Derry BIG FIX Repair Café breathes new life into old items
The weekend event was jointly hosted by Repair and Share Foyle and Derry City and Strabane District Council
PICTURED ABOVE: The Mayor Councillor Patricia Logue pictured during a big ‘Switch to Repair Café’, event at U3A Foyle in Granada which was delivered by Repair and Share Foyle in Partnership with Derry City and Strabane District Council. Included are Caroline McGuinnes Brooks from Repair and Share and Davide Toone who brought a video camera back to working order. (Photo: Martin McKeown)
Members of the public had the chance to have their broken household items brought back to life when the popular BIG FIX Repair Café rolled in to the grounds of Gransha on Saturday.
The event was jointly hosted by Repair and Share Foyle and Derry City and Strabane District Council.
Among the items to receive the BIG FIX treatment were vintage items of clothing, jewellery of a sentimental value, much loved childhood toys, and a wide-range of electronic items.
This year there are BIG FIX events taking place across the UK and Northern Ireland for the fourth time, with over 60 Repair Cafés registered to take part, an extra push is being made to tackle e-waste with support from Recycle Your Electricals.
The BIG FIX aims to help people save money, not only by repairing old items but also passing on skills to help people fix their own items in the future.
Last year, 83 Repair Cafés and 800 volunteers took part in the BIG FIX, mending 2,761 items and saving 48 tonnes CO2e.