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Chester Repair Cafe

To set up a community volunteer run Repair Cafe event for Chester, helping residents and communities breathe new life into their electricals/clothes/other household items, saving them from landfill.

Want to help?

We need people to offer skills, time or resources to develop this project. Check what’s needed below, then click ‘Volunteer’ to get involved.

  • Repairers - are you confident and competent at repairing electrical items, clothes or anything else? We'd love if you could pledge some of your time!
  • PAT Tester - Are you a certified PAT tester? We'd love it if you could help us at our repair cafes
  • Baker! - Could you bake cakes or other treats to go with our teas/coffees at the repair cafe? We'd love it if you could help us
  • Organising/Admin - Could you help us with organising the repair cafe ahead of the events? Sending out emails, coordinating volunteers and generally helping to make sure everything is ready for the day! We'd love to hear from you!
  • Meet and Greet Volunteer - Could you help us at our events, signing in customers with their items and getting all the info we need so we can direct them to the best repairer for them? We'd love to have you join us!
  • Cafe Volunteer - Could you help us run the cafe on the day, making teas/coffees and serving cakes/biscuits? We'd love to have you come along!
Volunteer
Nienke Jenkins
Nienke Jenkins offered
 I would be happy to provide homemade cookies and cupcakes for the cafe as well as help to run it.
Rachel Walker
Rachel Walker offered
 Sewing skills to help repair clothing etc Can also supply basic supplies
Paul Barnfather
Paul Barnfather offered
 I'm happy to volunteer as a repairer. I can fix electrical items, old electronics and computers.
Nicola Clemo
Nicola Clemo offered
 Baking for the cafe. Strong baker able to make a variety of cakes and biscuits.
Ben Bradshaw
Ben Bradshaw offered
 Computer help, disassembly, diagnosis Mac & PC support
Anthony Bates
Anthony Bates offered
 Happy to support and volunteer, former engineer with general diy skills but nothing formal, not sure how best this could be used