Sat 9 Aug 2025, 2:00pm – 5:00pm
The Centre for Computing History is proud to host its first-ever Repair Café as part of our environmental project, ‘Broken Tech, Broken Earth’. We hope to create a local space in Cambridge to celebrate sustainability, community, and the joy of fixing things! Our aim is simple: to reduce waste, share knowledge, and empower people to repair rather than replace.
🗓 Date: 09/08/2025
🕖 Time: 2pm-5pm
📍 Location: Centre for Computing History, Cambridge
🎟 Tickets: Free entry, just book a repair slot first!
https://forms.gle/J5epmpiSwXXkagys7
Expect one-on-one help from experienced repairers, repair stations for electronics and well as free tea, coffee, and lots of cake!
Enjoy our museum collection completely for free during our Broken Tech, Broken Earth repair cafe event as you wait for your stuff to get repaired! We hope to encourage a more circular economy at the museum and hopefully to also have many more repair cafes for the future here too!
Types of items accepted for repair:
Electronic Devices, Home and Gardening Appliances, Clothing, Bikes
Please note that if the items brought to the repair cafe are unable to get fixed we have two alternative ideas on what to do with the item. Firstly, you can put them in our e-waste bin provided by the Cambridge Shared Waste for the event or you can donate the item to us so that we can use the materials to form part of our e-waste art workshops which will take place in October 2025.
Booking details will be updated on our website by the 2nd of July. Drop-in appointments will be available on the day if you have brought something to fix with you, however availability may be subject to availability.
All repairs are free and donations are welcome.
We have free car parking at the museum and bike racks available on site. Access information including mobility scooter and blue badge parking availability can be accommodated if you contact nadirah@computinghistory.org.uk
Refreshments will include a variety of cakes, tea and coffee which can be provided for free for visitors.
This event is insured by Saffron Insurance in line with the Cambridgeshire Repair Cafe Network insurance recommendations.
Location
Centre for Computing Hsitory, Coldham’s Rd, Cambridge CB1 3EW, UK
