The Earth Repair Shop

23/04/2026

The Ilfracombe Repair Cafe now has it's own dedicated page.

To keep up to date with upcoming repair cafes, please like and share our new page.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1CYrJqAuuk/

Encouraging people to come together, share skills and a cuppa, and repair what might otherwise get thrown away!

01/04/2026

This is fantastic news, and sees the end of our Tetra pak collection point at Slade Vision centre.

From today (1 April 2026), you can add a few more items to your kerbside recycling.

Tetra Paks (like orange juice and milk cartons) and crisp tubes (such as Pringles) will now be accepted. Simply flatten and pop them in your brown recycling bag with the rest of your recycling.

Thank you for helping to recycle more ♻️

28/03/2026

This month's repair cafe was busy with a variety of items fixed including a clock, replacement zips, a couple of bikes, a printer, and a very old sewing machine and teddy.

The next repair cafe in Ilfracombe will be on Sunday 17th May. For other repair cafe's in North Devon, follow Earth Action North Devon or go to https://www.earthactionnorthdevon.org/repair-cafes

19/03/2026

THIS SUNDAY

This month's Repair Cafe is on Sunday 22nd March, 11am-2pm.

Bring your broken bits, snagged seams, or wobbly chairs, and our amazing volunteers will help give them a new lease of life. Bring along items that need some attention to either hand:plant or Delta, on the High Street.

Clothing, bags, bikes, small household items and electricals, PAT Testing & more. Every fix helps cut waste, save money, and build community, so pop along, grab a cuppa, and join the repair revolution.

Donations are welcome but not expected.
North Devon Repair cafes, supported by Earth Action North Devon
One Ilfracombe Ilfracombe Town Council

This month's Repair Cafe is on Sunday 22nd March, 11am-2pm.

Bring your broken bits, snagged seams, or wobbly chairs, and our amazing volunteers will help give them a new lease of life. Bring along items that need some attention to either hand:plant or Delta, on the High Street.

Clothing, bags, bikes, small household items and electricals, PAT Testing & more. Every fix helps cut waste, save money, and build community, so pop along, grab a cuppa, and join the repair revolution.

Donations are welcome but not expected.

North Devon Repair cafes, supported by Earth Action North Devon
One Ilfracombe Ilfracombe Town Council

18/03/2026

TOMORROW

Back by popular demand! One final screening of The Tale of Silyan – with subtitles.

Thurs 19th March at 2.45pm

For those who couldn’t make the last screening, this is a rare second-chance to enjoy this heart-lifting story! The Tale of Silyan by Oscar-nominated director Tamara Kotseva “beautifully illustrates the power of love in a turbulent world, touching on climate change, economic migration and the positive outcomes of quiet resilience…"

https://ilfracombe.merlincinemas.co.uk/film/107195-the-tale-of-silyan?fbclid=IwY2xjawQnUAxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFTaVJ1R2JSbFdkaVRramREc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHraOAx9pvwQgdK3DUqr5P9Y78-iMBIKRyHPN4QEfvS-vv5p1kcGtpbjmKF4D_aem_EgQn_JXLlv0JrObGYEbj4Q

Thanks to the team at our pioneering community picture house for, once again, responding to local demand! 🤩🫶

Embassy Cinema Ilfracombe
Earth Action North Devon
North Devon Green Party
Braunton Countryside Centre

Embassy Cinema, Ilfracombe. Merlin Cinemas. Find out what's on at your local cinema, see our latest listings, watch movie trailers, enter competitions and book online.

10/03/2026

Back by popular demand! One final screening of The Tale of Silyan – with subtitles.
Thurs 19th March at 2.45pm
For those who couldn’t make the last screening, this is a rare second-chance to enjoy this heart-lifting story!
The Tale of Silyan by Oscar-nominated director Tamara Kotseva “beautifully illustrates the power of love in a turbulent world, touching on climate change, economic migration and the positive outcomes of quiet resilience…"
https://ilfracombe.merlincinemas.co.uk/film/107195-the-tale-of-silyan
Thanks to the team at our pioneering community picture house for, once again, responding to local demand! 🤩🫶
Embassy Cinema Ilfracombe
Earth Action North Devon
North Devon Green Party
Braunton Countryside Centre

Embassy Cinema, Ilfracombe. Merlin Cinemas. Find out what's on at your local cinema, see our latest listings, watch movie trailers, enter competitions and book online.

08/03/2026

This month's Repair Cafe is on Sunday 22nd March, 11am-2pm.

Bring your broken bits, snagged seams, or wobbly chairs, and our amazing volunteers will help give them a new lease of life. Bring along items that need some attention to either hand:plant or Delta, on the High Street.

Clothing, bags, bikes, small household items and electricals, PAT Testing & more. Every fix helps cut waste, save money, and build community, so pop along, grab a cuppa, and join the repair revolution.

Donations are welcome but not expected.

North Devon Repair cafes, supported by Earth Action North Devon
One Ilfracombe Ilfracombe Town Council

04/01/2026

Join us on Sunday 18th January, 11am-2pm for the first Ilfracombe Repair Cafe of 2026.

Bring your broken bits, snagged seams, or wobbly chairs, and our amazing volunteers will help give them a new lease of life. Bring along items that need some attention to either hand:plant or Delta Ilfracombe, on the High Street.

Clothing, bags, bikes, small household items and electricals, PAT Testing & more. Every fix helps cut waste, save money, and build community, so pop along, grab a cuppa, and join the repair revolution.

North Devon Repair cafes, supported by Earth Action North Devon
One Ilfracombe Ilfracombe Town Council

29/11/2025

Thank you to all who took part in our Repair cafe competition at the Lighting of the Lights. There were 1195 buttons in the jar.

Congratulations to Linda Quinn with an exceptionally close guess of 1200 and winning a £20 gift voucher for her choice of High St shop, Ilfracombe Chocolate Emporium Ltd

28/11/2025

Black Friday, the season of chaotic consumerism is upon us once again! 🫣
This global retail marketing phenomenon causes frantic and often needless spending on ‘unmissable bargains’!
A recent report* estimates some 80% of Black Friday purchases and any plastic packaging they're wrapped in will end up either in landfill, incineration or – at best – low quality recycling, often after a very short life.

In 2021 money.co.uk found that online deliveries from Black Friday sales generated over 429,000 metric tonnes of GHG. This is equivalent to 435 return flights between London and New York!

Thankfully, there’s a growing movement away from these impulsive and damaging behaviours towards a much more positive relationship with our lives, indeed, our world.
Find out more at: https://greenfriday.org.uk/green-friday/



*https://www.thewasteteam.co.uk/how-much-waste-does-black-friday-generate/

There is a growing movement to boycott Black Friday. Read to see why Green Friday is taking over!