Fixing for a Future

08/10/2026

***FREE WORKSHOP, BOOKING ESSENTIAL***
Sewing for Beginners: Make a Yoga Bag from a Pair of Old Jeans!
@ East Linton Community Hall
10.30am-12.30pm
Saturday 24th October

Come and join our fabulous tutor, Sheena, for this free 2 hour workshop where you'll learn all kinds of sewing skills and leave with something new made from something old!

Email [email protected] to book your place

All materials provided or bring your own if you have a pair of old jeans and any fabric you'd like to use!

https://www.fixingforafuture.org/post/sewing-for-beginners-make-a-yoga-bag-from-a-pair-of-old-jeans

08/10/2026

FREE WORKSHOP FOR KIDS:
Sew Seasonal, Sew Spooky! Crafting by Kids for Kids
@ Repair Café East Linton!

East Linton Community Hall, 10am-1pm, Saturday 24th October

Drop-In, Ages approx 5-12 years
(children must be accompanied by an adult at all times)

***Guided by our crafty P7 tutors, Frida and Mona, we'll be celebrating autumn and creating some sensational, spooky surprises!
We'll be using driftwood, pinecones, autumn leaves, felt and fabric scraps and twine to make:
* Marvellous mobiles!
* A badge to turn an everyday jumper or t-shirt into festive Halloween wear!
*Resplendent leaf rubbings!

Hope to see you there! ***

https://www.fixingforafuture.org/post/sew-seasonal-sew-spooky

07/10/2026

**COMING UP - REPAIR CAFE EAST LINTON**
East Linton Community Hall. Saturday 24th October. 10am-1pm
If you have CLOTHES, TEXTILES, SMALL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE or HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL ITEMS in need of repair, please email [email protected] with details of what you'll be bringing and our fabulous volunteer team of fixers will do their best to help!
We also offer TOOL SHARPENING & TECH ADVICE! Hope to see you there! FOR FULL DETAILS GO HERE:
https://www.fixingforafuture.org/post/next-repair-caf%C3%A9-24th-october

28/09/2026

Fixing for a Future brings you East Lothian's first ever...

LINUX REPAIR CAFE! 🤩🥳🤩🥳

Our Linux volunteer team have had our first meet up and we'll be ready for you to bring your old laptops and PCs to us on Saturday 24th October, East Linton Community Hall, 10am-1pm

Do you have an old laptop or PC sitting unused at the back of a cupboard, not sure what to do with it? Let's give those old laptops a new lease of life and help reduce electronic waste in East Lothian! BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL! Please email Rosie, [email protected] to save your place.

You're also very welcome to come along and have a chat with our team, find out more about Linux.

A Linux Repair Café helps reduce the mountain of electronic waste. Volunteers replace the operating system of computers with outdated software so that the devices last longer. Instead of running on Windows, the computers then run on Linux. This free and open-source operating system works excellently on older hardware. Volunteers can also install Linux on Apple computers.

Our Linux Repair Café is good for people and the environment—and will show that your old computer is far from obsolete. What's not to love?

28/09/2026

***Check out our ingenious inventory and settle into the changing of the seasons! Press your apples, make your healthy kale and beetroot crisps, cut your hedge, sew your shirt and heat your home!***

Here are our top picks..
Fruit press
Food dehydrator
Thermal Imaging Camera
Singer Heaving Duty Sewing Machine
Cordless Hedge Trimmer
Digital Detector
Plumbing Toolkit
Pressure Washer

See below for more info and to experience the full wonders of our inventory!

Did you know we also have books on everything and anything DIY?

Become a member of East Linton Tool Library for £25 pounds per year and you'll:​

Access a wide array of tools and "how-to" instruction manuals to help you with your home improvement, woodwork, bicycle, sewing, plumbing and general DIY projects
Save money
Reduce CO2 emissions
Reduce waste going to landfill
Learn new skills
Join a community of people working to create a circular economy

You'll be able to borrow tools when you need them and return them when you're done so they can be used by someone else. Why Buy when you can Borrow?

Check out our ingenious inventory and settle into the changing of the seasons! Press your apples, make your healthy kale and beetroot crisps, cut your hedge, sew your shirt and heat your home! Here are our top picks... • Fruit press • Food dehydrator • Thermal Imaging Camera • Singer Heaving...

28/09/2026

https://www.fixingforafuture.org/post/next-repair-caf%C3%A9-24th-october

East Linton Community HallSaturday 24th October10am-1pm Household FurnitureGot a veneer that's seen better days? A wobbly leg? Pesky scratches or a busted handle? Whatever your furniture issue, Martin A, Willie and Bob will do their best to make things square and true!Tool SharpeningSandpaper, block...

