The company has reported that this funding will cover the cafés operating costs and enable it to purchase new equipment. It will also educate visitors how to repair their own items, including changing fuses and cleaning blocked appliances.
Folkestone Repair Café, which is part of the Sunflower House charitable trust and International Repair Café Network, was established in 2022 and has helped fixed over 250 items across 24 events.
‘Thrilled’
Philip Curds, head of ESG and sustainability at enfinium, said: “Folkstone Repair Café are a huge asset to the local community. By enabling free repairs of common household items, local people can save money and cut down the amount of waste they send to landfill. We are thrilled to be awarding the Folkestone Repair Café funding from the enfinium Repair café Support Fund.”
It has reported that the most common repairs include hoovers and garden trimmers, as well as electronics such as stereos or radios.
The café is the second repair café to have received money from enfinium since the £60,000 fund was launched in March 2024.
It was set up to support cafés within a 30-mile radius of enfinium’s facilities in Kent, North Wales, West Yorkshire or the West Midlands.
‘Delighted’
Jon O’Connor, chair of the Sunflower House trustees, said: “We are delighted to have been selected as one of the first recipients of enfinium’s Repair Café Support Fund. This new funding will empower us to broaden our impact in working with Folkestone’s community to help reduce their climate footprint through repair and reuse while saving money and fostering a passion for repair.
“We are so proud of all the work we do in the community – this project is about much more than just repairing broken items. For example, recently, we repaired an old Walkman for a local resident which meant she was able to hear her mums voice for the first time in 20 years since she had passed. This is all about people coming together to do something positive.”
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