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Celebrate repair this autumn

Stichting Repair Café International — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:45:54 +0000

This autumn, there will be plenty of opportunity to draw the attention of all your neighbours, local decision makers and everyone else to the benefits of repair. Here is how you can join our mission.

Repair Café turns 15: make a flag and share the news on social media

On Friday 18 October, Repair Café celebrates its 15th anniversary. On this day, Repair Café International in the Netherlands will hold a Repair Café XL with 100 repairers in The Hague. In this city, where the Dutch government is housed, we will show what Repair Café is all about: we’re for repairing, but also for collaboration, volunteering and a shared commitment to a sustainable future.

During the Repair Café XL, a joint bunting line will highlight the international character of the Repair Café movement. Repair Cafés from all over the world have meanwhile sent hundreds of beautifully decorated bunting flags to Repair Café International in Amsterdam. You can find photos in our Instagram account. If you have not made a flag yet, you can still do so! Read the instructions and get creative.

Do you also want to share the news of our 15th anniversary? You can! We’ve created some special logo files and animations to share on social media. You can download these materials here.

Celebrate Repair Day on 19 October

One day after Repair Café’s 15th anniversary – on Saturday 19 October – it will be International Repair Day. Here’s a party that you can celebrate locally! There are many ways to join in the celebration. To start planning, you can check out the engagement kit that the Open Repair Alliance has created for the occasion. There, you’ll find lots of ideas on what to do for the day. If you’ve already got an event planned, you can add it to the event listings here.

Repair Cafés in the UK: invite your new MP to your Repair Day event

For those of you running Repair Cafés in the UK, we’ve collaborated with The Restart Project and the Community Repair Network for an action to get the new UK government’s eyes on repair. We’re encouraging Repair Cafés across the UK to send their new MP a card to welcome them to office and invite them to join their local Repair Day event. Here’s another engagement kit with all the information you need, including a template card that your volunteers can sign and add a personalised message to before sending it to your MP.

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Repair Day 2023: will you join in?

Stichting Repair Café International — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:24:02 +0000

On Saturday, October 21st, it’s International Repair Day once again. On this day, we celebrate repairing worldwide. This year’s theme is ‘Repair for everyone’.

With this theme, we aim to highlight that repair information shouldn’t be limited to professional repairers alone. Repair Cafe volunteers and everyday consumers should also have access to this support. Also, professional repairs should be affordable, just like spare parts, which should be widely available and delivered promptly when needed.

Register your repair event

But on Repair Day, we primarily demonstrate that repairing is fun and inspiring. Will you join in? Then please register your repair event on the Open Repair Alliance’s website. All registered events will be featured on the special world map for Repair Day 2023.

Visit a Repair Cafe or make a repair at home

Of course, you can also join by visiting a Repair Cafe near you, or by making a repair at home. Have fun!

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International Repair Day: Saturday 15 October

Stichting Repair Café International — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 15:00:27 +0000

International Repair Day is coming up again! Saturday, October 15 is the day. That’s when we put an extra spotlight on repair worldwide. This year’s theme is Repair Everywhere.

You can participate in Repair Day in many ways: by visiting a Repair Café, repairing an item at home or by helping someone else repair. By sharing a photo of a repaired item on social media, or by organizing your own repair activity in your neighborhood. Register your activity with the Open Repair Alliance, which organizes Repair Day.