Haywoods Repair Cafe

Haywoods Repair Cafe Great team of volunteers repairs household broken items. Fix It. Don't Ditch It 2nd Sunday of every month.

Look at what our fab band of repairers fixed today - from a 100 yr old piano music box to a flickering light and a large...
09/08/2026

Look at what our fab band of repairers fixed today - from a 100 yr old piano music box to a flickering light and a large cracked garden pot to a hedgecutter and 2 repaired mugs!! So many happy faces.

If you missed us today, we'll be back next month on Sunday Sept 13th 2-5pm.

Fix It, Don't Ditch It is our motto. Keeping the faith and keeping sustainability and a circular economy at the top of the agenda! Join us in Sept. You are all welcome.

04/08/2026

Next Repair Cafe coming up on August 9th - next Sunday. Get those items out which need a bit of TLC and come on down to Little Haywood Village Hall, Chilwell Ave ST18 0QZ any time between 2-5pm.

We will have a reduced team of 3 repairers - NO GARDEN TOOL SHARPENING OR SOFT TEXTILE REPAIRS - so bear with us. We will always do our best for you.

A bit out of season this one, but we thought you'd like a jolly song in summer! Repairer: Matt Wilding

Pin It by Judi Bee will be with us tomorrow with her beautiful handcrafted brooches, created using recycled fabric. Just...
11/07/2026

Pin It by Judi Bee will be with us tomorrow with her beautiful handcrafted brooches, created using recycled fabric. Just a bit special. You can queue at 2 or hope there are some left later.

2pm - 5pm Haywoods Repair Cafe & Little Haywood Village Hall ST18 0QZ

We asked what you would like repaired? Here are some examples of what our excellent Repairers have been up to plus a re...
09/07/2026

We asked what you would like repaired? Here are some examples of what our excellent Repairers have been up to plus a recently fixed amp...and some of the challenges faced.

Two more items repaired for their happy owners. Joy, appropriately named, has now taken possession of her once damaged a...
07/07/2026

Two more items repaired for their happy owners. Joy, appropriately named, has now taken possession of her once damaged and now fixed bag. Thank you to repairer Alec Dodd

And Mr Hall, model train enthusiast, has also now taken charge of his repaired locomotive. We have a feeling we'll be seeing more at future Repair Cafes. Thankyou to repairer, Matt!

What items would YOU like repaired? Tell us and we will do our absolute best to help!

https://bighedgehogmap.org Open gardens - Sunday 5th July 10:00 till 16:00Colwich and Little Haywood Village Hall - free...
04/07/2026

https://bighedgehogmap.org Open gardens - Sunday 5th July
10:00 till 16:00
Colwich and Little Haywood Village Hall - free to come in, say hello and look around the info stalls 😊
Hot drinks & cake 🍰
Parking & toilets
Programmes available (£5 per adult, gives you entry to any of the open village gardens)

KIDS ACTIVITIES:
- Nature trail
- British Wildlife Mask colouring
- Rock painting
- Colouring
- Cut and stick
- Face painting
- And lots, lots more!
- First responder ambulance may drop by to say hello
Join in with all our kids activities for a donation to Katherine House Hospice 🫟🧩🦋

Information stalls:
- Staffordshire Wildlife Trust - have a go at the nature trail (open to kids & adults!), learn about what Staffordshire Wildlife Trust are up to.
- Bees - Ron always has lots of great information and activities about bees🐝
- Bats - Jane is bonkers about bats and loves to share her knowledge🦇
- Hedgehogs - who doesn't love a little hedgehog, have you seen a hedgehog in your garden? Jacquie is always keen to hear about your hedgehog experiences and show you how to report them on the Big Hedgehog Map (https://bighedgehogmap.org/) 🦔
- Haywoods Repair Cafe info stall - have any questions about the repair cafe? Want to chat through what it's like to be a repair cafe volunteer? Or maybe you haven't heard about this wonderful initiative and want to learn more?
- Hixon and Area Community First Responder - come and learn how to do CPR, or how to adapt it to work for you, have a go on a CPR dummy. We've got lots of bandages for you to practice with too!
- And we'll have our own SinCH information stall too - come and chat to one of the volunteers to learn what Sustainability in Colwich and the Haywoods is all about.

For sale:
- Bee friendly plants - Trish and Fiona know their plants! They have a great selection of pollinator friendly plants for sale that they have raised themselves and are always happy to chat to you about them 🪻
- Wooden nature homes, feeders and planters - Chris has been busily working away to craft lots of items to help raise money for Katherine House Hospice🐦
- House plants - Julie has once again agreed to part with some of her beloved baby house plants, but of course, on the condition that people get in touch with her if they need help caring for them!! 🪴

Look what's coming up in July for Haywoods Repair Cafe. Got any clothes which need alterations - trousers taken up, skir...
24/06/2026

Look what's coming up in July for Haywoods Repair Cafe.

Got any clothes which need alterations - trousers taken up, skirts & shirts taken in for e.g.? We're providing a one off special pick up service at the Repair Cafe on July 12th. Pay at drop off. Jessin Antony will be picking items up and returning them at the August Repair Cafe.

Plus Hand Made Crafts by Judi Bee and This Month's How To for July & Aug.

Get the dates in your diaries before you melt and our sterling team of Repairers will see you there!

Liz McAulay was delighted with the repair on her beloved garden chair which had simply sunk into oblivion before meeting...
21/06/2026

Liz McAulay was delighted with the repair on her beloved garden chair which had simply sunk into oblivion before meeting repairer Richard. The seat of all its problems has now been strengthened.

You see! You can bring us anything and we will always have a go at fixing it so you don't have to ditch it.

20/06/2026

All ready for a sing song? These two arrived silent and sorrowful with their sad owner at our recent June Repair Cafe. They were left in the hands of electronics expert, Matt. And just look at the result......get yr happy voices on.

What a day today - busy, busy, busy at the Haywoods Repair Cafe as we only had three repairers on the electricals, shea...
15/06/2026

What a day today - busy, busy, busy at the Haywoods Repair Cafe as we only had three repairers on the electricals, shearing and electronics front plus our stalwart Soft Textiles Team of Judy, Chris and Jenny.

To those of our visitors who we didn't manage to get to due to time constraints, please do bring your items to repair next month when our full team will be back in action.

A cuckoo clock owner went away happy with her now functioning cuckoo, Liz McAulay with her umbrella sporting a repaired handle, a much loved plaque can now be displayed, and a visible repair (Sashiko style) on a hole in a T shirt were just some of the items which the Repair Cafe has been delighted to fix!

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Little Haywood Village Hall
Stafford
ST180QZ

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