Thanks to grant funding for the National Lottery Awards for All scheme we are looking to engage a part-time (average 9 hours per week) freelancer to help organise a series of Repair Cafes between Nov 2023 and Sept 2024. This will involve booking venues, publicising events, and liasing with fixers and volunteers. The successful applicant will have excellent communication and organisational skills, experience of community engagement and the ability to carry out health and safety risk assessments.

Full details of this opportunity and how to apply are available here. Closing date for application is Friday 6 Oct.

We are delighted to have secured funding from the National Lottery Community Fund to run a series of Repair Cafes in Biggar and the surrounding area over the next few months. These will provide help and advice on making common repairs to household items and clothing to give them a new lease of life and save them from landfill. Help with hot glueing, woodturning, sewing, tool sharpening and more will be available.

We have already found some people with fixing skills that they are willing to share, and are keen to hear from anyone with a particular fixing skill or just from people with a passion for mending things. If you have an item that you would like to get fixed please let us know and we will try to include someone with the skills to fix it at one of the Repair Cafes. 

Watch this space for details of our first Repair Cafe!