The Kinross-shire Repair Café opened in April of 2024. It originated in the wish of the organisers to keep things out of landfill by repairing them or give them a new life. We are open every second Saturday of each month at Loch Leven Campus between 10 am and 12 pm.
Sometimes an item can get a whole new lease of life with some glue, some soldering or some stitching – and we can do that for you. You only pay for the materials, but donations are gratefully accepted to keep us going. When something is beyond repair, we can advise you how to get rid of it in an environmentally responsible way.
A community of volunteers
giving new life to old things.
All the Repairers are volunteers with a special skill. You can bring your item (lamp, toaster, skirt, bike, picture, musical instrument jumper or whatever) to the Café. See and learn how a repair is made – and maybe the next time you can do it yourself. We aim not to take business away from professionals.
The Café is a drop-in event. We don’t do house visits or take things home to repair. Check our Events page (link here) for dates, venue and which Repairers are attending. Get in touch (contact email below) if you have any special requests.
Learning from experts
We have regular demonstrations of mending techniques. Past demonstrations included pottery repair, bike maintenance, how to look after string instruments and sharpening kitchen tools.
What we repair
Portfolio of repaired items is being prepared
Join our volunteer team
If you’ve got a knack for fixing or organising and a heart for helping, we’d love to welcome you to the team.
Contact us on kinrossrepaircafe@gmail.com
Tool sharpening
We are expanding now to offer a regular sharpening tool service, which you will need to book. Maximum one item per registration.
Please contact us on kinrossrepaircafe@gmail.com to book your tool slot. Note we only have four slots available at each event. When making the booking, please put in the email title: Booking of tool sharpening. To make a booking provide your name, DOB, contact phone number and the details of your tool to be sharpened.
Memberships
Kinross-shire Repair Café is a member of a wider community:
– in Scotland – Share and Repair Scottish Network and Circular Communities Scotland
– in the world – International Repair Cafes Network
Our Funders
