26 Sep 2023
St Paul’s Church in Fleetville is holding a ‘Repair Fair’ with ‘fixers’ on hand to repair portable electrical appliances and household clothing and fabrics that might otherwise be thrown away.
The team will be in action at the Blandford Road church on Saturday October 7th from 2pm to 5pm, offering a free repair service. Refreshments will also be served.
Local people are invited to bring along their faulty electrical items and their clothing and fabrics in need of minor alterations or repairs. The team of keen amateurs will do their best to repair the items or offer advice.
They will also involve the owner in the diagnosis and repair so that they can learn through the experience. To this end, drop-off and pick up later will be discouraged.
Philip Nalpanis, co-ordinator of St Paul’s Church’s Creation Care team said: “We’re delighted to be hosting this event with Sustainable St Albans. It’s too easy to buy replacements when appliances break down, but this uses up valuable raw materials as well as adding to the mountains of waste. If something can be repaired or restored, then that must be the sustainable option.
“Repairs reduce waste, save people money and in the longer term prevent the planet from being destroyed by over-exploitation of shared resources.”
St Paul’s is organising the Repair Fair as part of its concern for the environment. It is working with St Albans District Fixers – part of Sustainable St Albans – who have already saved hundreds of kilograms from going to landfill or incineration, and averting an estimated 2.5 tonnes of CO2 emissions from the manufacture of replacement items.
A booking system for the event is being run at: https://sustainablestalbans.org/event/repair-fair-at-st-pauls-church-st-albans-2 or people can phone the church on 01727 846281.
