Repair Cafe Orkney

21/08/2026

Greener Orkney, the Highlands & Islands Climate Hub, Orkney Renewable Energy Forum and Kirkwall East Church invite you to join them in viewing a new film on climate change and nature loss. It sets out stark predictions from a range of experts and calls for urgent government-led national briefing on....

21/08/2026

10/08/2026

Dates for your diary! Repair Cafe Orkney events for the remainder of 2026. Come and meet us at St Margaret's Hope, Kirkwall, Stromness or Sandwick! Learn new repair skills from our team of friendly repairers and enjoy some refreshments while you're with us.

15/07/2026

Got a bike you need to dust off? Bring it along to our next repair café on Saturday 18th July at Stromness Community Centre and our lovely repair team will check it over so you can get cycling for the summer!

30/06/2026

The next Repair Cafe pop-up in Stromness will be offering a special event bike check service with simple repairs. If your bike has been languishing in the shed since last year, or your child's bike is being passed between siblings bring it in. Wobbly seats, squeaky wheels, wonky mudguards - we'll take a look. If there's a simple repair we can do, we'll help you with it. If it's something complicated, we'll explain the problem so you can take it to one of Orkney's bike repair services and tell them what's wrong.

As well as that, we'll be offering our usual repairs of household items and textiles (subject to repairer availability - check Facebook nearer the time for any updates).

We'll be at Stromness Community Centre on 18 July from 10:00am. Last check in for items (and bikes) is at 11:45am.

30/05/2026

I was delighted to lodge a parliamentary motion last week in celebration of Repair Cafe Orkney's first anniversary. This fantastic initiative, led by Anne Sayer and Dan Wright, hosts monthly pop-ups where individuals can bring in household items to be repaired while learning those repair skills themselves, promoting sustainability in a social setting.

In its first year alone, the Repair Café helped divert hundreds of kilograms of items from waste streams by repairing clothes, bikes, toys, and more. I would encourage anyone interested in utilising this great community resource to stop by a future session in Stromness or St Margaret's Hope. Congratulations again to all those involved in the Repair Café on reaching this milestone.

18/05/2026

We were delighted to welcome Liam for Orkney 2026 and Alistair Carmichael MP - Orkney and Shetland to celebrate our first birthday on Saturday at Stromness Community Centre! Thanks to Argo's Bakery for making our cake!

10/05/2026

We'll be offering simple bike repairs and "M-checks" at the Repair Cafe Orkney this Saturday 16th May. If your bike needs a check over, pop along to Stromness Community Centre between 10am and 11.30.

08/05/2026

It's Repair Cafe Orkney's first birthday! Join us at Stromness Community Centre on May 16th from 10:00am for our regular pop-up event to celebrate, and bring us your broken items for our team of friendly repairers to have a look at and help you repair.

We plan to offer the following types of repair:
- Electrical items
- Electronics
- Computer advice/repairs
- Textiles
- General household items
- Basic bike repairs and advice

Last check in for items is 11:45am. Hot drinks and cakes/biscuits available as usual.

08/04/2026

Hello Kirkwall! ICYMI - Repair Cafe Orkney is in Kirkwall for our first full session on Saturday morning 10:00am-12:30pm for your household item / textile repair needs, and the chance to learn how to fix things yourself. Plus tea/coffee/nibbles (it's a cafe after all). Hope to see you at King Street Halls.
Greener Orkney