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$2,000 per new project
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Locations: Chicago
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To access funding:
- Complete a 30 Day Challenge
- Report the impact of your project
Welcome to Repair Café! By setting up a Repair Café in your town or city, you can actively contribute to a more sustainable society. You can help create a society where everyone can find a place, where repair expertize is cherished and passed on, and where valuable raw materials are used in a responsible way. It's fun, you meet people from the neighborhood and you also help the environment!
Martine Postma, Founder of Repair Café
The Idea
We throw away vast amounts of stuff - stuff which could get a new lease of life after a simple repair. Lots of people have forgotten that they can repair things themselves or they no longer know how. Repair Cafés are free meeting places where people come together to repair things together. In a local Repair Café, you’ll find tools and materials to help you ma...
"Thank you all the extraordinary people who support this brilliant venue! We cannot afford to lose the practical skills that are the underpinnings of our society. It is also a wonderful venue to make friends, learn valuable skills and be a vital part of our social fabric. Kudos!"
Cheryl Curtis, Repair Café organizer
What you can do
You can start your own Repair Café and bring people in your community together to repair things, find out all you need to know in our 5 step guide or you can join your local group.
