Community Repair Networking Yorkshire

The University of Leeds Repair Café invites you to join a networking event for local repair cafes, volunteers or anyone interested in repair, reducing waste and contributing to a circular economy, hosted at our Makerspace facility in the Edward Boyle Library.

The event will be an opportunity to meet like-minded repair activists, share skills and resources and sow seeds of collaboration to further the impacts of our work on our environment, society,  promoting a culture of repair across Yorkshire and beyond. The event will include:

• A short introduction from Dr Andy Holland, Library Makerspace Specialist and Chris Bowie, Sustainability Project Coordinator
• A tour of our Library Makerspace
• A range of repair challenges for attendees to collaborate on fixes
• A chance to meet some of our student and staff volunteers
• Teas, coffees and a vegetarian buffet (please provide dietary requirements in the checkout form)

The event will be run as a 'drop-in', so you are welcome to join anytime between 5pm and 8pm.

Getting to the event:

The Edward Boyle Library is 5 minutes walk from Parkinson Building bus stops (routes 1A, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 56, 874) and 15-25 minute walk from Leeds train station.
If you are unable to travel by public transport and require a parking permit, please let us know.
Taxis can be provided to meet accessibility needs where appropriate.

For more information about this event or the University of Leeds Repair Café contact Chris Bowie [email protected]