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Cake or Dice Share and Repair Cafe

C Cake or DIce  •  2024-09-28  •  No comments  •  Dundee Climate Fund Round 3.0  • 

Collage of photos showing repairs at Cake or Dice cafe
Collage of photos showing repairs at Cake or Dice cafe

Project code: 65

Estimated Price

£24,750


Summary


Description

Cake or Dice, partnered with NEoN Digital Arts, are looking to run Dundee's only Repair and Share cafe, as a current member  of Scotland's Share and Repair network. Repair Cafés are meeting places and they’re all about repairing things. In Cake or Dice, where the Repair Café will be located, you will find folk who can help, and tools and materials to help you make any repairs you need. We hope to be able to repair clothes, small tech, bicycles, jewellery, appliances, and toys! 

You’ll also find expert volunteers, with repair skills in all kinds of fields. We are lucky to have volunteers that are small tech specialists, crafters, jewellery makers, seamstresses, knitters, 3d printer technicians, and many more. We will alternate who will be available monthly, with information going out on socials and a newsletter. If you have nothing to repair, you can come in and have a blether, enjoy a cup of tea or coffee, or even a slice of cake. You can also get inspired at our lending library, where you can pick up books, zines or even board games! 

Our first pilot cafe will run on Saturday 19th October, and will be a partnership between Cake or Dice, NEoN and Dundee MakerSpace.  After the pilot, we would like to run a session monthly. 

 

We would therefore like to hire a part-time staff member to help deliver the following:

    • A repair and share cafe once a month

    • Admin and coordination of volunteers

    • A new weekly conversation space, 

    • Support and learning of MyTurn, creating a tools library between Cake or Dice, NEoN Digital Arts and other partnerships in the Creative hub, that Cake or dice have created. 

    • This funding will also support the tools library, plus initial material costs. 

Repairs cafes are good for the environment as they reduce waste, promote recycling and reduce carbon emissions. They also help reduce electronic waste, hopefully prolonging the life of technology. We hope that it will also save money, plus empower our community to be more confident in their own skills, and start on their own sustainable journey. 

We have been fortunate enough in to attend the Share and Repair gathering in February 2024, and have been supported so far in setting up our repair cafe infrastructure by members and other repair cafes. We are so excited to be able to bring this to Dundee, and hope you are able to join us on this journey! 


Location: Cake or Dice 89 Commercial Street DD1 2AF

Proposed on behalf of: Cake or Dice CIC NEoN Digital Arts

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