Ashburton Repair Cafe

In the hot summer of 2018, a small group came together to create the Ashburton Repair Cafe. They were members of Ashburton Climate Emergency. Using the Dutch repair cafe model, Devon Community Action Group supported communities to establish their own, including ours in Ashburton.

The seven volunteers opened Ashburton Repair Cafe in November 2018. Now operating at St Andrew’s Church Hall, and our own workshop, with 27 volunteers, almost 100 items per month are brought in.

We do what our name suggests: we repair items, to prevent them from going to landfill, and we offer a cafe. We don’t charge; we ask for a donation for our time (and for the reimbursement of the cost of any parts).