Repair Café at Crossroads Youth Club (Gorbals)

12-3pm, Saturday 12th April 2025

We’re excited to be hosting a special pop-up repair café at Crossroads Youth Club in the Gorbals.

What happens at a Repair Café?

​When you arrive with an item for repair, our check-in team will ask you what you want repaired so we can record the outcome of your repair.  We track what is brought in and whether it is repaired, so we can learn for the repairs, know what we have saved from being landfilled and share this with others so we can spread the word on the right to repair.

Depending on the time you turn up and the number of participants, there could be a short wait before a suitable repairer is free but we do our best to keep this waiting time to a minimum.  This gives you the opportunity to enjoy a hot drink and some tasty treats in the café.  ​

When an appropriate repairer is free you are invited to sit with them, watch the repair taking place and even assist with it if you so wish.  The repairer will always explain what is happening so it’s also a chance for you to learn and pick up some new practical skills.​

If your possession can’t be repaired – and unfortunately sometimes this is the case – the reasons for this will be explained and advice given on the safest and easiest way to dispose of it.

Repair Cafes are free volunteer-led events where you can bring along your broken household items and we’ll hopefully help you fix it!

What can I bring to a repair café?

• small electrical appliances (toasters, kettles, mixers, radios etc.)

• clothing, bags & textiles

• small household objects (ornaments, bowls etc.)

• garden tools (hand tools, hedge trimmers etc)

• anything else small enough you can carry it.

What can’t I bring to a repair café?

• Mobile phones / tablets

• Laptops

• Microwaves

• batteries

We’d love to see you there!

We’ll have a wide range of tools, glues, soldering kit, electrical spares, sewing machines, buttons, zips & materials for patching. Bring anything along and we’ll help you fix it – or at least give it a good try!

Pop-up Repair Cafe at Crossroads Youth Club (Gorbals
Date: Saturday 13th April, 2025
Time: 12pm – 3pm
Address: Crossroads Youth Club, The Barn Youth Centre, 37 Abbotsford Pl, Glasgow G5 9QS

Got a question? Just email us at [email protected]