On Friday 5th July, we hosted our first ever Repair Cafe at the Museum, in partnership with Abbey People. This event was in association with the Cambridge Carbon Footprint network who host a range of Repair Cafes across Cambridgeshire !
We had 69 items come through the door and our volunteer repairers managed to fix over 48 of them. This is the most items Abbey People have had at a Repair Café to date, and prevented around 197kg of waste and 1,053kg CO2 emissions, as well as helping a lot of people learn new skills. Over 30 people said that they would now try a repair themselves!
This is what some of the people who came along to the Repair Cafe had to say:
“Very friendly community event that brings people together to share knowledge, skills and experience. Well worth supporting!”
“I am very happy that repair cafe exists. It's really helping people”
“Brilliant initiative and many thanks for providing this service. So valuable to reduce waste and encourage people to improve their skills and increase their confidence”
Abbey People would like to give special thanks to the National Lottery players for their support through the National Lottery Climate Action funding the River Cam CAN (Climate Action through Nature) project.
