#DIY and #RepairCafes have gone mainstream!
MAKE DO AND MEND From repair cafes to YouTube videos, how you could save HUNDREDS of pounds fixing broken belongings
Learn tips on how to keep your goods going for longer
by Harriet Cooke, Consumer reporter
14 Mar 2025
Excerpt: "If you’re not hands-on, another solution is to find a local repair cafe.
"There are more than 140 in the UK.
"Professional organiser Janine McDonald, 54, who runs Clear The Clutter Now, visited her local branch in Boothstown, near Manchester, with her 14-year-old Dyson DC24.
"'The motor had gone and it would have cost more than £100 to send it to Dyson to fix.
"'I fixed part of it by watching YouTube but it still wasn’t right, so I took it to my local repair cafe.'"
https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/33860996/save-hundreds-of-pounds-fixing-broken-belongings/
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