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BIKES AND FABRIC
Repair Cafe
Next date:
Saturday 21st March
10am - 11:30am
The Hub Repair Cafe first launched in May 2025 initially dedicated only to bike repairs. Since then, we have held six repair sessions in total with our first Fabric Repair Cafe taking place in January 2026. Our fantastic team of volunteer repairers have seen 88 items in total, fully repairing 78% and partially repairing or offering advice for the remaining 22% of items.
What is a Repair Cafe?
A Repair Café is a community-driven initiative that encourages people to repair their broken items rather than discarding them. It serves as a gathering place where individuals can share skills, tools, and knowledge to fix a variety of items.
What can I bring?
The Hub's Repair Cafe is for both bikes and fabrics. Bring any clothing or soft furnishings needing basic repairs or alterations or any bikes in need of basic fixes, inner tube replacements or check-ups. Please bring along any spare parts such as inner tubes or new zips so our repairers can best help you.
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Is there a cost?
All repairs are carried out free of charge but a donation is encouraged to help cover running costs. All donations go back into the Repair Cafe or towards The Hub's youth work.
All items in the cafe cost £1 each.
Our Services
Bike Repairs:
1
Basic Repairs
Got a puncture, bike needs an oiling or does your bike need a basic repair? Our repairers will do their best to sort you out!
2
Check-Up
Just want to check everything's well with your bike? We'll give it a good look.
3
Diagnostic
Worried if your bike may have a more serious issue? Our repairers can help you work out what's wrong.
Fabric Repairs:
1
Basic Repairs
Got a rip in your favourite shirt or a moth hole in a jumper? Bring it along for fixing!
2
Alterations
Need a pair of trousers taking up? Our volunteers will happily help!
3
Repurposing
Want to know if there's any way to repurpose an old ripped pair of jeans? Ask for some ideas!
The numbers so far...
In total, across six repair cafes, we have looked at 55 bikes all of which have either been fixed, partially repaired or advice has been given on next steps. Our first Fabric Repair Café also saw to 33 items including blinds, a school jumper and two handbags. We have fixed up one bike which has been donated to a young person.
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Below is an estimate of the environmental impact of the repairs so far using the Repair Cafe Carbon Calculator on Farnham Repair Cafe's website powered by The Centre for Sustainable Design ® (CfSD) based at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA).
Our past repair sessions...
On Saturday 17th May 2025, we held our first Bike Repair Cafe! Our four amazing repairers fixed up over twenty bikes and our Hub members got involved helping in the kitchen and lending a hand with repairs. We have since held four more sessions helping people in the community get back on their bikes and teaching young people valuable repair skills.
On Saturday 17th January 2026, was The Hub's first Fabric Repair Café. A fantastic team of volunteer repairers helped over 20 members of the community and saw to 33 different items fixing 20 and offering advice on next steps for the other 13.