28/09/2026

Thank you Heather for this great blog post about your research with us Fixing for a Future 🤩

Hello! I’m Heather, a PhD researcher at the University of St Andrews Business School. I’ve been enjoying spending time with Fixing for a Future over the past few months, as part of my research into reuse, repair, and share organisations in Scotland.I’m interested in how communities put circula...

24/09/2026

**Fixing for a Future @ East Lothian Libraries ** North Berwick and Gullane Libraries Tranent and Ormiston Libraries Dunbar and East Linton Libraries
**Free Sewing Skills Workshops during school term time**
Berwick Library: Mondays 2-4pm
Library: Wednesdays 10.15am-12.15pm
Library: Thursdays 9.30-11.30am
Come along and learn how to repair clothes and textiles, darn socks, patch jeans, hem curtains, you name it!
Sessions are led by our fabulous, multi-talented volunteer team. We have two sewing machines available and a selection of needles, thread, etc. If you have your own machine, please bring it along. **Contact your library direct to book your place!**

18/09/2026

**Fixing for a Future @ East Lothian Libraries ** North Berwick and Gullane Libraries Tranent and Ormiston Libraries Dunbar and East Linton Libraries

**Free Sewing Skills Workshops during school term time**

Berwick Library: Mondays 2-4pm
Library: Wednesdays 10.15am-12.15pm
Library: Thursdays 9.30-11.30am

Come along and learn how to repair clothes and textiles, darn socks, patch jeans, hem curtains, you name it!

Sessions are led by our fabulous, multi-talented volunteer team. We have two sewing machines available and a selection of needles, thread, etc. If you have your own machine, please bring it along. **Contact your library direct to book your place!**

16/09/2026

🌿 People’s Emergency Briefing: Special screening - Tues 29th Sept, 6pm, Haddington
This special screening of the National Emergency Briefing for will give a briefing of the risks we face in the UK across climate, nature, food, economy to health - and will explore the opportunities we have for mitigation and adaptation. Chris Packham is a key speaker in the film alongside leading UK experts. This event is specifically for ELCAN members and East Lothian Council members and staff. The film will be followed with a facilitated discussion on the key topics. Sign up here.

🌿Climate Action, Strategy & Empowerment - Thurs 1th Oct, 6.30pm, Longniddry
We invite everyone to be part of a conversation on how to mitigate the worst climate impacts and build resilience in East Lothian. This will help us shape our 5yr strategy. The Climate Hub cannot address all local climate and resilience needs, but collectively we can understand the gaps and the opportunities - if that is across food systems, nature restoration to renewable energy networks and ownership. We have likely adverted the worst climate scenarios because of climate action across the globe. Be part of strategic discussions on our local action and our resilience. Sign up here.

🌿Edinburgh Conservation Film Festival - Wed 7th Oct, 7:00pm, Tranent
Showing how change can and is happening, we are hosting a film festival and discussion with the Edinburgh Conservation Film Festival. Come see eight short beautiful films and take part in a discussion with filmmakers and those responding to the biodiversity crisis. These films will cover topics from our beloved peatlands to sea and marine life the memory held in the land.
Tickets £10, £5 ELCAN Members concession. More info & sign up here.

Climate Week is coming to East Lothian! 🌱🌍
Please share our programme of Climate Events over 2026.

This autumn, the East Lothian Climate Hub and ELCAN are holding a programme of events to help understand the climate and nature challenges we face and what we can do about them together - as a community.

Learn, connect, share ideas and help shape climate action across East Lothian!

📽️ People’s Emergency Briefing: Special screening
📅 Tuesday 29 September, 6pm
📍 Haddington Corn Exchange
An ELCAN Members screening of the powerful People’s Emergency Briefing, bringing together leading expert voices on the climate and nature crisis.


💬 Climate Action, Strategy & Empowerment
📅 Thursday 1 October, 6.30pm
📍 Longniddry Community Centre
Help shape the Climate Hub’s climate and nature action strategy for the next five years — and find out how you can get involved in the collective work of ELCAN.

🦋 Edinburgh Conservation Film Festival
📅 Wednesday 7 October, 7:00pm
📍 The Fraser Centre, Tranent
A celebration of conservation storytelling, showcasing inspiring films about people and communities taking action to protect nature.

🎟️ Booking required via Fraser Centre. Tickets £10, £5 ELCAN Members concession

Whether you're already active on climate and nature issues or simply want to find out more, everyone is welcome. 🌿

Come along, meet others, share your ideas and be part of building a more sustainable, resilient and thriving East Lothian.