Maidstone Repair Cafe
February’s Repair Cafe, held on a wet and windy winter’s day, proved to be a resounding success. It attracted the highest number of volunteers and exhibitors since the café began. The CAN Zone’s Nature theme was also hugely popular, bringing together an inspiring mix of people and projects — from planters to seeds, swifts to bees, artists to photographers, litter-picking to rewilding, and so much more.
Repair Pictures from the Cafe
290 visitors this time.
Highest ever number was 305 visitors.
84 individual people needing repairs.
The highest number we have achieved.
115 successful repairs.
Best ever achieved, 125.
74% of all items repaired.
Only 7% of items destined for the bin.
49 Repair Cafe volunteers.
Which was the best ever, a record!
19 Exhibitors in the CAN Zone.
Which was the best ever, a record!
CAN Nature Zone Exhibitors
Our brilliant range of nature theme exhibitors.
What you might have missed
And what else was going on at the Repair Cafe?
Electrical recycling bins are available at every repair cafe.
Maidstone Radio (RadioFAWall) joined us to record interviews and capture the atmosphere of the day. These will be broadcast on RadioFAWall in due course.
Five enthusiastic young repairers took on the challenge of fixing a retro games console this month using our Team Repair kits. Both the repairing and the playing were a big hit with the children. Bookings for the rest of the year can be made on our take action page.
Electrical recycling was also taking place, ensuring that materials were properly recovered and reused. This is a regular feature at all Maidstone Repair Cafés.
Peter’s Crisp Packets Peter was displaying crisp packets found during litter picking going back decades demonstrating how long plastic persists in the environment and never fully breaks down.
Tools with a Mission The link between our tool sharpening team and the charity, Tools with a Mission enabled us to sell on surplus tools to generate funds for the charity.
Coming Up from Maidstone CAN
All our coming up events – social, action, repair, improve are listed on our homepage. Click on Logo:
