{"id":13480,"date":"2023-10-17T16:21:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T15:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=13480"},"modified":"2024-06-27T15:31:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T14:31:38","slug":"new-repair-cafe-at-school-of-engineering-brings-together-students-and-wider-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/new-repair-cafe-at-school-of-engineering-brings-together-students-and-wider-community\/","title":{"rendered":"New Repair Caf\u00e9 at School of Engineering brings together students and wider community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UWE Bristol\u2019s Repair Caf\u00e9 has gotten off to a great start on its very first session on October 11th<\/sup> 2023!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a fantastic team of 14 helpers, which included students, community volunteers, technicians, and other UWE staff, helping with repair and general organising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a lot of demand for repair amongst the UWE community: people brought in old toys, soda streams, lawn mowers, lamps, trousers, skirts, dresses, and much more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total, our repairers managed to work on 16 items, of which 10 were fixed, 3 are still outstanding (waiting for spare parts, or ran out of time to finish), and 3 could not be repaired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So far, the repairers helped save 11kg of waste from going to landfill, and 67kg of CO2 emissions, which is the equivalent of manufacturing 1 sofa, or watching TV for 116 days!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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All repair data is collected in support of the work of the Restart project<\/a>. Our latest repair information can be accessed on their webpages<\/a>. We are able to run the Repair Caf\u00e9 through the MAKERS project, funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are delighted to have had two mentions on BBC Radio Bristol to mark the launch of the Repair Caf\u00e9. First, project lead Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers was interviewed by Paris Troy as part of the station\u2019s morning show to talk about the Repair Caf\u00e9 and the wider repair movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also had BBC Radio Bristol’s Steve Yabsley attend the Repair Caf\u00e9 in person, where he interviewed many of the people who helped or had their items fixed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Upcoming Repair Cafes and how to get involved<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The next Repair Caf\u00e9 will take place on November 8th 2023 at the School of Engineering from 12.15 \u2013 1.45pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The November Repair Caf\u00e9 will also receive additional support from UWE Bristol\u2019s Fashion Technical team who will be running a MEND session with information below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can just drop in on the day, or email kat.corbett@uwe.ac.uk if you have any questions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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