How to Start a Repair Café

How to Start a Repair Café

Below are a few resources to help you through your start-up phase. Scroll down to check them out.

  1. Outreach Tips (a guide or checklist) – Make your Repair event rock!
  2. Basic Supplies List (an outline of what’s most useful to have on hand)
  3. Volunteer Descriptions Pamphlet
  4. Steps to Starting a Repair Café – 2014 Workshop Powerpoint
  5. Detailed Steps & Questions to Consider when starting a Repair Café (developed by Pittsfield MA Repair Café)

Outreach Tips for Repair Café Hosts

Outreach Tips2Download

Basic Supplies List

List of Basic SuppliesDownload

Volunteer Descriptions Pamphlet

Volunteer Descriptions Pamphlet (4/2/16)Download

Steps to Starting a Repair Café – 2014 Workshop Powerpoint

Repair Café Toronto delivered a workshop in October 2014 to share our experience on starting a Repair Café. Below is our PowerPoint presentation.

Start a Repair Café – Oct 25, 14_reduce 1Download

Detailed Steps and Questions to Consider

The co-founder of Pittsfield [MA] Repair Café Janet Henderson has put together the following handouts:

Questions for RC Organizers – Pittsfield MA Repair CaféDownload
Steps to Start a Repair Cafe – Pittsfield MA Repair CaféDownload