The Repair Café
Going from strength to strength since being set up 2 years ago and now relocating to the ECO Action Hub from March, the Repair Café is all about the importance of make-do-and-mend for sustainable living.
Learn new skills, meet new people and create the habit of repairing and reusing things. Repair skills available in the hub include:
- textiles, sewing
- woodwork, dolls, toys
- small electrical items, such as vacuums (excludes microwaves)
We aim to fix anything, our volunteers love to solve problems! Check out our Facebook and Instagram to find out what we have been fixing.
Pre-book a free ticket by clicking ‘Register’ on our Eventbrite page.
Alternatively, email us on repair.maidenhead@gmail.com.
The Library of Things – an update!
We’re currently building our team, our approach and our ‘operational model’: we will be ready to tell you a lot more about our ‘Library of Things’ very soon: please look here for all updates.
Why buy, when you can borrow?
DraughtBusters
Have the DraughtBusters team draught-proof your home and save you money. DraughtBusters are a team of experienced volunteers who want to help people with draughty homes. We will fix your draughts and give you advice on how to save money around your home. All free – do not hesitate to get in touch with us, preferably by email rbwmdraughtbusters@gmail.com or phone 07548 594413 and leave a message.
TerraCycle
Happy to be an official TerraCycle drop off point for the following items:
- The Air, Home and Laundry Care
E.g. laundry packaging, empty air freshener containers, etc. Please see the full list of what is and isn’t accepted here. - The Cheese Packaging
Any brand of flexible plastic cheese packaging and nets. Labels from Cathedral City Minis packs of 6. Please see the full list of what is and isn’t accepted here. - The Marigold® Gloves
Only Marigold branded durable and disposable household gloves and the plastic packaging. - The Pringles® Tube
Only Pringles branded tubes, no lids. Tubes can be crushed. - The Food Storage Container
All (rigid) plastic food containers and lids as well as all brands of reusable plastic water bottles and caps. Please see the full list of what is and isn’t accepted here. - The Taylors of Harrogate
You can recycle all brands of flexible coffee packaging through this programme. Please see the full list of what is and isn’t accepted here.
Are you looking for something we don’t currently collect? Drop us an email on ecoactionrbwm@gmail.com.
Learn more about TerraCycle here: https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/about-terracycle/
Eco-friendly Meeting Space / Co-Working Space
Come and work from the Hub! We have free Wi-Fi, and comfortable chairs and tables. (You can bring your coffee in with you from the café across from the Hub. We are happy to offer a space for any eco focused event you may want to organize – just get in touch with us!
Information
Come inside to see content on green(er) gardening, bathroom, food, etc. Most of the content is provided by our partner organisations. Are you an expert in a topic? Do you have something to put on the boards? Please get in touch with us! This is a community project, and we value everyone’s experience and knowledge.