St Neots Town Council took on the role of host in its first ever Repair Café on February 17, which saw 38 broken items given a new lease of life.

The hosts teamed up with Huntingdonshire District Council, as well as Cambridge Carbon Footprint for the three hour event at the Steve Van de Kerkhove Eynesbury Community Hub.

St Neots residents brought along their broken belongings, which included a sewing machine, pieces of jewellery and clothing, as well as a giant Father Christmas.

12 repairers and seven volunteers took on the job of fixing the beloved items, with 38 of them mended by the end of the day.

116kg of waste and 553kg of CO2 emissions were saved from entering the environment, thanks to the Repair Café.

The Hunts Post: 38 items were fixed at the Repair Café. 38 items were fixed at the Repair Café. (Image: St Neots Town Council)

Nicola Hatton, Environmental Project Officer at St Neots Town Council, said: "It has been a great privilege to introduce a Repair Café, and I'm amazed by the response we had to our first event.

"The amazing team of repairers and volunteers (both local and from the wider Repair Café network), together with residents who came to have their items repaired, made this event vibrant, fun and hugely successful.

"We were able to repair many items, saving them from landfill and saving people the cost of replacing them, plus we were also able to upskill local residents so that they may try repairing their own items in the future."

One guest at the Café said: "Lovely, friendly and helpful people.

"So glad we came to get a much-loved nursery light of 35 years mended."

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Donations were made throughout the day from the public which totalled £127.

The funds will be split between the Mayor's Charity Fund and Cambridge Carbon Footprint.

The Cambridge Carbon Footprint Repair Café's will continue across the county, along with other sustainable events.