Do you have some clothing, appliances and textiles that need repairing but you don’t know how?
Kororoit Neighbourhood House has set up the new Sunshine Repair Cafe which could be the answer to your old goods.
The cafe, which is funded by Sustainability Victoria, is running once a month at the neighbourhood house, where repairers will help local residents fix their broken items.
The house’s Danielle Whelan said it was exciting to have a cafe in Brimbank.
“It’s in the early stages,” she said. “The first one was last month on a Sunday afternoon.
“It’s about repairing things and creating a community and better connection between community members.”
Ms Whelan, who runs a repair cafe in Altona, said after seeing the success of that one they wanted to bring it to Brimbank.
She said many people are doing it quite tough at the moment, so it’s a way to save money.”
On the first day, a lamp, lawnmower and blender were all repaired.
The cafe now has seven repairers to help local residents.
“People don’t have the skills so items like these normally end up in the tip.”
The cafe runs on the fourth Sunday of every month, with the next on May 28.
Ms Whelan said while they accept walk-ins on the door, it was preferred that people email ahead.
Details”sunshinerepaircafe@kcnh.org.au.
