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Welcome to South Hereford Repair Café at Dinedor Village Hall.
Our Repair Café sessions are usually held on the third Saturday of every month from 10.00am to 12.30pm, during which we aim to tackle some 18-20 jobs. We can also provide you with tea, coffee and cake while you wait, for which we do not charge but a donation towards their cost is always welcome.
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Items should preferably be booked in with us by the Thursday evening prior to our session. This is to help us control numbers and to give us an idea of what items we can expect and what tools and possibly parts we may require. For this reason when filling in our booking form please provide us with as much information as possible on your item and the problem you are facing with it.
Items that cannot be safely operated indoors, such as petrol mowers, chain saws or dirty or oily items, etc. cannot be accepted for repair. Please see our Terms and Conditions page for further details of how we operate.
Struggling to get to our Repair Café?
Do you have an item to repair but are unable to get to the Repair Café yourself? This may be due to ill health or disability, or you have no transport to get to Dinedor. We are all volunteers so the number of slots we can offer to provide this is limited but if you are in need of this service then:
- Please book a slot for your repair
- Reply to the booking confirmation email and let us know that you need assistance getting your item to the repair café.
We will then be in touch to see what we can do.
Unable to make a booking?
If you have been unable to make a booking with us and have an urgent repair, we shall be pleased to try and assist you if one of our volunteers is available during the session. To check on availability, email repaircafe@dinedorvillagehall.org.uk with details of your item and the problem and we will endeavour to respond during the session.
About South Hereford Repair Café
We have a team of repair experts who will be present at Repair Café sessions. Our team members are handy with repairing:
- toys
- household goods
- electrical appliances (including PAT Testing)
- electronic equipment
- garden tools (excluding those with petrol engines)
- furniture and other wooden objects
- clothing and other textile repairs.
In addition, our sharpeners Steve and John provide a tool sharpening service for kitchen knives and garden implements such as loppers, secateurs and shears.
We can normally only tackle repairs that can be completed in the hall in a reasonable time – typically half an hour. Some repairs require specialist equipment and expertise which are outside the scope of a Repair Café and, in these cases, we can advise on the best course of action.
Find out more about what we have achieved with your support
Repair Cafés are local schemes that promote repair as an alternative to throwing things away. Our Repair Café does not charge a fee for repairs but it does rely on our visitors’ generous donations, preferably in cash, to keep our service free for everyone and to cover costs such as venue hire, refreshments, specialist tools and consumables. The only time you will be asked to contribute financially is when a repairer needs to buy a special part to complete your repair.
Volunteers
We are always looking for new volunteers to join us and help with the following:
- Repairing household electrical and electronic items
- Repairing broken toys, crockery, furniture, tools and other household items
- Serving in our cafe
- Helping with front of house meeting and greeting
- Car parking
If you would like to volunteer and help us run this community service please email repaircafe@dinedorvillagehall.org.uk or speak to someone on our reception desk.
We shall look forward to seeing you soon at South Hereford Repair Café.