/
Learn more about Repair Cafés and how to start one at: https://therestartproject.org/
Our International Repair Day Repair Café will be on the first floor in the Grand Arcade's 'Let's Go Circular' space.
Experienced Cambridge Repair Café volunteers will work together with volunteers from local company Sentec – a Xylem Brand – to help fix your broken and worn toys and gadgets, jewellery, clothes, electricals and all sorts of household items. We’ll do our best to fix your item but if we can’t, we’ll try and suggest a next step.
We strongly recommend booking your item in advance – this enables us to do background research and make sure we have the most appropriately skilled repairer working on your item. We’ll keep a few walk-in repair slots for the day, and will do our best to fit your item in if you are unable to book in advance.
Please book your item in to be repaired using the from [HERE](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYKhB8QvEL5UMn_CfM9UxM1oyz6_q3R5r...). The organisers will be back in touch with a time slot. International Repair Day Cafe at the Grand Arcade.
== Hosted by Cambridgeshire Repair Cafe Network ==
Repair Cafes are distinct from Restart Parties, but there is considerable overlap, and much to be gained from sharing information. They are co-ordinated from the Netherlands (http://repaircafe.org), and are not in competition with Restart Parties (there's more than enough to fix for us both!)
Repair Cafes tend to be less hi-tech than Restart Parties, though we will tackle computers, laptops, tablets and phones when requested. Repairs are always free, and a cafe (which charges modest prices) is associated with the event, to cater for those who are waiting to be seen.
Cambridge Carbon Footprint co-ordinates Repair Cafes in the Cambridge area. Learn more here: https://cambridgecarbonfootprint.org/repair-cafes/
https://cambridgecarbonfootprint.org/repair-cafes/
Learn more about Repair Cafés and how to start one at: https://therestartproject.org/
