“If it can’t be reused, repaired, reduced, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.” – Pete Seeger
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The Repair Café, Tamborine Mountain, operates in the TMCCA Shed down the driveway at 42 Southport Avenue, Eagle Heights is fully functioning and can assist you repair, rebuilding, refinishing, or refurbishing your favourite piece of furniture, wooden object, handbag, bicycle, clothing/textile/ beads, even sharpen your knives or secateurs…

The concept of the Repair Café hails from the Netherlands. It was formulated in 2009 by Martine Postma, at the time, an Amsterdam-based journalist/publicist. She hit on the idea of setting up low-key meeting places nationwide where neighbours could repair their broken items themselves, supported by specialists, and in a relaxed atmosphere.

Funding to start this initiative has been provided by successful grant applications through the Gambling Community Benefit Fund, which has funded a new shed/workshop to operate from, and the Federal Government Stronger Communities Program, which has funded the fit-out of the shed with workbenches and storage facilities. 

 We happily accept hand tools in working condition to enable volunteers to carry out repairs and would be pleased to accept your donations of any surplus or unused tools in your shed. 

The Repair Café Foundation has the following goals:
a) to bring back repairing into local society in a modern way;
b) to maintain repair expertise and to spread this knowledge;
c) to promote social cohesion in the local community by connecting neighbours from very different backgrounds and with different motives with each other through an inspiring and low-key creative and constructive event.

Repair Café Tamborine Mountain is always looking for local residents with different skills who may wish to volunteer as repair experts on a Wednesday or a Friday when the Repair Café is open from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. 

Want to know more about the concept of Repair Café? Check out the international website repaircafe.org/en. 

Want to sign up as a Tamborine Mountain Repair Café volunteer? Send an email to volunteerscoordinator@tmcca.com.au or call 5545 4968 and speak with Patricia Arora or Geoff Marshall.

Want to repair something? Bring it along to the Repair Café on a Wednesday or Friday morning!

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