This week Highland Radio spoke to Caroline McGuinness Brookes, Project Manager with Foyle Repair Café and Joanne Butler, Manager of Donegal Community Gardens.
Did you know?
A repair cafe is a pop up event organised with volunteers for members of the public to bring in their broken items to get fixed.
It’s a free event and usually happens on a monthly basis
Foyle Repair & share is expanding to include strabane > https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=706541848323738&set=pb.100069037860212.-2207520000
It’s part of the Switch to Repair Campaign with Derry City and Strabane District Council > https://www.derrystrabane.com/repair
More Volunteers are needed and welcome. There is a Virtual Volunteer Information Session happening on Friday the 29th of February: > https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckfu6grzMpE9FIiWQcJUeK_TekK-M1lRU-#/registration
The Donegal Community Garden is also setting up garden repair Cafe > https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=788874276614809&set=pb.100064767306445.-2207520000
Why it’s important!
The more we can repair the less that ends up in landfill, Irish households generated 1.84 million tonnes of waste in 2021 > https://www.epa.ie/our-services/monitoring–assessment/waste/national-waste-statistics/
By using free repair cafes will save you money, bring in your laptops, textiles, small home appliances and a volunteer will have a look at it free of charge!
Learn more:
Repair Cafe Foyle > https://www.facebook.com/RepairCafeFoyle
Derry City & Strabane District Council > https://www.derrystrabane.com/repair
Donegal Community Gardens > https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=788874276614809&set=pb.100064767306445.-2207520000
