2G3S is short for Going Greener in the Shelfords, Stapleford and Sawston. We organise repair cafes in Great Shelford, Whittlesford and Sawston with about 4 events each year. These are listed on our website and on the Cambridge Carbon Footprint events pages. We recommend booking in your item for repair , following the link on the event web page.

You can contact us via 2G3Srepaircafes@gmail.com if you have any questions.

We also support the Dr Bike Stapleford bike repair workshops which are held every Tuesday afternoon from 3pm – 6pm at the Old Slaughterhouse on Church Road in Stapleford.

We are a vibrant community charity in the Abbey Ward of Cambridge, improving the lives and wellbeing of Abbey residents. We do this through targeted community projects, provision of general support such as a community Food Hub, supporting access to education and employment, projects to improve the environment, and by developing a culture of volunteering in the community.

We ran our first Repair Cafe in February 2023 at the East Barnwell Community Centre, and hope to run more regular Repair Cafes every few months.

Our group is part of the Cambridgeshire Repair Cafe Network, facilitated by Cambridge Carbon Footprint.

This group was started in October 2024 and is run by Love Abington.

The team thought it was a good time to start a repair cafe and help people repair things.

Our group runs quarterly events and will plan to run a repair cafe at one of those events.

Small village eco group, Repair Cafe is our main annual event.

A Cambridgeshire Repair Cafe organised by Bassingbourn Zero Carbon Collective

The Climate Change Mitigation Advisory Group of the Parish Council are working to make a more sustainable future for the village. One of the things we want to do is to reduce the amount of “stuff” that people buy and send to landfill.

We hope that by holding a repair cafe at least twice a year we might be able to start to decrease things bought and disposed off unnecessarily. We also want to provide a community focus for more action on tackling climate change.

Currently run by a core group of eight volunteers, we would love to welcome anyone who is interested in the Repair Café movement to join us, especially anyone with repair skills.

Burwell Repair Cafe is a community initiative arising from Burwell Parish Councils Climate Forum.

We have a variety of repairs including Jewellery, Sewing, Electrical, Electronics, Bikes and Clocks.

There is also a great selection of cakes and drinks in our pop up Cafe.

Inaugural cafe on 16th March, 2024, at the College of West Anglia, Wisbech Campus.

We held our first Repair Cafe in 2019 and schedule 3 events per year, one as part of Cambourne Village College Eco Festival and the other 2 at the Hub Community Centre in Cambourne. Cambourne Repair Cafe is managed by Cambourne Shed (https://cambourneshed.org).

We are a charity that supports those affected by cancer and we are organising Repair Cafes to raise funds for the charity. We have a perfect centre with plenty of space to repair items, enjoy tea & cake and have other stalls.

Cambridge Room Repair Cafe is usually held on the first Saturday of each month, 9am to midday. It is hosted by Cambridge Room, a registered charity currently operating from Unit 57, Grafton Centre, CB1 1PS.

Cambridge Room is:

• A ‘one-stop-shop’ for community consultation;
• A ‘shared space’ for various activities including a monthly Repair Cafe on the First Saturday of each month;
• A ‘collective memory‘ for Cambridge

Please note that our repair cafes are just for CUH staff. If you are interested in knowing more, please email Katie: katie.sell@nhs.net

Repair Cafes are distinct from Restart Parties, but there is considerable overlap, and much to be gained from sharing information.  They are co-ordinated from the Netherlands (http://repaircafe.org), and are not in competition with Restart Parties (there’s more than enough to fix for us both!)

Repair Cafes tend to be less hi-tech than Restart Parties, though we will tackle computers, laptops, tablets and phones when requested.  Repairs are always free, and a cafe (which charges modest prices) is associated with the event, to cater for those who are waiting to be seen.

