Join Clean North for a community-driven movement to repair, reuse, and reduce waste! Repair Cafe is a global movement where skilled volunteers (fixers) help community members repair broken items. It’s all about sustainability and skill sharing—and giving new life to items that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Bring your broken items and let’s fix them together!
Upcoming Repair Cafes
Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 10 am-2 pm
Saturday, October 18, 2025 | 10 am-2 pm
Location: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 25, 96 Great Northern Rd, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Why Attend?
- Connect with local experts who’ll teach you valuable repair skills
- Empower yourself by learning to repair instead of discarding
- Support sustainability and the circular economy
- Divert waste from the landfill, which will help extend landfill life and reduce pollution risk
- Build a stronger community through collaboration and hands-on learning
Repair Process
- Triage: When you arrive, your item will be assessed to see if it’s within scope for the Repair Café.
- Registration: If we can repair it, you’ll register your item at the desk, sign a liability waiver, and join
the queue for repairs. - Repair: A skilled volunteer will fix your item, or if more parts are needed, they’ll direct you to
where to buy them and come back to finish the repair.
What Can You Bring?
One item per person. Choose from:
- Simple bicycle repairs
- Sewing and textile repairs
- Small electrical repairs (cords, plugs, switches)
Thanks to our partners…
Questions?
Email us at info@cleannorth.org.
Want to try fixing something yourself at home?
Check out all the Repair Cafe repair guides on repairs such as:
- How to clean computer devices and game systems to reduce overheating and improve performance
- How to replace batteries in phones and headphones
- How to fix sticky keys and joysticks
- How to open and clean a Keurig coffeemaker
- How to remove a stripped screw
- How to fix a broken necklace chain
- How to repair a loop of loose stitching in an insulated jacket
- How to replace tent pole shock cords
- How to fix a flat soccer ball
- How to repair a broken/cracked soccer shin pad
- And many more!
Want to stay informed about upcoming Repair Cafes?
- Email us at cleannorth.org and ask to be put on the distribution list for our e-newsletter. It goes out about once a month and includes information on all Clean North events.
- Follow us on social media (@cleannorthsault).
Learn more about the international Repair Cafe Movement
There are over 2,500 Repair Cafés worldwide. These free meeting places that are all about repairing things (together). There are over 2,500 Repair Cafés worldwide. Participants gain access to tools and materials to help them make repairs on clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, appliances, toys, etc. You’ll also find expert volunteers, with repair skills in all kinds of fields.
Visitors bring their broken items from home. Together with the specialists they start making their repairs in the Repair Café. It’s an ongoing learning process. If you have nothing to repair, you can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee. Or you can lend a hand with someone else’s repair job. You can also get inspired at the reading table – by leafing through books on repairs and DIY.