Regular day about continuing cycles

A RECENTLY-established event set to run on the first Sunday of every month is giving people the opportunity to give new life to their tools and produce.

Since launching in late May, the Creswick Repair and Share is becoming a regular fixture at the town’s neighbourhood centre, developed by members of sustainability group Transition Creswick.

Coordinator, Tim Drylie, said the idea was formed when the Daylesford Repair Cafe utilised the space earlier in the year.

“It fitted really well with some of the people in our group,” he said.

“We had a really great interest from the community. There’s a lot of interest in getting beyond the planned obsolescence of products.

“It’s being part of that circular economy. It’s a great fun day where people can put their minds together about how to repair things and share ideas.”

With two events have been held so far, the next one is set to be the first to incorporate regular workshops.

Mr Drylie said their event differs from a traditional repair cafe.

“We’ve incorporated our produce swap into this which was held on Saturday mornings,” he said.

“We’ve now got the one day where we’ve combined our community dinner with soup as part of the Repair and Share. It’s combining the three things.”

The organising team is calling on people to help run the event or offer their repairing expertise by contacting [email protected].

The next Share and Repair is scheduled for Sunday 6 August at the Creswick Neighbourhood Centre from 1pm to 4pm.