HOLDING true to their mission, members of Bendigo\u2019s Repair Cafe opened the doors on their new space last Saturday at a repurposed warehouse on Garsed Street.<\/p>\n
The collective, now called the Share and Repair Shed, has expanded to include a permanent repair workshop, tool library, free food table, and useful bin.<\/p>\n
City of Greater Bendigo mayor Cr Andrea Metcalf attended the launch and brought a food processor in for repair.<\/p>\n
Laurie Whelan, a long-time supporter of the Repair Cafe, said that he had once brought in a food processor to be fixed as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey pulled it apart and what it was, was a little switch inside that had broken and that\u2019s all it was,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
After years of not being able to use it, Mr Whelan\u2019s appliance had been fixed in the matter of half an hour.<\/p>\n
The appeal of the initiative for new volunteer Jess Jose is the sense of community and learning how easy it is to repair broken items.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a broken toaster that my mum wanted to throw away and I brought it in and they just pulled out one thing and were able to fix it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Last year the group received funding from Sustainability Victoria to assist them in finding a permanent location.<\/p>\n
The City of Greater Bendigo is also supporting the project as part of their Circular Greater Bendigo initiative by paying most of the building\u2019s lease.<\/p>\n
Visitors are welcome to the space when it is open on Thursdays and every second Saturday and in future the group plans to host repair workshops and recycling information sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
HOLDING true to their mission, members of Bendigo\u2019s Repair Cafe opened the doors on their new space last Saturday at a repurposed warehouse on Garsed Street. The collective, now called the Share and Repair Shed, has expanded to include a permanent repair workshop, tool library, free food table, and useful bin. City of Greater Bendigo […]<\/p>\n