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Bring your broken items to be fixed, learn from the repairers and help reduce waste. Find us at Birkenhead Central Library on the first Saturday of each month, 2 - 4pm.
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Wirral Repair Café Saturday 1st March, 2 - 4pm Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB Do you have broken costume jewellery with sentimental value that you would love to wear again? Perhaps it has a broken clasp or a lost link. Bring it to Wirral Repair Cafe tomorrow!

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Look at this beautiful Singer sewing machine our volunteer Simone rescued from the tip! It's now in full working order and as good as new. If you have a sewing machine in need of some care and attention, bring it to Wirral Repair Cafe at Birkenhead Central Library this Saturday, 1st March, 2 - 4pm.

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Wirral Repair Café Saturday 1st March, 2 - 4pm It's nearly March, which means spring should be just around the corner. Time to get your garden tools into shape, ready for the growing season! We have sharpening equipment and can restore your blunt shears, secateurs, loppers and mower blades.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Saturday 1st March, 2 - 4pm Birkenhead Central Library Join us next Saturday! Bring along your treasured but broken, damaged or worn out possessions. We will do our best to mend them and pass on some repair tips so that you have the confidence to try to fix items yourself in future.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Wirral Repair Café Saturday 1st March, 2 - 4pm Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB Reminder that the next session of Wirral Repair Cafe is approaching! Keep your eyes on our social media pages this Saturday for a list of the types of repair that will be available.

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Make the switch to sustainable fashion at Wirral Environmental Network’s Clothes Swap Café www.birkenhead.news/make-the-swi...

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Yesterday's episode of The Bottom Line on Radio 4 was all about repair! Businesses offering repair services The need for companies to make goods that are repairable Learning how to mend things yourself Repair Cafes got a mention too. Hurrah! Listen to the show here 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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£165,000 fund launched to empower communities in the fight against waste www.birkenhead.news/165000-fund-...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

February's Repair Cafe was a busy one with 38 items in need of mending. Wonderful to see so many visitors and the range of objects brought in for repair, including a cat water fountain, a carpet cleaner, and a PlayStation. We enjoyed seeing the result of the makeover Mary carried out on Piggles!

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Wirral Repair Café - TOMORROW! We have volunteers with bike mending skills. In previous months, they have fixed brake pads and cables, gears, and flat tyres. If a part is needed they can advise on where to buy it or recommend a local bicycle repair shop that would be able to help.

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Wirral Repair Café Saturday 1st February, 2 - 4pm Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB On Saturday, we'll have repairers waiting to fix your worn out clothing and textiles with their sewing and darning skills. We can also help you with your sewing machine troubles.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Do you have a garden ornament that came off worse in a fight against Storm Eowyn? A favourite ceramic vase that was knocked over? Maybe a much-loved wooden sculpture that has been chipped? Or a metal figurine with a dislocated limb? Bring your damaged ornaments to the Repair Cafe on Saturday!

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Wirral Repair Café Saturday 1st February, 2 - 4pm Birkenhead Central Library Not long to wait until the next Wirral Repair Cafe! Bring your broken and damaged items to be fixed. Our volunteers will share their knowledge with you so you can pick up tips on how to carry out repairs yourself.

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

2 WEEKS UNTIL THE NEXT WIRRAL REPAIR CAFE! Saturday 1st February, 2 - 4pm We'll be back at Birkenhead Central Library to fix more household items and share our skills. Check our BlueSky page next Saturday (25th January) for a list of the types of repair we'll be providing.

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We were a bit sad when we had to send one of our favourite flags off to Amsterdam for the 15th birthday of the Repair Café Organisation. This was the one chosen to go and represent Wirral Repair Cafe but the wonderful Laura has made us a duplicate. See if you can spot it when you visit us next time.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Wow, what a busy Repair Cafe we had on Saturday! It was great to see so many people. 37 items were brought for repair. Of these, 20 items were fully repaired, 7 were partially repaired, and 4 items needed a new part and will be brought back for it to be installed.

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

TOMORROW AT BIRKENHEAD LIBRARY! Repairing electrical items can seem daunting to do by yourself. Luckily we have a talented team of volunteers who know how to safely test and fix appliances such as sewing machines, lamps, radios, irons, hair dryers, kettles and toasters.

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Out with the old and in with the new doesn't have to mean that you throw out broken or faulty tech. With a bit of know how, it can often be fully restored. Or perhaps you got a new device for Christmas and need some help to learn how to use it.

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

We're looking forward to the first Wirral Repair Cafe of 2025! We'll be offering the following repairs on Saturday: Clothing Costume jewellery Electrical appliances Computers, games consoles & other tech Bikes Toys Wooden items Watch strap & battery (parts must be supplied) Soldering Sharpening

submitted 63 days ago • 2 comments

Wirral Repair Café Saturday 4th January, 2 - 4pm Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB If you can no longer remember what day it is, don't worry... We're somewhere between Christmas and New Year and all you need to know is that it is ONE WEEK UNTIL THE WIRRAL REPAIR CAFE!

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

Merry Christmas from the team of Wirral Repair Cafe elves! Always ready to help our visitors and fix whatever is in need of repair (including working out how to get Santa dancing again).

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

Merseyside Police are advising against non-essential travel today due to the very strong winds of Storm Darragh and the amber weather warning in place. Birkenhead Library will be open today but we are cancelling the Wirral Repair Cafe.

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

Come to the Wirral Repair Cafe TOMORROW! We have many volunteers with the skills to repair electrical and electronic equipment. They can also give advice on parts that may be required so that you can return with your broken item to have it mended at a later date.

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

We can help keep you looking and feeling your best this festive season with free textile and costume jewellery repairs. Perhaps your favourite jumper, blanket or woolly hat has a hole in. Or maybe the seam or hem has come unstitched on your perfect party dress.

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment