This guide provides a general overview of how repair cafes work and the steps involved in setting one up. It accompanies Greening Chinnor’s repair cafe manual, which provides more detail of the process and a host of additional resources, such as volunteer guidelines, an event checklist and attendee feedback forms. You can also view our webinar on setting up a repair cafe here. This guide was last updated in April 2021, as part of a Valpak funded repair cafe programme delivered in partnership with Oxfordshire County Council.
Also see the accompanying webinar on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAIfemHBJKM
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21 Nov 2025
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