Dear Frances,

All local Repair Cafés of our network work autonomously, they plan and organize their meetings themselves and their team of volunteer repairers can have different fields of expertise. Therefore, you can best contact the Repair Café in question directly, to see what the possibilities are to help you with this.

You can find all Repair Cafés of our network and a useful map to zoom in here on our website.
And information about Chailey Repair Café here.

Good luck and best regards,

Claudia

Dear Julann,

we are sorry to hear that the angel is broken. However, all local Repair Cafés of our network work autonomously, they plan and organize their meetings themselves and their team of volunteer repairers can have different fields of expertise. Therefore, you can best contact a Repair Café near you directly, to see what the possibilities are to help you with this.

You can find all Repair Cafés of our network and a useful map to zoom in here on our website.

Good luck and best regards,

Claudia

Hi
I have a Christmas angel battery operated she should play the violin and her wings move
She was a beloved Christmas part of my darling daughter who passed away on Christmas eve 2 years ago I brought her out of her box and she has gone silent
My daughter was disabled and angel has many happy memories can you repair her please
Julann
Tynemouth ne13 3hl xx

Dear Tim,
the Linux starter kit gives the advice that the owner of the laptop to be migrated to Linux should backup all of his or her data, e.g. on a USB stick, because all data on the device will get lost during the installation of Linux.

Best regards from the team of
Repair Café International

6 volunteers work in different skill sets to stop materials from being thrown in waste skips.

Currently, 1 volunteer has repaired over 40 faulty clocks.

Other notable repairs includes a set of 1940 Disney Xmas tree lights, a 1920 gramophone, a 1957 Ferguson record player, and an Olivetti typewriter not used for 40 years which now works perfectly.

Our local Council awarded us an Environmental.Civic Award last year – pucture already forwarded to you.

We are very proud of being able to reduce waste and recycling items that have broken down.

Dear Holly,

You can check the website to find a Repair Café: https://www.repaircafe.org/en/visit/

Best, Laura.

Dear Evan,
Thank you for your message and for sharing your concerns.

Repair Café International’s goal is to bring repair — in a modern and accessible way — back into local communities. Our mission is to preserve and share repair knowledge, and to strengthen social cohesion by connecting neighbours from diverse backgrounds and motivations through hands-on gatherings.

In practice, we do this by supporting local organisers with additional services, such as providing repair materials.

We see Linux as one of many ways to repair a computer. Many devices become unsafe to use because of outdated software, they are artificially aged to seem obsolete.
Installing Linux can extend the lifecycle of such computers.

We are not competing with any commercial product; in fact, our materials also discuss how to install Linux on MacBooks. Our goal is to address the problem of planned obsolescence and discarded unnecessarily. We offer a practical, volunteer-driven solution — not a replacement product or commercial alternative.

Each Repair Café is entirely free to decide whether or not to make use of the research and starter kit we have developed.

We are also very clear about the risks of data loss. Our materials include clear disclaimers to ensure that users understand and accept these risks before any installation is carried out.

Best,
Rieneke