We're open every Friday between 3pm and 6pm at our workshop on Chuley Road. Check our website for details on how to find us, to book your item in for repair, what we can (and can't) repair and much more: ashburtonrepaircafe.org.uk.
Bring your broken items and our skilled volunteers will do their best to mend them. Enjoy a cuppa and cake whilst you wait. Happening the THIRD Saturday of every month (except December). No charge, but donations welcome.
Bring clothes, fabrics, woollens to repair or household goods, electrical and computer and phones that need repairing. Stay for coffee, cake and a chat. This month we are holding a special upcycling event for Okehampton's Edwardian evening on 4th December Bring any unwanted clothing fabric and have fun helping us to refashion your costume. Hats, […]
All welcome to help with the 'light touch' maintenance of Uffculme's Wildlife Pond. Tasks suitable for all abilities, including monitoring and recording our flora, fauna and fungi finds in and around this lovely 'wild for wildlife' pond and surrounds. We're also keeping a stretch of the main road in central Uffculme lightly maintained so that […]
Join us to tend the Alibi Garden every Thursday morning. This is an opportunity to get together with members of your local community in a friendly and supportive environment and to develop your gardening skills through the seasons. We have 6 large planters that are fully accessible to anyone with mobility issues, a polytunnel (also […]
Two nights. 18 films under the stars. Chat, live music and family workshops. 21–22 August at Freshwell Camping, right in the heart of the North Devon World Surfing Reserve. FRIDAY 21 AUGUST, 6pm-10:30pm Films from Save The Waves, the world's only international surf and environmental film festival. Bring a chair or a mat, grab food […]
Discover the garden and a few tips on how to grow food while supporting nature. We’ll learn how to sow seeds and take care of our plants, harvest produce to prepare some light snacks to share. You’ll take home a little seed tray. As part of our Garden Summer Programme - a programme of events […]
Use an extensive array of fallen buds, seed pods, sticks, leaves and cones to create temporary artworks, known as Nature Doodles. Through a range of prompts and activities, we’ll ‘doodle’ on our own, before creating a bigger, collaborative piece, seeing the magic that can happen when we all work together. Run by Megan Dowsett As […]
Join basket-maker Tyler Haddad in exploring natural fibres that grow all around us. Learn to identify the garden and hedgerow plants that we can process for fibre and then twist into cordage. Some of the plants include nettle, bramble, raspberry, willowherb and soft rush. Learn how to twist string and make your own bracelet or […]
Join basketmaker Tyler Haddad in making string from natural fibres that grow all around us. We will go over how to identify and process garden and hedgerow plants for fibre. You will learn how to twist string/cordage from this fibre to make metres of it! We will then learn how to weave this string into […]
Explore and learn about nature-friendly plants and helping wildlife in the garden. Have fun getting a bit messy making seed balls to take home and plant for bees and butterflies. As part of our Garden Summer 2026 - A program for children and families For children aged 4+
Bring along your broken bits to St Andrew's Church Hall - and we'll see what we can do. We'll take a look at household items including, tools for sharpening, crockery for gluing, electrical items, clocks - the list's almost endless! Check our website for details...you can book items in as well at https://ashburtonrepaircafe.org.uk/book-item-in/ Want to […]