Herald - Issue 380

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At Lymington Community Centre on New Street from 9.30am till 12.30pm, volunteer repairers will be available to help people try to repair their items. People are invited to take along their broken items from home including clothes, phones, electrical items and bikes. Materials will also be on hand for people to have a go at xing items themselves. ere will be no charge for this, but donations towards the hire of the hall will be welcome. Sta from Figgures Cycles shop will also be o ering free bike safety checks. e Repair Café will be running alongside a ‘Jean Genie’; an ‘upcycling’ event, also run by Transition Lymington. Several sewing machines will be set up for people to have a go at making something new from old pairs of jeans and other materials. Refreshments will be available too. By promoting repairs, Transition Lymington wants to help reduce mountains of waste. is is absolutely necessary, according to Grace Brennan from the group. “We throw away so much stuff in the UK. Even things which practically have nothing wrong with them, and which could easily be used again after a simple repair. Unfortunately, many people have forgotten that they can have things repaired. Repair Café wants to change all that. Repairs can save money and resources, and can help minimise CO2 emissions. By running a Repair Café people can discover that repairing things can be fun and often quite easy.” the Repair Café will hopefully put local people in touch with each other, and maybe discover that a lot of know-how and practical skills can be found close to home. Grace says: “If you repair a bike, a CD player or a pair of trousers together with a previously unfamiliar neighbour, you look at that person in a different light the next time you run into them on the street. Jointly making repairs can lead to pleasant contacts in the neighbourhood.” Grace explains: “Our first Repair Café earlier in the year was very successful and people have been asking us to run another. We are hoping to run the café every year so we are always looking for more people to help as volunteer repairers. Please get in touch if you think you can help on our Facebook page; search for ‘Lymington Repair Café’ and send us a message.” e Repair Café concept arose in the Netherlands in 2009, and was formulated by Martine Postma, at the time an Amsterdam-based journalist/publicist. In 2010, she started the Repair Café Foundation (see Repaircafe.org). is foundation provides support to local groups around the world wishing to start their own Repair Café. e foundation also supports the Repair Café in Lymington. Find out more and spread the word on Facebook; search for ‘Lymington Repair Café’. Just like the Transition Lymington group itself, Dogs2FosterUK care for dogs in need who have been mistreated, abandoned or that require rehoming as they are not living in the right environment and their needs are not being met by their current owners. ey o er a rehoming service to owners who have had a change in circumstances which can include nancial di culties, ill health, bereavement, housing di culties etc. is is a preventative service to support owners rehome their dogs safely instead of owners using unsafe multi-media sites like Gumtree and Facebook. ey are happy to support any owner in need of this service, its free, they do not judge and all information is dealt with in the strictest of con dence. ey are looking for suitable land/premises for their dog sanctuary, if you are a land owner that may be able to help, please contact them . If you would like to help the dogs and support their dog sanctuary project you can make a donation on their website or send a cheque payable to Dogs2FosterUK to 2 Peartree Cottage, Main Road, Marchwood, SO40 4US. Any amount is always gratefully received as are donations of dog equipment. If you would like to subscribe to their newsletter and follow their work and the journeys of their amazing dogs, please go to their website at www.dogs2fosteruk.org or call them to be added to their mailing list. Seeking Suitable Premises/Land