Farnham Repair Café celebrates a decade of community service

February 27th 2025, Farnham, Surrey. Farnham Repair Café will reach its 10th anniversary on the 8th March 2025, “marking an incredible decade of dedicated service to the local community,” says founder and chair Professor Martin Charter. The initial idea was sparked when Charter listened to the founder of the repair café movement speaking at the… Read More Farnham Repair Café celebrates a decade of community service

Farnham Repair Café receives King’s Award for Voluntary Service

14-11-24. Farnham, Surrey, UK. Farnham Repair Café (FRC) has been awarded the King’s Award for Voluntary Service. The award celebrates groups that are making a big difference to their local community, where volunteers are in the driving seat and have the highest standards in everything they do. Founded in 2015 and gaining charity status in… Read More Farnham Repair Café receives King’s Award for Voluntary Service

Farnham Repair Café launches free Repair Café Carbon Calculator V2  

April 13th, 2022, Farnham, Surrey.  Farnham Repair Café (FRC) launches its latest version – V2 – of its Repair Café Carbon Calculator today, and confirms that the free online tool – https://frc.cfsd.org.uk/index.php/rc-carbon-calculator-standard – is available with immediate effect to repair cafés and similar organisations anywhere in the world. The upgrade complements “Right to Repair” laws and… Read More Farnham Repair Café launches free Repair Café Carbon Calculator V2  

Free-to-use “Repair Café Carbon Calculator” launched by Farnham Repair Café through a collaboration with the University for the Creative Arts

April 22nd 2020, Farnham, Surrey, UK. Farnham Repair Café [FRC] today launches its in-house designed Repair Café Carbon Calculator, a free and easy-to-use online platform aimed at repair cafés – and other repair organisations – in the UK and internationally. Available in two versions, Quick and Standard, the calculator is believed to be the first online… Read More Free-to-use “Repair Café Carbon Calculator” launched by Farnham Repair Café through a collaboration with the University for the Creative Arts

Farnham Repair Café’s “Repair Café Carbon Calculator” is previewed at the UK’s first Repair Café Conference today

March 12. 2020.  Farnham, Surrey, UK. The UK’s first Repair Café Conference – held today and organised by The Centre for Sustainable Design [CfSD] at University for the Creative Arts (UCA) – sees a preview of a first, an online “Repair Café Carbon Calculator”, and a demonstration of 3D printing for spare parts as used… Read More Farnham Repair Café’s “Repair Café Carbon Calculator” is previewed at the UK’s first Repair Café Conference today