Stockton Heath Repair Cafe

Welcome

THE first Repair Café for Stockton Heath was held at St Thomas’ Church Hall on Ellesmere Road, Stockton Heath, WA4 6DS on Saturday, 16 May 2026.

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Everything centres on making repairs. Toasters, lamps, hair dryers, clothes, computers, bikes, toys, crockery… anything that is broken is welcome. And can more than likely be repaired.

Here are the dates of the Stockton Heath Repair Cafe in 2026:

  • Saturday 16 May 2026
  • Saturday 20 June 2025
  • Saturday 18 July 2026
  • Saturday 15 August 2026
  • Saturday 19 September 2026
  • Saturday 17 October 2026
  • Saturday 21 November 2026
  • Saturday 19 December 2026

Parking is difficult on Ellesmere Rd but more is available in the nearby Forge car park. Please be aware that parking charges apply – £1.40 for 2 hours. See https://www.warrington.gov.uk/carparks.

Starting from 11.30 am and ending at 2.30 pm on the third Saturday of each month, various volunteer repair experts will be available to help make all possible repairs free of charge. Tools and materials will also be on hand. People visiting the Repair Café will bring along their broken items from home. Toasters, lamps, hair dryers, clothes, computers, bikes, toys, crockery… anything that is broken is welcome. And can more than likely be repaired.

The Repair Café specialists almost always have the know-how and if we don’t, we will signpost appropriately.


By promoting repairs, Stockton Heath Repair Cafe wants to help reduce mountains of waste. This is absolutely necessary, according to Paula Jones, who said: “We throw away piles of stuff in the UK. Even things which practically have nothing wrong with them, and which could easily be used again after a simple repair. Unfortunately, many people have forgotten that they can have things repaired. Repair Café wants to change all that.”

Repair Café is also meant to put neighbours in touch with each other in a new way. And to discover that a lot of know-how and practical skills can be found close to home. Paula Jones explains: “If you repair a bike, a CD player or a pair of trousers together with a previously unfamiliar neighbour, you will look at that person in a different light the next time you meet them on the street. Jointly making repairs can lead to pleasant contacts in the neighbourhood.”


Paula points out that repairs can save money and resources and can help minimise CO2 emissions. She said: “But above all, Repair Café just wants to show how much fun repairing things can be, and how easy it often is.”


To get the Repair Café off the ground, the volunteers are fundamental, so anyone with repair skills or those with the enthusiasm to support the café will be most welcome. The first Volunteer Welcome Session was at St Thomas’ Church on 25th March 2006 and was well attended, where we shared the plans and operational strategies with everyone. There will be further Volunteer Welcome sessions and our Facebook page is where updates can be found. Alternatively, just search for Stockton Heath Repair Cafe.


Paula added, “We already have some great volunteers with a range of practical repairing skills, as we’d like to be able to offer a range of repair services including electrical, electronic, sewing, computers, knife or garden tool sharpening, vacuum cleaner, woodwork and some we haven’t even thought of yet, so if you can help with any of these please get in touch.”

We’ve also been mentioned in the local press:

Warrington Guardian: https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/25978739.free-repair-cafe-launching-stockton-heath-may/

Warrington Worldwide: https://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/2026/03/31/repair-cafe-heading-to-stockton-heath/

HOUSE RULES:

  • The work carried out in the Repair Café is performed free of charge on a voluntary basis by the repair experts at hand.
  • Visitors carry out the repairs themselves whenever possible, but repair experts on site can help if necessary.
  • The fact that the repairs are being performed by unpaid volunteers reflects the allocation of risks and limitation of liability:
    • neither the organisers of the Repair Café nor the repair experts are liable for any loss that may result from advice or instructions concerning repairs, for the loss of items handed over for repair for indirect or consequential loss or for any other kind of loss resulting from work performed in the Repair Café.
    • The limitations set forth in these house rules shall not apply to claims declared justified on the basis of liability arising by virtue of applicable consumer protection legislation which cannot be lawfully superseded.
  • A voluntary donation is greatly appreciated.
  • Any use of new materials such as leads, plugs, fuses, patches or applications will be paid for separately if required.
  • Visitors offering broken items for repair do so at their own risk.
  • Experts making repairs offer no guarantee for the repairs carried out with their help and are not liable if objects that are repaired in the Repair Café turn out not to work properly at home.
  • Repair experts are entitled to refuse to repair certain objects.
  • Repair experts are not obliged to reassemble disassembled appliances that cannot be repaired.
  • Visitors to Repair Café are solely responsible for the tidy removal of broken objects that could not be repaired.
  • To cut down on unnecessary waiting times during busy periods, a maximum of ONE broken item per person will be examined. The visitor will join the back of the queue if there is a second item for repair.

CLOTHING

Clothing brought to the Repair Café for repair MUST be clean. The repairer and organisers reserve the right to refuse the repair work if it’s going to dirty our personal equipment.

SEWING MACHINES

Sewing machines that have not been used for a long period of time may not be accepted for repair as they could absorb too much time to repair. The repairer will discuss with the visitor and suggest alternative solutions including signposting to a professional elsewhere.

Repair Café International Foundation

The Repair Café concept arose in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2009, and was formulated by Martine Postma, at the time a journalist/publicist. In 2010, she started the Repair Café International Foundation (see Repaircafe.org/en). This foundation provides professional support to local groups around the world wishing to start their own Repair Café. The foundation also supports the Repair Café in Stockton Heath, which is the third one to start up in the Warrington area, following the success of those in Birchwood and Lymm.