Our Repair Café team have been busy this year again and are looking forward to visiting new locations in the Moorlands this summer as we look to widen our reach to cover the entire Moorlands, working with our partners at Social Connective CIC in Biddulph. We are always looking for new volunteers to join us as repairers, part of the reception team or to help with publicity.
Upcoming events
- 21 June at Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek
- 12 July at Village Hall, Butterton
- 23 August at Sandy Lane Centre, Brown Edge
- 27 September at Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek
- 18 October at Haregate Community Centre, Leek
- 15 November at Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek
We are also excited to be part of the Chain Reaction project which is a joint scheme to promote access to cycling in the Moorlands. Working with a range of partners, our Repair Café team helped get 30 bikes checked over, repaired and handed over to the good people of Biddulph. It was all part of a fun day in April that saw Outside bring in the amazing Bicycle Ballet to the town, putting a smile on everyone’s face. You can watch highlights of the event here.
We are now looking to save more bikes from the scrap heap, and support schemes in Cheadle & Biddulph to give people the skills and confidence to take up cycling.
We were very pleased to be invited to join selected Repair Cafes from around the country in an event being held in the House of Lords next month. One of our repairers, John, will be meeting MPs and representatives from Restart to showcase the great week that local groups like Moorlands Repair Café do in our communities. We have written to our two MPS and urged them to attend – you can ask them too here.