The world’s 4,000th Repair Café is in Canada
The international Repair Café network just keeps on growing! At the end of August, we added the 4,000th Repair Café to our world map. Repair…
Repairing and good music go together at Reading Festival
Torn tents, broken shoes, punctured air mattresses… If you’ve ever been to a festival, you’ll know that the site can look like a rubbish tip…
Poem celebrates the work of Repair Café Worcester
At Repair Café International we always love to hear from the people in our network. How are they doing, and what's new in their Repair…
Trends in American Repair Cafés: sewing is making a comeback
Anyone who thinks that sewing, darning, and mending are old-fashioned is mistaken. In the United States, more and more young people are finding their way…
How can AI benefit Repair Cafés?
From shorter repair times and tracking down hard-to-find parts to building bridges with the younger generation, Repair Café Ochtrup in Germany is championing the use…
Repair Cafés attract 1.5 million visitors every year
89,000 volunteers, 60,000 events and 1.6 million items brought in each year... The figures from the global Repair Café survey are impressive. The research not…
UHU explains how to repair shoes
‘Broken? Just fix it!” With this motto, our long-standing partner UHU promotes a culture of repair through campaigns, workshops, and an online platform, among other…
Positive Feedback on our Linux Repair Café Webinar – summary now available!
On 12 June, Repair Café fans and Linux enthusiasts from all over the world joined us for our sixth international webinar. We shared tips and…
Pop-up Repair Cafés in unusual venues: from museums to universities
Repair Café Silicon Valley organizes events at unique locations —from the Museum of American Heritage to a Buddhist center. These ‘pop-up’ events attract hundreds of…