CHAILEY REPAIR CAFÉ – 7 YEARS OF FIXING FROM LAWNMOWERS TO CHINA EGGS!!
Thanks to all who came to make our 7th birthday such a great success – we took on an incredible range of stuff, including several lawnmowers, an ironing press, several bikes an old valve radio and yes, some china eggs!!
Amazingly, in 7 years we have tackled more than 6000 of your items – we now have 43 volunteers, including a range of talented repairers, not forgetting our brilliant reception and legendary refreshments teams.
Many folks have been kind enough to write to congratulate us on our achievement – we were one of the very first Repair Cafes in this part of the country and only the 66th in the UK. There are now at least 30 throughout the South East and more than 600 in the UK – we are in a growth industry!
We’ll be delighted to see you and your broken stuff – but please try to help us by bringing any connecting leads and if the item connects to speakers, bring one with you. Remember to check any batteries to make sure they aren’t flat!!! Lost the instructions? Don’t worry – if we need them, we’ll find them online……
We’re all set for the rest of 2025. Don’t forget we can get very busy, so be prepared to wait and enjoy some refreshments while you do so. Only one item at a time please (although you can go round again if there’s time) and try not to arrive too late as we may not be able to accommodate you!
Chailey Repair Café is part of a world-wide movement where volunteer experts repair things free of charge – although a donation towards running costs is invited. Anyone can bring along broken items or clothing needing repair from home, and have a cuppa and a cake and then watch while your repair is done in front of you.
You’ll find us at St Peter’s Church, Chailey on the A275 at Chailey Green normally on the second Saturday of each month (13th September, 11th October and so on) between 1000hrs and 1300hrs where we have a full Café service including our legendary cakes!
Not sure if we can fix your broken item? Contact us at chaileyrc@gmail.com and we’ll see what we can do to help.
See you very soon!!
Bryan McAlley and the Chailey Repair Café team
