Spring cleaning? Don't throw out, repair and reuse!
With the season of spring-cleaning is upon us, remember the items you find in a clear-out could be given a second lease of life. The items we use every day are full of valuable materials. When we extend the life of the items we use it helps to protect the environment. Repair and reuse is one of the best ways to do this.
Many people are learning and sharing skills to do simple repairs to save money and avoid throwing items away.
Repair events bring people together and offer practical help when commercial repair costs are prohibitive. Many small repairs are easy to do with a little know-how, lots of help can be found online, and plenty of people in your community have useful skills.
Somerset has a thriving network of community-led repair groups, many of which are supported by CAG Somerset.
Here’s a look ahead of groups that are coming up this month.
- Repair Café Bridgwater, Saturday, 27 April
- Burnham and Highbridge Repair Café, Thursday, 4 and Saturday, 20 April
- Cary Repair Café, Saturday 27 April
- Chard Community Hub, Tuesdays (sewing repair)
- Chard Community Hub, Saturday, 6 and Saturday, 20 April (general repair)
- Share Repair Café (Frome), Tuesday, 16 April
- Glastonbury Repair Café, Saturday, 20 April
- Ilminster Share and Repair, Monday, Thursday and Saturday (weekly)
- Langford Budville pop-up repair café, Saturday, 13 April
- Langport Repair Café, Saturday 27 April
- Brittons Ash Repair Café, Wednesday, 17 April
- Porlock Vale Repair Café, Saturday, 27 April
- Street Repair Café, Saturday, 27 April
- Wells Repair Café, Saturday, 27 April
- Wivey Repair Café, Saturday, 20 April