{"id":8843,"date":"2020-12-28T00:34:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T23:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=8843"},"modified":"2020-12-28T18:40:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T17:40:51","slug":"repair-and-reuse-initiative-for-wenvoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=8843","title":{"rendered":"Repair And Reuse Initiative For Wenvoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><em><strong>REPAIR AND REUSE INITIATIVE FOR WENVOE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Community Council has spent some time researching an inspirational project called Repair Caf\u00e9 Wales.<\/p>\n<p>We would like to share the philosophy of this project with you all and ask for your help in working towards something similar in Wenvoe<\/p>\n<p>This is an extract from a document describing Repair Caf\u00e9 Wales<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepair cafes are events run by volunteers who fix peoples household items for free and teach the owner of the item how to repair their item as the fix is being undertaken. Over the last 30 months Repair Caf\u00e9 Wales has<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helped open and support 30 repair cafes across Wales, several of which include other environmental sharing events. Since March we have had 21 requests for new repair cafes in communities across Wales<\/li>\n<li>Welcomed 12,363 visitors to our repair cafes<\/li>\n<li>Recruited 455 active volunteers across Wales<\/li>\n<li>Saved local councils \u00a350,904 in fixed items diverted from landfill over the last 18 months<\/li>\n<li>Built a recognised digital presence with over 6,000 social media followers<\/li>\n<li>Created a starter kit with 40+ documents to help a community start and successfully run a repair caf\u00e9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 18 months we have diverted approximately 16.5 tonnes of waste from landfill. Whilst we reduce waste, we also upskill people through repair to help build community resilience, we create a safe space to help people with loneliness, isolation and mental health issues and we help change people\u2019s relationship with the items they own to better understand them, bring longevity to the item\u2019s life and tackle our throw away society\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is indeed a project for our current times.<\/p>\n<p>To progress this we need a <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">CHAMPION<\/span>. <\/strong>An individual (or Individuals) who could set this on the road so that we can have such a facility in Wenvoe. We need someone with imagination, drive and initiative who could develop and lead a team of residents to support this initiative<\/p>\n<p>WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP? Plenty of support will be available.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact any of the editors if you are interested.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REPAIR AND REUSE INITIATIVE FOR WENVOE The Community Council has spent some time researching an inspirational project called Repair Caf\u00e9 Wales. We would like to share the philosophy of this project with you all and ask for your help in working towards something similar in Wenvoe This is an extract from a document describing Repair Caf\u00e9 Wales \u201cRepair cafes are [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[237,334,70,127],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-2iD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15369,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=15369","url_meta":{"origin":8843,"position":0},"title":"Wenvoe Repair Caf\u00e9","author":"Alan Williams","date":"9th April 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"WENVOE FORUM Considering Tomorrow Today Breaking News! 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