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Textile Goods Repairer (for Repair Café)

A Repair Café is a community project where members of the public can bring in a broken item to be repaired for free by a skilled and experienced volunteer.

We are running a Repair Café to help support our residents within the local community. By attending a Repair Café they can reduce costs/spending on buying new products or paying for a repair job.

Repair Cafes also have a positive impact as they might save an item which has an easy fix from ending up in landfill. This reduces textile/electronic wastage, two industries known for their devasting effects on our environment.

It also facilitates valuable skill-sharing, empowering individuals with practical mending knowledge and strengthening community bonds.

Repair Café details:
Date: Tuesday 24th November;
Event time: 1-4pm (arrive from 12.30 to settle/set up)


Description of Tasks

  • Supporting set up and close of the event
  • Facilitating activities on the day
  • Support residents to mend and repair items including: Clothes, hats and bags
  • Working with residents and other professionals
  • Welcoming, meeting and talking to people of all ages and background
  • Assist in ensuring the Repair Café is run smoothly and residents have everything they need
  • To fulfil any other duties considered reasonable as directed by the staff team
  • All volunteers are required to contribute positively to providing a safe, creative, inspiring and fun environment to meet the need of those attending the Repair Café

Useful Contacts

volunteer@poplarharca.co.uk

Details Benefits Requirements

We are looking for a friendly and responsible individual who enjoys working in a community setting:

  • Volunteers help mend and repair items including: Clothes, hats and bags – volunteers will guide individuals through mending skills such as how to sew on a missing or loose button, hemming tricks and tips for alterations, and how to repair small holes.
  • This opportunity is ideal for people who have experience in mending textile goods/clothes. We will ask for your experience in our application form.
  • You will be friendly and welcoming and enthusiastic about repairing items.
  • The Repair Café will run at Feldy once a month. Dates will be sent out ahead of time.
  • We will have a sewing machine for you to use on the day and a variety of buttons, threads and zips.
  • If you have specific tools or equipment you like to work with, we do suggest bringing them with you.
  • If attendees need specific items/colours of buttons, zips, threads, etc. for their damaged item, we will communicate to them that they are expected to bring these items with them to the Repair Café.

What we can offer:

  • You will have a full induction followed by ongoing support
  • You will have a named PH Contact and regular opportunities for volunteering review sessions
  • You will be offered opportunities to attend training relevant to your role and to centre activity
  • You will receive agreed travel expenses, and can claim lunch expenses if you volunteer for more than five hours a day
  • We will provide you with an honest reference regardless of how long you are with us
  • We are committed to provide a safe and supportive environment.
  • We will have refreshments for volunteers at the Repair Café.

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