A New Chapter for Buckfastleigh Community Life

The Moor Imagination Collective (MIC), a Community Interest Company founded in March 2022, is breathing new life into the former Methodist church in Buckfastleigh. Their vision is to transform the building into a thriving community hub – a space where creativity, connection, and resilience can flourish.

With a mission to enable a resilient and regenerative community in Buckfastleigh , MIC aims to co-create an inclusive space that brings people together, champions creativity, and celebrates diversity through education, arts, and wellbeing activities.

Imagination is at the heart of what MIC does, inspiring local people of all ages to shape a brighter, more connected future. Among the many activities already happening in the space, the Buckfastleigh Repair Café has become a regular fixture. Co-created with the support of CAG Devon and the Share Shed – A Library of Things, the Repair Café offers a welcoming place where people can bring broken items and learn how to fix them, helping to reduce waste and share practical skills.

MIC is always on the lookout for enthusiastic volunteers to support its growing activities – including more repairers to strengthen the Repair Café team. If you’d like to get involved, your time and skills could make a real difference, whether it’s meeting and greeting, helping at the café, being handy with needle and thread or mending electricals, everyone can help make the repair café a success.

The Repair Café runs on the 3 ^rd Saturday of every month, 10am-12.30pm.  Bring along your broken items and our skilled volunteers will aim to mend them. We look forward to seeing you there.

MIC also hosts the Buckfastleigh Community Fridge, where surplus food from supermarkets, locals shops, producers and allotmenteers is made freely available to those who can use it, reducing food waste locally.

The MIC team have put a huge amount of energy into loving the building back into being.  There are wonderful creative spaces to come together in and build community. If you’ve not visited already, now is the time!  If you’re looking for a great venue for your event, check out MIC.

Together, the Moor Imagination Collective is helping Buckfastleigh reimagine what’s possible when community, creativity, and sustainability come together. Check out www.moorimagination.org for more information.