Repair Café Gosport

Thank you to all the volunteers who came to support our event at Alverstoke New Parish Centre this month.

All records are entered into The Restart Project database, which we use for standardised data collection. This month, 18 items arrived at the Repair Cafe. 12 went home fixed, taking our lifetime total to 2640 kg of waste prevented.

Almost anyone can help in some way; you don't need to be an expert repairer (though you're welcome). There are many ways to support your community, including making social media posts and welcoming guests. We host 11 events a year on the second Saturday of each month. You don't need to commit in advance; come along and take part once you've signed up as a volunteer. Message us or come along to an event for a chat.

Almost every event, we help someone make their sewing machine work when they have been having difficulties. This machine has been used with weak thread that keep snapping and had jammed the machine. Cleaning it out and demonstrating with some stronger thread, got it working again.

If you have a broken item, bring it along, and we can repair it together. For booking information, visit our website or the Facebook event page.

Our team of volunteers will be coming along to Repair Cafe in Alverstoke Next Saturday (13th June 2026). If you have a broken item, bring it along, and we can repair it together. For booking information, visit our website or the Facebook event page.

The most common problem with toasters is crumbs inside that stop it from turning on when the lever is pushed down. However, some models can be tricky to open up and give a good clean. At our last event, this toaster took a few different volunteers to help dismantle it, clean it up and get it fixed.

If you have a broken item, bring it along, and we can repair it together. For booking information, visit our website or the Facebook event page. See less

Another success from our last event, this trolley needed its wheel unseized and then oiled to get back into service with the help of our volunteers.

If you have a broken item, bring it along, and we can repair it together. For booking information, visit our website or the Facebook event page.

Last event one of our volunteers was able to help reform the links on a necklace to fix it.

If you have a broken item, bring it along, and we can repair it together. For booking information, visit our website or the Facebook event page.

At our last event 78% of the items our guests brought along got fixed. The next best thing is to investigate and explain the barriers to getting something fixed. A greater understanding of why things can not be fixed can help bring about the changes needed to stop more things from being thrown away.

The circuit board inside this fan was burnt out, and a bespoke part that can not be bought, so the whole item needs to be recycled.

If you have a broken item, bring it along, and we can repair it together. For booking information, visit our website or the Facebook event page.

Sharpening garden and woodworking tools helps give them a new lease of life.

If you have a broken item, bring it along, and we can repair it together. For booking information, visit our website or the Facebook event page.

Printers are often very difficult to fix, but we always try. Our team removed the LEGO that was stopping this printer from working properly, but unfortunately, it still would not feed paper properly afterwards.

If you have a broken item, bring it along, and we can repair it together. For booking information, visit our website or the Facebook event page.