Doncaster area repair cafe cancels Halloween meet after flooding

A Doncaster area repair cafe has been forced to call off a Halloween meet up because of flooding.

Thurnscoe Regeneration CIO, which hosts theThurnscoe Repair Café, was due to stage its first event on October 31.

But a spokesperson said the event at Houghton Road Community Centre has had to be postponed due to flooding at the venue.

The event will now take place on Saturday 21 November at the same venue from 1-4pm.

Residents are invited to bring in household objects such as small appliances, lamps, toys, and clocks for repair.

The friendly volunteer ‘Fixers’ will take a look and see if they can help.

Organisers hope that this will reduce the number of items going to landfill, develop the skills of individuals and help build a stronger local economy.

People are welcome to come and find out more and maybe treat themselves to a hot drink and a piece of cake.

For this first session, there will also be stalls from other services to support residents reduce their energy costs and keep warm this winter. The plan going forwards is to run the café on the last Saturday of each month.

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The Repair Cafe is part of the‘Grow Wild in Thurnscoe’ project where organisers are looking to encourage residents to think more about the environment and using resources with more consideration.

Thurnscoe Regeneration is a small charity based in Thurnscoe delivering a variety of projects for the benefit of the whole community.