The Meon Valley Repair cafe is a group of volunteer repair experts who meet once a month to do what they can to reduce waste and save you money by repairing your household items, free of charge. Tools and materials are also available for those who wish to repair their own items.

All you do is bring your broken items from home - toasters, lamps, hair dryers, clothes, bikes, toys, crockery... anything is welcome and is likely repairable. The Repair Café specialists almost always have the know-how.

Join us at Waltham Chase Methodist Church

Curdridge Lane, SO322LD

Every 1st Saturday of the month, 10am to 12 noon.

The repair specialists at the  Meon Valley Repair Cafe want to help reduce the mountains of waste generated every year through the unnecessary binning of repairable items.

"We throw away piles of stuff in the U.K., even items that can easily be used again after a simple repair. Unfortunately, people seem to have forgotten that many household items can be fixed," says Mark Tizzard, co-founder of the cafe

Cllr Rob Humby, seen below middle opening the Repair Cafe said, "The Hampshire County Council spends £100million a year on waste. Let's see if we can help reduce this."

The Repair Café is also a place where neighbors can connect with each other.

 If you repair a bike, a CD player or a pair of trousers alongside someone you've never met before, you look at that person in a different light the next time you run into them on the street.