After almost a year of operating remotely, the Repair Café Hassocks will be opening face-to-face at last, at the United Reformed Church on Keymer Road.

The opening will be a fitting finale for HKD Transition’s Great Big Green Week, part of a national week of events celebrating action on climate change. The first date is Saturday 25 September from 10am - 12.30pm and, from then, the shop will be open on the fourth Saturday, the same day as Hassocks Market, except in December and August.

You’ll be able to bring your items for repair, talk to the volunteer repairers and have a cup of tea or coffee while they look at what’s needed. The idea of repair cafés was born in Amsterdam in 2007 and swiftly spread across the world. The premise is simple enough: instead of throwing away your rusty kettle, faulty vacuum cleaner or knackered lamp, you take it to a meeting place, where knowledgeable volunteers help you mend the item, understand what’s gone wrong, and even show you how to mend it.

Our amazing repair volunteers have responded to almost 200 repair requests in the last 9 months. Some repairs are simple enough to do at the café, others will be taken home by repairers, to be collected when ready. We can’t repair everything, but we can point you towards professional repairers who may be able to help if we can’t. From 1st September you will be able to book a slot for the opening day on our website or Facebook page. Even if you don’t have something to be repaired, or have already had a repair done remotely, do come along and say hello. www.facebook.com/repaircafehassocks