SHARE Frome’s Library of Things Repair Cafe will be returning to the town for the first time since before Covid on Tuesday 16th April, from 10.30am to 3.30pm.
The session, being held at SHARE’s premises at 3a The Bridge in the town centre, is the start of what organisers hope will be a regular event where local people can bring along broken household items to fix with help and advice from SHARE’s volunteer repairers.
Due to the pre-planning needed to successfully complete repairs at an event such as this, SHARE has confirmed that the Repair Café will not be an open ‘drop-in’ event; if you have an item you hope to fix, they have asked that you go to their website and complete the repair registration form no later than Tuesday 9th April.
This way, the SHARE team has time to recommend any materials you might need to purchase before your visit and can ensure that the right volunteer repairer is on site on the day.
Jess Gardiner, SHARE’s marketing and operations manager explained how excited the team is to be bringing back an affordable repair service to people in and around Frome.
“We could not be doing this without the five new volunteer repairers who have joined our team since the beginning of 2024,” she said.
“Whilst much of their time is spent keeping the items in our Library of Things in tip top condition for borrowing they, like us, are keen to do their bit to fix local people’s belongings and keep them from going into landfill. We are still on the hunt for more budding repairers to get in touch and volunteer their time but for now, we are just very pleased to be able to re-launch our affordable repair services with this small scale event.”
Jess also reassured that those people who don’t get a slot at the SHARE Repair Café on 16th April need not despair. SHARE is encouraging anybody with an item that needs repairing to complete their ‘Repair Registration Form’ found at sharefrome.org/customer-repairs/ as ad-hoc repairs will now be undertaken by SHARES volunteer repairers as and when there is spare time.
