We were delighted to welcome Helen Godwin, Mayor of the West of England, to our March Repair Caf\u00e9 at the School of Engineering. The Mayor brought along her family\u2019s cuckoo clock for repair, which had stopped working, and was supported by a team of staff, students, and community volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Repair Caf\u00e9 <\/a>is a free monthly event held every second Wednesday during term-time, offering UWE Bristol staff, students, and the wider public the chance to have broken items repaired. From electrical appliances to clothes, and anything that can be glued, soldered or stitched, the initiative embodies UWE Bristol\u2019s commitment to the circular economy and sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since launching in 2023, the Repair Caf\u00e9 has hosted 22 events, with over 1,660 volunteer hours contributed. More than 600kg of waste has been kept out of landfill, preventing an estimated 4,628kg of CO2 emissions \u2013 the equivalent of growing 77 tree seedlings over ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mayor Helen Godwin said, Initiatives like this are such a great example of our community coming together. Experts are mentoring and working with young people, passing on practical skills while helping people to fix and reuse things they care about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt also shows how reuse and repair are part of our region\u2019s DNA – bringing people together, sharing knowledge, and celebrating the good things happening across the West of England.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kat Corbett, Interim Head of Circular Economy at UWE Bristol, added, \u201cWe\u2019re so happy Helen stopped by the Repair Caf\u00e9 to make use of the skilled staff, students and members of the public that volunteer here and collectively support people with the cost of living while also helping them to live more sustainably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs a university, we\u2019re committed to reducing waste and embracing a circular economy. We\u2019d really encourage members of our local community to make use of this free service available to them and have their own items repaired, like Helen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr Laura Fogg Rogers, Associate Professor in Engineering in Society, who leads student engagement in the Repair Caf\u00e9, said, \u201cOur Repair Caf\u00e9 events empower students to develop their skills to repair items, as well as gaining employability experience. Events like this are a great example of the Everyday Economy, and a growing sector for green jobs. That\u2019s why we support the Bristol Repair Coalition to grow the repair and reuse movement across the West of England.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Members of the public interested in having items repaired can sign up for upcoming Repair Caf\u00e9 events via UWE Bristol\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We were delighted to welcome Helen Godwin, Mayor of the West of England, to our March Repair Caf\u00e9 at the School of Engineering. The Mayor brought along her family\u2019s cuckoo clock for repair, which had stopped working, and was supported by a team of staff, students, and community volunteers. The Repair Caf\u00e9 is a free … Continue reading “Mayor of the West of England champions Circular Economy at UWE Bristol Repair Caf\u00e9”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":17413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":227,"footnotes":""},"categories":[227,191,150,119,15,223,226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bristol-repair-coalition","category-climate-action-hub","category-engineering-and-society","category-engineering-in-the-community","category-events","category-makers","category-repair-cafe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17414,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17412\/revisions\/17414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}