Hungerford Repair Café

Hungerford Repair Café is currently run every 2 months, usually on the third Saturday of the month from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm in the Croft Hall in Hungerford.

When you arrive, you will be welcomed by their reception team who will ask you to complete a repair form.

This is used to record some basic details about the item being repaired and helps them to report useful statistics about what they do.

For example, they will weigh the item to give them some data about how much material might otherwise have been sent to landfill or other waste management sites.

Their reports are sent to Newbury Weekly News, the Adviser, Penny Post and local social media sites.

If they are busy they may not be able to help as soon as you arrive, but you can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and a biscuit and chat with others while you wait.

Repairs and refreshments are free; they are funded solely by donations from happy customers.

When a repairer becomes available you will be directed to take your item and repair form to their repair station.

You are encouraged to help with the repair if you can, or to watch and learn how the volunteer works on your item.

This way they can pass on the knowledge and skills for everyone to embrace a repairing culture.

Of course, not all jobs are suitable for home repair.

In this case they can usually recommend a local repair service that has the time and expertise to help you out.