Cambridge Carbon Footprint co-ordinates Repair Cafes in the Cambridge area. Learn more here: https://cambridgecarbonfootprint.org/repair-cafes/

The Centre for Computing History rightly celebrates the incredible evolution of computing technology. However, with tech now embedded in all our lives, and the UK predicted to generate over 30,000 tons of electronic waste a week by the end of this year, the museum has a responsibility to recognise the ecological impact of the rise of technology. 

While many museums are grappling with how to tell the stories of objects from cultures that were affected by colonialism, this is the Centre for Computing History’s equivalent ‘skeleton in the closet’. We have not yet told these stories.

We received funding from the Esmee Fairbairn Collections Fund, run by the Museums Association, to begin exploring the topic of the environmental impact of technology. We have called our new two year long project, ‘Broken Tech, Broken Earth’.

This funding aims to encourage participatory practice in museums. Participatory practice involves visitors and communities in the creation and interpretation of museum exhibitions, programs, and events content – asking for stories about objects in the collection, rather than assuming we know what the most important stories are. This approach is inclusive, encourages visitors to feel ownership and helps museums discover untold stories about their collections. 

Our museum has a unique platform to raise awareness of e-waste and create change. At the end of this two year grant, we will have worked with local communities and co-designed a tried and tested approach to telling the story of tech’s impact on the environment through our collection, and getting people to take action. One of the eight events that we are planning will focus on the circular economy by hosting the museum’s first ever repair cafe! Other events include e-waste art classes, new sustainability themed schools workshops, new additions to our collection that explore the topic of the environment… We are excited to say that Broken Tech, Broken Earth is open to be shaped by the local community and we are excited to find volunteers to support the development of this project. Please contact BTBE@computinghistory.org.uk if you are interested in supporting the project!

Community group running its first repair cafe 15th June 10am to 1pm to book in repairs see https://www.coleridgecf.org/whats-happening

The Coneygear Centre supports the community within Huntingdonshire by hosting Repair Cafés.

We are a newly formed group and will host our first repair cafe on Sunday the 7th June 2026 in Coton Village Hall.

Cottenham Repair Cafe usually runs two to three times a year at Cottenham Community Centre, with a ‘guest’ spot at Cottenham Village College during the biennial Fen Edge Festival. We usually have electrical, mechanical, bike, jewellery and clothing repairers. Repair Cafes have been running in the village for over a decade!

Ely repair café is run by a team of local volunteers every 3 months, on the last Saturday of the month.

If you would like to help as an organiser or repairer, or would like some help to repair an item then please get in contact, info@elyrepaircafe.org.uk

We held our first repair café in 2019: https://www.eversdenvillagehall.uk/eversdens-first-repair-cafe/

The aim of our group is to reduce waste, and help our local community. Funds raised are used to maintain our village hall e.g. the heating needs upgrading.

Fulbourn RepairCafe

Gamlingay Repair Cafe is a volunteer-led venture between The Eco Hub community centre and the Climate Action Group of Gamlingay Parish Council. As a group we were looking for positive actions to take in our local area to reduce our collective carbon footprint, reduce waste as well as bring the community together. Our first cafe is Sunday 7th April 2024 and we hope to run an event twice a year.

A Godmanchester Town Council initiative run with support from Cambridge Carbon Footprint.

We will be offering repairs to the following items in our lovely setting in the Pavilion at Judith’s Field

Cycles

Clothing

Textiles

Toys

Furnishings

Jewellery

PAT testing

The Haddenham Repair Cafe team who will be holding their first Repair Cafe on the 28th of October 2023. Please fill in the BOOKING FORM Opens in a new window to book items in for repair. This Repair Cafe will take place in the Arkenstall Village Centre in Haddenham, Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Haslingfield and Harlton are neighbouring semi-rural villages in South Cambridgeshire, UK. We are a group of villagers who want to do our bit to protect and restore nature, and reduce our environmental footprint.

Organised by HI Sustainability jointly with Eco Groups at Histon Baptist and St Andrew’s Churches.

