The Repair Café has returned to CELF*
Learn to mend your broken items yourself with support from skilled volunteers
Enjoy giving your things a new lease of life and appreciate them again
Help reduce waste and stop things going to landfill - be part of the circular economy!
Llandrindod Repair Café has been running since June 2014, and was chosen by The Guardian as one of 17 top community projects from around the UK in their "Live Better" Community Project series. In 2019 it celebrated its 1,000th repair. The Repair Café idea began in Amsterdam in 2007 and has since been taken up all round the world. No charge but the cost of any parts must be paid for and donations towards running costs are always gratefully received
Second Saturday of the month 2 - 5pm
CELF Tremont Road Llandrindod Wells LD1 5EB
* PLEASE NOTE - The Hive can no longer accept items for repair or collection unless by special arrangement with the Repair Cafe
**** VOLUNTEERS NEEDED including FIXERS WITH SUITABLE SKILLS, GENERAL and ADMIN HELPERS ****
Enquiries via our Facebook page or email llandrindodrepaircafe@gmail.com
Put your unused tools to good use!
The Repair Café is an official collection point for Tools for Self Reliance Cymru. Have a clear-out of any unwanted tools or sewing machines and we will help put them to good use. The Repair Cafe has a list of wanted tools, but most items will be accepted (especially workshop tools). Items can be brought to The Hive, South Cres, Llandrindod Wells LD1 5DH between 10 - 4 Monday-Frioday.
More information
Download a copy of the Repair Cafe house rules
Visit the Llandrindod Repair Café pages on Facebook
Check out our photo archive on Flickr
At Ashfield Community Enterprise, Howey.
Saturday 12th September, 11am - 4pm
TLT are supporting the Ashfield Harvest Festival by running a mini Repair Café.
The last time we ran the Repair Café at Ashfield we sharpened a record of 47 items!! The sharpening bench will be returning to see if we can beat that record, so bring along your shears, knives, axes and any other hand or gardening tools that need their blades restoring.
Also on the Repair Café stand, Hilary Macaulay will be showing you how to build bird boxes from offcuts of timber. Come along and see how you could do it yourself.
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Everyone enjoyed a happy and hectic afternoon during the first anniversary celebrations of Llandrindod Repair Café on July 18th 2015.
The special Anniversary Café in the Rock Park was opened by Jan Swindale, the Llandrindod Town Crier and Chris Rouse, the Mayor of Llandrindod, cut the delicious anniversary cake.
A novel item coming in for repair was a light sabre ... May the Force be with us! 
Other broken items which were repaired included a lawnmower, a vacuum cleaner, two stereos, a teasmade, a small cabinet and a vintage typewriter. Sharpening was popular as usual, with many garden shears, knives, lawnmower blades, loppers and secateurs receiving a sharp edge.
The Great Chair Repair Challenge was also a big success on the day. An old broken and unloved kitchen chair was saved from going to the tip and it was chalk painted by Patrick from "Junk & Disorderly" and re-upholstered by furniture fixer Hilary. The revamped chair looked magnificent and was raffled and taken home by the delighted winners.
A short video was made of the day which gives a guided tour of all the activities.
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Llandrindod Repair Cafe is one of only 19 repair cafes in the UK, so we are rather lucky to have one right here in lovely Mid Wales.
As we are approaching our first anniversary, it is nice to reflect on all the many things we have repaired and helped saved from the tip.
Did you know that over 70% of broken items brought in are actually fixed by our gallant volunteers? From bicycles to bric a brac, clothes to computers, shears to scissors, they'll give it new life. We can't yet mend your gammy leg or car, but a friendly chat and a cuppa are always on offer at the Repair Cafe!
Read more about Fixing is fun!
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Printer stops working after a particular number of prints?
Electric appliance bust after 2 years when your previous one lasted ages?
Underwear falling apart after a few washes?
Yearning for the latest must-have mobile phone?
Manufacturers are forcing us to constantly update and buy new stuff. Replacement means profit, but it also means wastage of energy and raw materials and more rubbish and pollution.
Companies are also refusing to make consumer items more repairable. Service instructions are often absent or limited. Many new products are solidly glued or welded together to deliberately make repairs difficult or impossible.
Do you no longer wish to accept this "repair costs more than buying new" attitude? You are not alone. Have fun with repairing instead, with help and advice from our skilled volunteers. Did you know that as many as 50 to 70% of items brought in can be fixed at a Repair Cafe?
Some of the many articles mended at our previous events include necklaces, clothing, handbags, bicycles, electric heaters, a hedge trimmer, cd players, saucepan lids, a carpet sweeper and a clock. We even help you sharpen your blunted tools.
All this for just a small donation to cover our costs. A bargain? You bet!
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