We welcome people of all ages to the Repair Cafe. Bring the family when you visit to get something mended and everyone can pick up some nifty quick fix skills while they watch.
Peter with an orange cane which needed the top replacing
A slightly older client brought along a favourite cane which needed the top reattaching. Peter to the rescue again and another satisfied customer!
Peter holding a toy figure he has repaired.
This is a post in praise of our repairer Peter!
One of our youngest visitors on Saturday was a boy with a toy figure whose legs had become detached. Peter was able to put them back in place. The boy was delighted with the result (as was Peter, judging by the photo 😄).
We had another super session on Saturday!
We'll be sharing some photos, stories and stats over the next few days. First, here's a model steam train that was partially seized up. Jim used some sewing machine oil to release it. The owner provided a length of track to test the train on. Look at it go!
If you want to run or help at a new Repair Cafe and meet others who are interested, come and find out how to get started.
All Welcome. Lunch will be provided while we chat!
Some of the Wirral Repair Cafe team will be heading to WEN on 17th March to share our experiences about running a Repair Cafe and to offer support to anyone who wants to set up another Repair Cafe on the Wirral.
'Introduction to Setting up a Repair Cafe' - Advice session
Tuesday 17th March, 12pm
Wirral Environmental Network, Sandon Building, Falkland Road, Wallasey, CH44 8ER
We're making headlines!
Don't forget Wirral Repair Cafe will be at Birkenhead Library tomorrow, 7th March, 2 - 4 pm.
Wirral Repair Cafe's Barbara and Tony will be on Helen Jones' programme on Radio Merseyside this afternoon to talk about #RepairWeek!
We're expecting them to be interviewed around 3.35pm. Tune in live or listen back on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
While you wait, treat yourself to some homemade cake and a hot drink in our cafe in the main area of the library.
As ever, we do not charge for repairs or refreshments but donations to Repair Cafe funds are very welcome.
We'll be offering all these types of repair next Saturday:
💚 Clothing and textiles
💚 Costume jewellery
💚 Electrical appliances
💚 Computers and other tech
💚 Toys
💚 Bicycles
💚 Wooden items
💚 Garden tools
💚 Ornaments
💚 Watch strap and battery replacement
💚 Soldering
💚 Sharpening
ONE WEEK TO GO!
Saturday 7th March, 2 - 4pm
Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB
Bring along your broken or damaged items and our talented volunteers will do their best to fix them, or give advice on where to get any necessary spare parts.
It's not too late to come down - get a free ticket for the lunchtime or afternoon sessions here:
www.wcvs.org.uk/event-detail...
We're at FestiVol at The Hive today, an event organised by Wirral CVS to celebrate the contributions that volunteers make to our communities.
There's lots to do here and we have had plenty of interesting chats with people already.
Free furniture showroom launched as Birkenhead business tackles landfill waste
An arm on sunglasses, the handle on a teapot, blunt scissors, a faulty hoover plug, 2 jammed sewing machines, a severed wire on a hedgetrimmer, the brake cable on a bike, a Spiderman model with a broken arm, ripped seams on a jacket, a shirt and a cushion cover, and a hole in a pair of trousers.
They gave advice on a further 4 items, and 5 items required a new part, which can be installed at a future repair session.
Unfortunately we were short of a photographer this month so you will have to picture all of our successful repairs, some of which included...
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Wirral Repair Cafe 7th February 2026 stats Number of visitors with items for repair 47 Number of volunteers 23 Number of items brought for repair 51 Number of successful repairs 26 Number of items requiring advice 4 Number of items needing a spare part 5
Wow! What an amazing Repair Cafe we had this month. So busy but so much fun! Thank you volunteers and visitors 💚
We set a Wirral Repair Cafe record with 51 items brought for repair. Our fabulous repairers were able to fix 26 of these.
Jim mending a sewing machine
Dave gave assistance on how to use the PAT testing machines and we caught up on some admin too.
Moya brought along some of her homemade biscuits, which we enjoyed with a cup of tea and a good natter.
The next Repair Cafe will be in 3 weeks time on Saturday 7th March, 2 - 4pm.
