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The MAYFACS Repair Cafe aims to help reduce waste by encouraging a repair culture in our community. A repair can save time, money and waste.

We are open on the 3rd Saturday of each month at the MAYFACS Community Shed, Merriweathers Farm, Mayfield, TN20 6RJ.

25/10/2026

🔧 Your Repair Café may have been a little quiet on social media lately, but behind the scenes we’ve been busy, busy, busy! ♻️ Over the past couple of months, our brilliant team has taken on all sorts of repair challenges:
✅ Electrical items—including a fan, lamp, DVD player, radio, laptop and coffee maker ⚡
✅ Household favourites—including cookware, a clock and carpet cleaner 🏠
✅ Garden tools and outdoor items—including a hedge trimmer, bird table and garden pot 🌿
🌳 And let’s not forget the sharpening of various garden tools! We’ve also had some incredible fixes that called for a little extra “shed” expertise: replacement k***s have been crafted, and a treasured ceramic made by a grandchild has been carefully repaired. 🧰✨

Take a look at the before-and-after photos—the delighted recipient’s smile says it all! 😊 A huge well done to Idske, and to all our fantastic volunteer repairers. 👏💚

Have something that needs a new lease of life? Bring it along and let our team take a look! 🔧♻️

14/10/2026

Our Repair Cafe at Mayfacs Community Shed takes place this coming Saturday. Bring along your repairs to be assessed, or just come down for a cuppa and cake!

Last repairs accepted at 12.15pm to allow for assessment and repair during the session.

18/08/2026

This month, we are saying farewell to our lovely Gill, who has been part of our team for the past 2 years and a huge part of our development during this time. Gill has a very exciting new opportunity ahead of her, and we wish her all the best in her next chapter!

Which means, that MAYFACS are recruiting! We are looking for a competent Finance Officer to join our team at MAYFACS to carry out our core bookkeeping and help shape our financial future as we continue to grow as a charity.

Deadline for application: Thursday 10th September

For more information please contact us on [email protected] or 01435 873888

20/04/2026

This month, Repair Café took a little road trip to Five Ashes 🚐☀️.

It was a quieter session than usual—maybe the gorgeous sunny morning had something to do with it—but we still had some brilliant repairs come through 🔧. From the classics (kettles, clocks and watches needing new batteries or strap fixes) ⏰🔋 to some real treasures, including an old wooden elephant bowl 🐘 and a 1950s freestanding mirror frame that needed a bit of TLC 🪞✨.

Next month (16th May) we're back at The MMayfacs Community Shed
See you there

17/04/2026

Community Repair Cafe at Five Ashes Village Hall tomorrow (Saturday 18th April 2026) from 10am - 1pm.

Please come along and join us - with or without a repair!!! plenty of homemade cakes to enjoy!

See you then :)

23/03/2026

✨ Another Fantastic Session at the Repair Café! ✨

Our latest Repair Café was buzzing with activity, and we loved helping give treasured items a new lease of life instead of seeing them thrown away. Here’s a glimpse of what our brilliant volunteers worked on:

💡 Small and floor lamps
🪚 Garden electric saw
🔪 Mower blade sharpening
🌿 Garden shears, loppers & secateurs (spring is definitely here!)
🍞 Toaster
🌀 Dyson vacuum
🌱 Strimmer
🪆 A doll with broken legs
🕰️ A mantle clock & wall clock (Tic Toc Dave was busy!)
🎨 A treasured plaster wall plaque
📻 Portable radio

And of course, there was no shortage of cake, coffee, tea, and friendly chat. A huge thank‑you to everyone who came along—and an even bigger thank‑you to our amazing volunteers. We couldn’t do this without you! 💛

📅 Next session: Saturday 18th April at Five Ashes Community Hall
We look forward to seeing you there!

26/02/2026

🛠️ Another busy session at Mayfield Repair Café! 🛠️
Last Saturday our brilliant volunteers tackled a fantastic mix of repairs, including:
⏰ Clocks
✂️ Garden shears, secateurs & scissors sharpened
🪑 A chair repaired
🍳 Saucepan handle tightened
💍 Earrings fixed (lost stone restored!)
💡 Lamps repaired and UK plugs fitted
🧳 A stubborn suitcase handle
🔦 A trench torch given some TLC
📻 A radio brought back to life
☕ A coffee machine flowing again
🌀 And even a Dyson vacuum back to its cleaning self!

We also saw the return of last month’s swan — now fully fixed and looking fantastic! 🦢✨

As always, there was plenty of cake, coffee and tea, and we were delighted to welcome Evie, who’s volunteering with us as part of her Duke of Edinburgh Award 👏

📅 Next session: Saturday 21 March usual place
📍 April session: Five Ashes Village Hall

Thanks to everyone who came along – we love keeping things working and out of landfill ♻️

Mayfacs

26/01/2026

And just like that the first session of 2026 is here!! Slightly quieter than November's but it gave us all time to breathe and to admire the quirky items that had been brought in for repair.

✅1 x paper shredder 🛠️
✅2 x clocks 🕰️
✅1 x doll ( over 80 years old!!) 👶
✅1 x wooden swan 🦢
✅3 x lamps 💡
✅1 x Kukri knife 🗡️
❌1 x coffee machine ☕️
Various knives and pairs of scissors were sharpened ⚔️✂️

With items being collected and copious amounts of tea, coffee and cake served it was a very enjoyable morning.

Next sessions 21st February from 10am. Last item accepted at 12:15pm.

Address

MAYFACS Shed, Merrieweathers Farm
Mayfield
TN206RJ

Opening Hours

10am - 1pm

Website

http://www.mayfacs.org.uk/repaircafe

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