Repair Cafés are a chance to bring broken items back to life.
Have you been holding on to an item that just needs a quick fix like a button to be sewn, a vacuum needing a new cord, or a bicycle needing a wheel alignment? Then Repair Café may be the place for you.
A Repair Café is an event where people can bring a variety of household items to be fixed for free. Whether you’re unsure how to do the repair, or don’t have the space, or the right tools, the Repair Café offers a solution. Repair Cafés are provided in partnership with The Regional Municipality of York and delivered by NewMakeit. Our volunteer fixers are available to assess your needs and will do their best to fix your item. Repairs are never guaranteed, and participants should be aware that our fixers are not responsible for fixing items or returning them to the state with which they arrived at the Café. For more information about The Repair Café or to volunteer as a fixer please visit Repair Cafe | York Region
Repair Café specialties* include:
- Bicycles
- Jewelry
- Sewing needs (small tears and repairs)
- Small appliances
- Toys
Upon check out please include a note describing the item you are bringing to be fixed so we can plan accordingly
Registration is mandatory. One item per registered guest.
Please note, there is no guarantee items can be fixed. Items we cannot fix include:
- Broken zippers
- Hems and alterations
- Gas-powered machinery (chainsaws, lawnmowers, snow blowers)
- Items containing hazardous waste (gas, oil, chemicals, pesticides, etc.)
- Large kitchen appliances
- Sewing machines
- Single serve coffee machines (e.g. Keurig and Nespresso coffee machines)
House Rules:
- One item per registered guest.
- Guests may bring a maximum of 1 extra person.
- The work carried out in the Repair Café is free of charge on a voluntary basis by the fixers at hand.
- Visitors offering broken items for repair do so at their own risk. Experts making repairs offer no guarantee for the repairs carried out with their help and are not liable if objects that are repaired in the Repair Café turn out not to work properly at home.
- Fixers are entitled to refuse to repair certain objects at their own discretion.
- Fixers are not obliged to reassemble disassembled appliances that cannot be repaired.
- Visitors to the Repair Café are solely responsible for the tidy removal of broken objects that could not be repaired.
- New parts or materials required for a repair shall be provided by the visitor.