Hazel repairing a kettle
Admin! Making sure volunteer agreements are signed
Brushing up on those PAT testing skills
Our monthly Repair Cafe events get so busy that our volunteers don't have chance to get their own items fixed. So today we held a session just for members of our team.
A bag, a kettle, a sewing machine, a torch and a necklace chain - all successfully repaired!
Please use this online tool to find your MP and ask them to attend the repair event on 25th March
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therestartproject.org/campaigns/re...
The Restart Project hopes to have 100 MPs signed up to the Repair and Reuse Declaration. At last year’s event almost every MP that attended said they were there because they’d heard about it from a constituent so we would really appreciate your help in spreading the word.
The Restart Project are holding another Repair Cafe at the Houses of Parliament, following on from last year's event.
Some of the Wirral Repair Cafe volunteers will be there to help show why repair matters and to call for the government to support policies that make repair and reuse more accessible.
As we tend to get busy, repairs are limited to one per visitor per month. Visitors are also asked to make sure any items brought to the Repair Cafe are clean - no mud, grass, sawdust, grease or food debris please!
We'll be offering all these types of repair:
Clothing & textiles
Costume jewellery
Electrical appliances
Computers & other tech
Toys
Bicycles
Wooden items
Garden tools
Ornaments
String instruments
Clocks
Watch strap & battery replacement (please bring new parts)
Soldering
Sharpening
Wirral Repair Cafe Saturday 7th February 2 - 4pm Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB Photo collage showing available types of repair: Clothing & textiles Costume jewellery Electrical appliances Computers & other tech Toys Bicycles Wooden items Garden tools Ornaments String instruments Clocks Watch straps & batteries Soldering Sharpening
Wirral Repair Cafe
Saturday 7th February 2 - 4pm
Birkenhead Central Library
Our volunteers can tackle a wide range of broken and damaged household and garden goods. We carry out repairs free of charge and also offer free hot drinks and tasty homemade cake while you wait.
FIXED! Hazel replaced the movement on this wall clock.
FIXED! The flex had been severed on this hedge trimmer. Tony rejoined it with solder and insulated the joint with heat shrink tubing.
Giving good advice on this chair with loose, wobbly joints. Les explained how to take it apart and where to glue it, and that it would need to be left overnight to set.
A jammed bus ticket machine. Unfortunately we were not able to fix this but it's certainly one of the more unusual items we've been asked to repair!
We had a total of 37 items brought for repair, of which 16 were fully repaired, 10 needed advice, and 4 required new parts.
We'll be back at Birkenhead Library on Saturday 7th February, 2 - 4pm. Pop the date in your diary!
FIXED! Graham glued the broken boom on this toy crane.
FIXED! This sewing machine no longer worked in reverse after water had been spilled on it. Jim stripped the mechanism and cleaned and oiled the machine.
FIXED! The slipped lens on these binoculars was preventing focus adjustment. Ewan repositioned the lens.
FIXED! This pendulum clock was not working. Les cleaned it and got it going again but advised to bring it back for further cleaning.
At the this month's session of the Wirral Repair Cafe, our volunteers successfully fixed two bags, a toy crane, some binoculars, a lamp, a phone, a sander, a sewing machine, a pair of trousers, two clocks, a hedge trimmer and a radio, as well as several Christmas ornaments!
Nicola checking the thread colour matches the bag she is going to repair
Helen sat at a sewing machine, holding the waist band of a pair of jogging bottoms ready to start repairs.
Nicola repairing a pair of brown trousers using the sewing machine
Last weekend two members of our super sewing squad were in action. Helen and Nicola worked on repairing clothing and a bag.
We were really pleased to meet with a new volunteer who we hope will be lending their sewing skills at future repair sessions. Welcome to the team!
The top part of a very large Christmas tree
A smaller, more minimalist Christmas tree
A festive fairground ride - a model of a Big Wheel with animals in the carriages and a snowman at the bottom
We also saw two Christmas trees (one large and covered with lights, and the other more minimalist in style) and a little Big Wheel with snowman attendant.
