Upper Hutt Summer Repair Café

Repair Cafés' reduce pressure on the planet by supporting a repair, reuse, re-purpose life cycle. Upper Hutt Repair Café aims to recreate a culture of repair- not replace- as an experienced local share their skills and helps you to repair your items. Keep your fixable items out of the landfill and give them a new lease on life.

Free event, but koha appreciated.

Repair Your Items
Our talented volunteers are available to assist you with repairing your:

- Wooden and Mechanical Items
- Clothing and fabric belongings in need of mending
- Sewing Machines
- Jewellery
- Wooden Picture Frames
- Bikes and scooters
- Toys
- Household electrical goods (eg lamp, toaster)

Tools and expertise provided. Please bring along your broken goods and any parts you know will be needed to fix your item (eg replacement button) If you are unsure, arrive early to get your item assessed. Koha appreciated.

Learn a New Skill
Nothing to repair? Come join in and learn a new practical skill:

- Make bunting from fabric samples
- Sew a Boomerang Bag
- How to take accurate body measurements
- Create a cushion cover from upcycled fabric
- Learn to make preschool pyjamas from scratch (Confident Beginners)

All equipment provided- just come along and learn with us. If you have fabric you would like to bring in to make your own bunting with feel free to do so. Koha appreciated.

Donate Your Small Hand and Garden Tools
We will accepting donations of secondhand surplus tools to put towards a local tool library in the near future.

Our Fundraising Café
We will have fundraising refreshments available for purchase at our Café- and Kickstart Coffee will be bringing their coffee cart down for hot drinks- feel free to come down for a chat and see what we are all about!