Ashburton Repair Café aims to save resources – and money – by repairing household items (which would otherwise be thrown away). We’re up for a challenge! We’ll have a go at repairing clothes, household electrical items, sharpen tools, stick items back together and much more. We’ll glue, stick, tape, sew, sand and repair and check electrical goods.

We have a workshop at the Old Umber Works on Chuley Road (near Tucker’s and Ashburton Wholefoods). Usually, we’re open at our workshop on Fridays (between 3pm & 5.30pm) and the first Saturday of the month (between 10am & 12.30pm). Drop off your broken thingymagigs; collect items that have been repaired, or just pop in for a chat and a cuppa. Check our website for any updates and a map.

Please park in the Grey Matter car park in front of our workshop. Please don’t park immediately outside or block access to Ashburton Wholefoods.

You can book items in, in advance, on our website here.

Recently, we repaired a 30-year-old Henry. When they heard about the plight of this Henry, Numatic, the maker, gave us a new motor. They’re proud of how long Henrys last, and that they can be repaired.

In the future, we hope to help people undertake straight-forward repairs themselves. It’ll all help reduce waste, and save money.

Look out for updates here, on the calendar, and on Facebook and Instagram.

We hope to see you soon.