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Delivered 9 September 2022
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By Rothbury CAN, subgroup Coquetdale Repair Café
Coquetdale Repair Café combines fun & learning with reducing waste. Have your broken items repaired or learn to repair them yourself, with the help of friendly volunteers. Tea and cakes provided!
Coquetdale Repair Café in Rothbury is a great opportunity for the local community to help save the planet, meet people, enjoy a chat with tea and cake, and learn new skills in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. You can bring items such as clothes, knitwear and fabrics, toys including your pets' toys, small electricals and furniture, bikes with punctures, etc. Volunteers will be on hand to repair items and teach new repair skills to those interested. Local businesses will be involved and given the chance to meet new customers. The café will be held every 6-8 weeks in the Jubilee Hall in the centre of Rothbury. Your pledges and likes are essential for securing the funding for this project. Please like and follow us and share the link!
What we'll deliver:
Why it's a great idea:
*Reduce waste by repairing items that would otherwise have gone into landfill *Help our community to save money and keep precious belongings going for longer *Teach people repairing skills *Offer a friendly social setting for the local community to meet with tea and cakes *Introduce repairers from local businesses to potential new customers *Allow tradespeople and craftspeople to advertise within the café *Create awareness of easy, fun and low- or no-cost steps people can take to help combat climate change.
Steps to get it done:
In the future, we aim to take Coquetdale Repair Café to more remote villages in Upper Coquetdale.
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Location Rothbury
About the space
Rothbury is an attractive market town in the heart of rural Coquetdale, on the edge of Northumberland National Park. We will use the Jubilee Hall, Rothbury's main community centre. In the future, we aim to take Coquetdale Repair Café to more remote villages in Upper Coquetdale.
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Northumberland Council
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Our first Repair Café yesterday, and what a happy day it was! We repaired 29 items and saved them from landfill - from a cassette player to garden tools, a vacuum cleaner, trousers, a coat, a basket, chairs, bags, and an 80's record player. Many of the items meant so much to the owners in terms of emotional value. 💚💚💚 Thanks very much to all visitors, all our brilliant volunteers, all WI bakers who made such gorgeous cakes, and all of you who supported us to make it happen. Together we made it a lovely, relaxed, fun day! 🥳💪🥰🤩 Check us out on Facebook and book in your repair for our next Café on our website: coquetrepair.co.uk. See you all on November 26th in the Jubilee Hall in Rothbury!
You helped to make it happen! Our Opening Event will be on September 10th, from 10am-2pm, in the Jubilee Hall in Rothbury. So save the date! For all your queries and the latest news and updates, find us on Facebook or Twitter, @CoquetRepair. Many thanks from the CRC team and hope to see you in September!
Yesterday, our crowdfunding campaign came to an end, and we are incredibly happy with the results! Your generous support led to an amazing pledge of £1,999 from the North of Tyne Authorities, allowing us to professionalise Coquetdale Repair Café even more and buy quality equipment for our volunteers to work with. We're so excited that it's really going to happen! We hope to see you all at our opening event, which will be on Saturday, September 10th, from 10am - 2pm in the Jubilee Hall in Rothbury. Save the date! For the latest news, visit us on Facebook or Twitter: @CoquetRepair. Best wishes from our happy and grateful team!
Brilliant news, thanks everyone!
How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £3,353
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Target (inc. fees) £3,353
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VolunteerOur project for a Coquetdale Repair Café grew out of the Rothbury Climate and Nature community group (Rothbury CAN). Rothbury Climate and Nature includes several interest groups, for example: the Reuse, Reduce, Recycle group which launched the Repair Café idea, Rothbury Tree Wardens (www.rothburytrees.uk), Rothbury Rubbish Friends (community litter picking), and Rothbury Living Environment Group, which has been improving our town by planting wild flowers and hedging. Now we want to branch out and bring the Repair Café to fruition, a project which will reduce waste and benefit everyone in the wider Coquetdale community.
Project Owner: Rothbury CAN (Climate and Nature), subgroup Coquetdale Repair Café The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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