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Repair Café: Sometimes the Fix Is Knowing What Comes Next Last Saturday’s Repair Café at the Griffith’s Centre was another reminder that a successful repair doesn’t always mean an item leaves looking and working exactly as it did when it was new. During the four-hour Café, 11 items came through the doors, with seven volunteers
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A toaster that won’t toast?A lamp that’s gone dark?A favourite something that’s come apart? Or maybe you’re bringing nothing broken at all—just the family, some curiosity, and a willingness to try something new. 🐦 Build something at the Try It Table.🪛 Help with your own repair.🔄 Browse the Trade Table.🧰 Share a skill.👀 Or simply
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Our next Diamond Valley Repair Café & Trade Day is coming up! 📅 Saturday, September 12🕚 11:00 am – 3:00 pm📍 Griffith’s Centre — 122 Government Rd S., Diamond Valley Bring along that small appliance, electronic item, lamp, toy, bicycle, small piece of furniture, clothing needing a mend—or something else that deserves another chance. Our
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At the Repair Café, you don’t have to simply hand something over and wait. Watch the repair, lend a hand, ask questions, and learn how things work. If you’d like to try the repair yourself, our volunteers can help guide you.
Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Griffith’s Centre for another successful Diamond Valley Repair Café! By the numbers: *37 community members**attended. *70% of repair attempts were successful*, giving many items a new lease on life. An estimated *$275*was saved in replacement costs and service technician fees. Our *Trade Day* helped keep useful items
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Repair Cafés are a great opportunity to save money, reduce waste, learn new skills, and connect with neighbours.
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Community Skills and Repairs Continue to Grow Our latest Repair Café brought together community members once again to fix everyday items, share skills, and keep useful materials out of the landfill. Visitors arrived even before the doors opened, a good sign that the community continues to support the idea of repairing items rather than discarding
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Our next Repair Café is coming up and everyone is welcome! 📅 Saturday, March 14, 2026⏰ 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM📍 Griffith’s Centre – 122 Government Rd Bring along your broken household items, small appliances, tools, or anything that might deserve a second chance. Our volunteer fixers will do their best to help diagnose and
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Therefore Cafés help to change people’s mindset, and is essential in charging people’s enthusiasm for a sustainable community
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As the only longest running locally operated cafe we have put on an average 6 cafes per year for the past five years. During that time the students from Oilfields High School have taken part in every cafe and its been a joy having them involved.
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