Mend It, Fix It @ Fed Square

As part of the Sustainable Living Festival 2023 in February a Mend it, Fix it session will be held in the Atrium where you can bring along items that are in need of repair. Bookings are in half hour time slots from 10am with a limit of 20 people per half hour, simply sign-up for free and let them know what you are bringing to be fixed.

Following the great success of this event as part of the Zero Waste Festival held in September 2022, Zero Waste Victoria are again having a Mending Circle showing how mending items is a great activity to undertake. The theme will be ‘Stitch It, Don’t Ditch It’ following the success of events around the globe.

They will have menders repairing their own items who are also happy to discuss mending with attendees and, if you bring items, to help show how to mend them. The aim is to show people how easy mending is to do yourself rather than just mending things for you. So come along to the circle and to sit down and join in for either a chat or mend. Hosted by Tamara Russell of Karhina Textiles.

If you would like to volunteer as a mender (no expertise required!) please get in touch. The more the merrier!! – tamara@zerowastevictoria.org.au

Mend it, Fix it will also have a Repair Cafe on hand to fix your broken items so bring your things in need of repair – for FREE. Yes, that’s right the St Kilda and Brunswick Repair Cafes repair stuff for free! They do this to stop things going to landfill and to educate the public about how to avoid waste from unnecessary purchasing of new products.

Bring along anything you can carry that needs repair and their experienced volunteers will do their best to keep it alive. Items such as: electronics, electrical, wood, metal, sewing, jewellery, bikes, toys, in fact just about anything you can think of.

So come along to join in the fun.

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