About the only condition we have for accepting items at Repair Cafe The Grove is that you must be able to carry it in, and carry it out again whether, or not, we manage to fix it. It caused a bit read more

Some modern toys, like this battery powered garbage truck, work just like miniature versions of the real thing that drives down our streets every week. Their young operators can imagine themselves read more

Volunteer fixers with electrical skills are as scarce as hens’ teeth but occasionally, like this month, our promotions on social media attract new volunteers. So this month we have opened read more

We love it when visitors to Repair Cafe The Grove get involved be helping out with the repair. One of our aims is to provide education to our community about how to fix their own stuff and ‘getting read more

We get some quite nice wooden furniture to repair. Traditional methods of making a typical dining chair relied heavily on dowels and glue. The glue deteriorates with age and, with normal family read more

With electrical repairs it’s often about more than fixing the electrics and making sure that the item is electrically safe. Quite a few of these are also valued furnishings that need a bit read more

Clothes can be given a new life by being repaired, adjusted or re-purposed but not everyone has the equipment, materials, skill and experience to tackle the task. A bright spot at every Repair read more

Most of the items brought in to Repair Cafe The Grove are quite small but this clothes dryer probably holds the record as the biggest. We don’t mind so long as you can carry it in and carry read more

We don’t actually do automotive repairs at Repair Cafe The Grove but if, like this vintage Hot Rod pedal car, you can carry it in and you’re not going to drive it on the road, we’ll read more

Remember 35mm slide projectors? You might even have a collection of precious ‘blast from the past’ 35mm slides that you can’t enjoy because the old projector is on the blink. read more