Repair Cafe Dromore

Connecting with the people of Dromore to fix their broken stuff for free at pop up community events across the town. All welcome. Get in touch to volunteer.

[Repair Cafe Dromore @RepairCafeDmore]

We're back this Saturday 15th March!
Gather up your broken things & bring them along. If you're interested in joining us as a repairer, drop in as well.
This week we are at Dromore Baptist Church Halls on Maypole Hill from 10am - 12.30pm. Looking forward to seeing you!

[Repair Cafe Dromore @RepairCafeDmore]

Our fixers have been hard at work over the last year and we’ve some stats to share as part of NI Repair Week @NIresourcesnet @AndrewMuirNI & @abcb_council @repaircafebfast @RepairCafeAN @RepairCafeFoyle if you have skills join us to learn more 7-9pm 5th March Dromore Town Hall

[Mark Emmerson @MEecoprof]

Join the folk from @RepairCafeDmore on Wednesday 5th March 7-9pm to learn more about volunteering at the Repair Cafe. Our fixers will be at Dromore Town Hall to chat with potential volunteers.

We are looking for a mixture of fixers to expand our capacity for repair!

[Repair Cafe Dromore @RepairCafeDmore]

Join us on the evening of Wednesday 5th March 7-9pm to learn more about volunteering at the Repair Cafe here in Dromore. Our fixers will be at Dromore Town Hall to chat with potential volunteers.

We are looking for a mixture of fixers to expand our capacity for repair!

[Repair Cafe Dromore @RepairCafeDmore]

@EnvironmentNI @RuralCommNet @foe_us @RepairCafeDmore @RepairCafeAN @NigelMcKinney @2ls4s @ToolLibBelfast @RepairCafeFoyle

[Repair Cafe Dromore @RepairCafeDmore]

Dromore Repair Cafe will be running this morning at the 1st Presbyterian Church Hall on Diamond Road.

10-12.30 15th Feb.

We are always looking for folk to help out we need a range of skills from sewing, mechanical, electrical, woodworking, and jewellery & staffing the cafe!

[Repair Cafe Dromore @RepairCafeDmore]

Lots going on across Dromore this weekend if you are out and about - come and see what is going on around the town!

[Repair Café Belfast @repaircafebfast]

"Repair cafés are free community events at which volunteer fixers mend broken items brought in by the public. On a weekend morning, with the promise of a hot coffee and a bun, these cafés unite people of all ages and backgrounds." Lovely piece on the rise of repair in Ireland...

[Nigel McKinney @NigelMcKinney]

And if Dromore doesn’t suit South Down Repair Cafe is on in Castlewellan Community Centre same day & times

[Repair Cafe Dromore @RepairCafeDmore]

Our next Repair Cafe in Dromore will run on Saturday 16th November 10-12.30pm - put the date in your diaries and bring us your broken things to mend at Dromore High School on Banbridge Road @repaircafebfast @RepairCafeCduff @RepairCafeAN @RepairCafeFoyle @NIresourcesnet

[Repair Cafe Dromore @RepairCafeDmore]

Here in Dromore we are so chuffed to be part of this movement. We celebrated #InternationalRepairDay and the fantastic funding news from @TNLComFundNI to network and help develop more repair cafes across NI!

[Repair Café Belfast @repaircafebfast]

This #InternationalRepairDay, we're celebrating big news for repair cafes in Northern Ireland! Thanks to a @TNLComFundNI grant we'll be working together to support new repair cafes to set up & to strengthen the links & impact of our network, a step closer to repair for everyone!

[Repair Cafe Dromore @RepairCafeDmore]

Thanks for calling in and the support! There’s lots going on across Dromore, and there’s lots more repair happening now across the whole of NI with 12 repair cafes fixing people’s broken things and @TNLComFundNI support networking and nurturing more! @repaircafebfast

[Emma Little-Pengelly BL @little_pengelly]

Dromore Repair Cafe!

It was so lovely to talk to all the very talented folks at the Repair Cafe in Dromore this morning! Thank you for the warm welcome - this is a fantastic monthly initiative. Next one is 16th Nov so do come along with all those bit and bobs for mending! 💜

[Repair Cafe Dromore @RepairCafeDmore]

Our next Repair Cafe in Dromore will run on Saturday 19th October 10-12.30pm - put the date in your diaries and bring us your broken things to mend at Dromore Presbyterian Church on Banbridge Road @repaircafebfast @RepairCafeCduff @RepairCafeAN @RepairCafeFoyle @NIresourcesnet

[Repair Café Belfast @repaircafebfast]

A week off for our Belfast fixers, but loads more repair cafes in action today:
🔧 Bangor Repair Cafe at Bangor City Church
🔧 @RepairCafeAN in Rathcoole
🔧 @RepairCafeCduff at Carryduff Baptist Church
🔧 @RepairCafeFoyle in Strabane

[Repair Cafe Dromore @RepairCafeDmore]

Thanks @SorchaEastwood for dropping by this morning and for all the support! Despite the rain we had a good mix of folk calling in with their broken things! Big shout out to the local businesses around Dromore for their support today Beauty Bank, Bethel’s Kitchen & Halo Studios!

[Sorcha Eastwood MP @SorchaEastwood]

Lovely morning in Dromore catching up with people, popped into Repair Cafe who are just going from strength to strength 💪

And had to call into my favourite place for my Pecan Pie fix 🥧 Bethel's Kitchen 😋

Lovely to see this wee pet friendly stop outside Grahams too! 🐕 😄

[Repair Cafe Dromore @RepairCafeDmore]

The repair café is happening this saturday morning 20th July at The Courtyard Artisan Market in Dromore. Come along from 10:00 to 12:30, we can try and fix things, clothes, mechanical and household electrics! We’ve even got some of the Banbridge Uke Band to accompany us!

[Repair Cafe Dromore @RepairCafeDmore]

Join us this Saturday 20th July at the Artisanal Market Place on Church Street in Dromore. Bring us your broken stuff to fix - textiles, electrical, mechanical, jewellery and computers.

Come for a coffee and a chat - a pop-up community-run cafe and repair space 10-12.30pm.

[Mark Emmerson @MEecoprof]

Up at the #NIRNStormont event in the Long Gallery representing Repair Cafe NI with @chrisnorniron & @cheekylee23 so many repair groups present @RepairCafeDmore

[Chris McCartney @chrisnorniron]

"To throw something away is a privilege we cannot afford, we need to repair now more than ever..."
Sue from @2ls4s singing the praises of repair and mending, how it can be an art form, a cultural shift and a better way of life and building community! @NIresourcesnet