Organisation
Repair Cafe Lambeth CIC
Theme
Waste, consumption & food
Start Date
Jun 2023
Goals
Consumption
On average they now save over 600kg of CO2 emissions at each event
Repair Café Lambeth is an exciting voluntary initiative all about sharing fixing skills, reducing waste, and socialising! They bring together neighbours of all ages at inspiring and accessible meetings, encouraging everyone to work towards a Circular Economy by promoting the culture of repairing and re-using through a suite of local events.
Repair Café Lambeth host free events on the first Saturday of each month where - with help from volunteer fixers - people can bring back broken belongings back to life, saving them from landfill.
Across the first seven events in 2023, Repair Café Lambeth:
- built a network of 159 volunteer fixers in Lambeth
- fixed over 90% of items brought to our events
- welcomed 973 local residents to the cafe
- prevented 304kg of waste from landfill
- prevented 2710kg of CO2
Having hit the ground running in 2024 - with over 200 attendees at their first two events of the year - they have accumulated 173 local fixer volunteers. At each of the events, 25 volunteers have been available to support participants with fixes, with a huge success rate. Volunteers have been able to fix over 90% of the items brought through the door including; phones, garments, suitcases, radios, laptops, sewing machines and many, many more items!
On average they now save over 600kg of CO2 emissions at each event, which is the equivalent of growing 10 tree seedings for 10 years!
Where you can find this live project's location
We Are 336,
336 Brixton Rd,
London,
SW9 7AA
