Oakington’s first Repair Cafe was held on Saturday 10 February. The grand total was 70 repairs, of which 41 were successfully repaired, 19 were found to be repairable and 10 deemed end of life. But not only did we prevent unnecessary waste and landfill: people were inspired by and learned from the 14 amazing volunteer repairers, enjoyed the cafe and the friendly community atmosphere.

Thank you to the repairers, everyone who helped and to all who supported it – the very generous donations and cafe takings covered costs and will help with the next Oakington Repair Cafe.

Here’s just some of the feedback received after the event:

• “Excellent. SO pleased to have it fixed. Very grateful”
• “Amazingly helpful, very pleasant volunteers. Please do it again soon!”
• “Excellent experience… Very helpful, enthusiastic and informative. Thank you.”
• “Very friendly and informative.”
• “Great to see it so busy + very pleased with the help.”
• “Really lovely friendly welcoming atmosphere.”
• “Very friendly & efficient. Good job.”
• “So pleased with the repair. Very patient lady and enjoyed the chat.”
• “Very friendly excellent service with a smile + time to chat + have refreshments with friends + new people.”
• “Wonderful assistance and advice given … Thank you so much all of you.”
• “Really positive outcome & lovely experience, thank you.”
• “Very helpful. Probably mended, but if not, I now know how to do it myself.”
• “Sadly it wasn’t repairable but thank you so much for trying, I really appreciate it.”
• “Excellent service. SO pleased. Thank you.”