Next Repair Cafe scheduled for 18 April 2026

Expect to run 2 or 3 a year

Contact: histonrepaircafe@gmail.com

The aim of Linton Roots is to raise awareness of sustainability and environmental matters locally; facilitate effective action and encourage more sustainable lifestyles.

Organising Repair Cafes is a key part of our encouraging action to reduce waste and hence carbon emissions in our community, whilst supporting broader conversations about sustainable living in a friendly supportive environment.

Littleport Repair Cafe has supporters and repairers from Littleport and Ely Timebank.

Our group has always been involved with recycling and wanted to put Littleport on the map with a Repair Cafe. Our first repair cafe was held in the Adam’s Centre within Littleport, which has a lost of past history.. This was on the 27th April, 2024, the followed by our second in the Village Hall on 18th June,2024.

We now run these every two months in the Littleport Village Hall. Each event seems more popular and our bank of repairers are increasing along with our footfall.

We offer tables at these events for other groups who support the community and crafters. Our tables are priced at £5.00 for each repair cafe. Another way we are supporting the community.

Newnham Repair Cafe,

Part of Cambridgeshire Repair Cafe Network

The North Cambridge Community Partnership is a charity and community organisation supporting the North of Cambridge-Arbury and King Hedges.

The NCCP is a merger of the King’s Hedges Neighbourhood Partnership and the Arbury Community Partnership. These two organisations have been doing amazing work for over two decades in our communities and we aim to carry forward the legacy of these organisations and the people who made it.

Our mission is to get local people together by creating events,improving facilities and services, and being a campaigning voice for diverse community.

We are a non-profit organisation and rely entirely on the goodwill and support of the people and businesses in our community. 

NCCP | North Cambridge Community Partnership – and Facebook page with all the details.

Oakington Repair Cafe is organised in conjunction with Sustainable Oakington and Westwick (SOW), a group of local residents with an interest in sustainability and the environment.

We wanted to create a friendly community event in the heart of the village, where people could come to meet, chat and take positive action to benefit themselves and the environment.

Our first Repair Cafe ran in February 2024 and was a great success. We intend to continue run the Repair Cafe annually in February, as an important fixture in the village calendar.

All ages are welcome at our Repair Cafes, which take place in the accessible Oakington Pavilion. You do not have to have something that needs repair to visit us – many people drop by for the tea, cake and the atmosphere.

Repair cafes organized with the Cambridgeshire Repair Cafe Network and Cambridge Carbon Footprint

Sustainable Rampton are a Parish Council working group created in January 2024 to help our community consider how we might live more sustainably – individually and collectively – through lifestyle changes and community projects.  

We surveyed residents in 2024 to establish which environmental issues most concern people who live in Rampton such as the destruction of habitats, pollution, plastic waste etc. with a view to informing the work of both the Parish Council and Sustainable Rampton.

We decided to run Repair Cafés having heard how successful they are in bringing communities together to reduce the amount of repairable consumables ending up landfill.

Our first Repair Café took place on Saturday 13 July 2024, as a result of its success we plan to run them annually. We can be contacted at theramptonrepaircafe@gmail.com

Our café, in association with Ramsey Neighbourhoods Trust, will run on Saturday the 14th March at Ramsey Library, 1.30-4pm.

Everyone is welcome – tea, coffee, soft drinks and snacks will be available.There is accessible parking outside the library and general parking on Great Whyte. The venue is wheelchair accessible with disabled toilet facilities. If you have any specific accessibility questions or concerns, please contact us in advance of the café date by email.

We will have experienced volunteer repairers at the cafe who can help with: Sewing and mending clothes; general repairs like fixing remote controls, disk drives, petrol lawnmowers and strimmers, overheated processors, saucepan handles and more; mending clocks and watches; mending ceramics. This is not an exhaustive list, so if you have something that needs fixing that’s not on here do get in touch – we are constantly updating our list of repairers and may still be able to help. Any electrical items for repair will be PAT tested by our certified tester on the day. 

