Repair Cafe Ballarat

If an item is broken, why not fix it? Don’t throw it away! Repair Cafe Ballarat is a free event where you can bring broken items for repair by our volunteers.

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The March 28 Repair Cafe event has been cancelled, following instructions from the Ballarat Tech School in response to the COVID 19 virus.

The situation will be monitored regarding the April event. Perhaps this is a good time to give repairing a go at home!

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Volunteer repairers saved ninety eight items, weighing 245kg, from landfill through repairs across six Repair Cafe Ballarat events in 2019.

Read more about what to look forward to in 2020 here.

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Repair Cafe volunteers will host a stall at the Buninyong Smart Building and Living Festival on Sunday. Come to Royal Park and chat to our volunteers to hear what the Repair Cafe is all about and how you can have your items fixed.

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Repair Cafe Ballarat founder Mary Duff will speak about the Repair Cafe, history of the movement and how to become involved at the Food is Free Green Space at 5.30pm on March 12 as part of Food Is Free's Twilight Talk series. We'd love to see you there!

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The Repair Cafe will host a stall at the Buninyong Smart Building and Living Festival on February 23. Come along and chat to our friendly volunteers about what the Repair Cafe is all about! We would love to see you there! 🛠🛠

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Repair Cafe Ballarat Volunteer Co-ordinator Sue Jakob has helped bring together a beautiful team of like-minded and passionate people to create the Repair Cafe family. Read about what drives her to help and a special Repair Cafe memory below.

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The Repair Cafe team is excited to be nominated for the City of Ballarat 2019 Community Activity of the Year Award. The award winners will be announced at a ceremony on Friday. 🤞

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Check out this package featuring Repair Cafe Ballarat! Thanks to Amy Tsilemanis for visiting the last event on November 30. Bar Choir sounds like heaps of fun too!

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You can sign this petition telling The Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg to establish a consumer right to repair enshrined in legislation.

https://t.co/mL9M8HGgw4

#righttorepair #repaircafe

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If you dine at Grill'd Ballarat in December, please put your token in the Repair Cafe Local Matters jar to help us win the top prize of $300 funding! 🍔

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Thanks to all who participated in the November Repair Cafe event yesterday. 🛠
* 14 items fixed
* 7 items partially fixed
* 2 new volunteers signed up
* 25 coffees served

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Food for thought... We all have the power to make change as individuals.

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Do you want a right to repair enshrined in legislation?

You can sign this petition that will be delivered to the Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

https://t.co/3M20Wt9Qpp

#repair #RightToRepair #repaircafe

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Meet travelling tinkerers Karen and Danny Eliis and hear about what drives them to visit Repair Cafes around Victoria almost every weekend.

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Repair Cafe Ballarat is excited to be accepted as one of three community organisations for the December Ballarat Grill'd Local Matters Fundraising appeal. Put your token in the Repair Cafe jar when you dine at Grill'd in December to help us win the top prize of $300 funding! 🍔

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Can't make it to our November 30 or December 14 Repair Cafe events? We have announced the dates for 2020 - put them in your diary!

February 29, March 28, April 25, May 30, June 27, July 25, August 29, September 26, October 31, November 28.

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Don't throw away your broken items, why not see if our volunteers can bring them back to life at our next Repair Cafe in Ballarat on November 30. We will also be open for a special Christmas event on December 14. See you there!

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Did you make it to the October Repair Cafe event?

23 of our talented volunteers looked at 25 items for repair. Of those they fixed 17, partially fixed 5 and could not fix 3.

#RightToRepair #REPAIR
#repaircafe #mendit

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The first three Ballarat Repair Cafe events have made a big community and environmental impact.

Volunteers looked at 105 items - of those, 67 per cent were fixed totalling 202kg kept out of landfill in just nine hours of event time!