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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 must be booked in advance so that we can control numbers attending.  It also helps us to know in advance what items we expect so we can bring appropriate tools etc. Please provide as much information as possible when filling in the booking form and tell us as much as you can about the fault with your item. The more information the better.

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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.

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.

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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.