How to Book

We will have some drop-in appointments on the day but strongly recommend booking in advance to avoid disappointment. To book in your repair, please email repaircaferamsey@gmail.com and we will send you a form, or you can collect a form from Ramsey library (available from mid January). So that repairers can prepare and be as effective as possible, please be as specific as you can about the repair that you need on the form. 

Repairs are free, although donations are welcome, and all money raised will support future repair cafes. 

Our café is run in partnership with Cambridge Carbon Footprint and insured through Ramsey Neighbourhoods Trust.

We are a local neighbourhood association in Cambridge who are keen to encourage neighbours and the local community to repair items with the help of dedicated repairers in a social friendly environment.

Sustainable Shepreth was initiated in January 2023 by a group of residents. We are all passionate about finding ways to address the effects of climate change and its impact on the biodiversity of our community. We have the encouragement of the Parish Council and are keen to involve the whole village in these endeavours.

Soham Repair Café

The first St Ives (Cambs) repair cafe was held in October 2022 in the Methodist Church on the Waits and was greeted with great enthusiasm by the people of St Ives, Further cafes have been held approximately every four months.

This group is dedicated to the repair cafe(s) happening in St Neots.

Sutton TimeBank Repair Cafe is part of Sutton Time Bank and Sutton Parish Council.

We will be holding our first repair cafe on 28th June. This repair cafe will take place at The Glebe in Sutton.

We are a Community Café with a Recovery heart, we have now had two repair cafes, which were awesome! We hope it will be a regular yearly occurrence.

We hold two yearly repair cafes, offering electrical, sewing, tool sharpening and general repairs. We combine this with large community events such as ‘Christmas that doesn’t cost the Earth’ and Spring community growing, lots of recycled crafts and other activities.

We run a regular, monthly Repair Cafe on the first Saturday of the month at Together Culture on Fitzroy Street, Cambridge. Our Repair Cafe is drop in only and runs from 9am-12noon.

We held our first Repair Cafe at Together Culture in January 2023. Our group is part of the Cambridgeshire Repair Cafe Network, facilitated by Cambridge Carbon Footprint.

Repair café in Trumpington, Cambridge, operating since 2023. Currently meets in Trumpington Meadows School.

Electronics, electricals, clothing, clocks, jewellery, bikes, gadgets, sewing machines, radios, watches, woodwork. In other words we’re happy to triage (at least) most things.

We have a system where applicants fill in a web form and that feeds into a Google spreadsheet. Then we triage the repair requests and let each person know if we can help or not. In case of questions, the repairers can liaise with applicants either directly or via our administrators.

We have a good group already, but definitely open for more assistance from interested volunteers near us!

We are bringing together technical professionals and other staff to create a community of repairers.

Ultimately we want to share and showcase our knowledge and skills and to engage with the wider community around the city and beyond!

To this end we are working with the Cambridge Carbon Footprint and have already hosted their ‘Cambridge Crotch Repair Workshop’. We have established a repair cafe session for April 2025 and are looking to run sessions termly, rotating across our various sites.

For initial enquires please contact John via e-mail at jan35@cam.ac.uk

A friendly and welcoming space where you can bring broken or worn-out items and give them a new lease of life instead of throwing them away.

The Warboys Repair Café is organised by Warboys Parish Council’s Climate and Environment Group and is held in the new Warboys Community Centre. We held a successful first Repair Cafe in November 2025 and hope to plan 3 events a year going forward. We have some fantastic volunteers who have come forward but are always looking for more.

The Warboys Repair Café is all about reducing waste, saving money and bringing people together, with the added bonus of great tea, coffee and cake. All repairs are free (donations welcome), and you might even learn how to fix something yourself!

Waterbeach is a repair cafe which is usually run once a year, often, in conjunction with the Summer at the Beach art festival. It’s been running for several years.

We are a group of volunteers helping people repair their items in the local area

A new Repair Cafe for the village of Witchford and surrounding areas.