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A repair café workshop: a volunteer-led effort in Glasgow

Volunteers in Glasgow are raising $4,150 for a repair café workshop at the Unity health centre yard.

🇬🇧 Scotland, United Kingdom1,877 views
Deborah L. Wilson
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Glasgow
For five years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 12 volunteers, including two retired carpenters, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Unity health centre yard, but no funding. We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $4,150. It will serve about 184 people, including children, seniors and people with disabilities. We'll hold a build day in September and everyone is invited. We're a small team, and every dollar will be spent in the open - I'll post receipts and progress photos. All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance. Where the $4,150 goes: • Tools hire and delivery: $500 • Materials: $3,350 • Safety equipment and signage: $300 I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen. - Deborah
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Updates from Deborah

  1. We're at 25% thanks to 26 of you. I made the first payment toward tools hire and delivery. More news soon.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 6% now ($240). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts.

  3. Update from Glasgow: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 2% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us. - Deborah

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  • Mina Sangita Newar 🇳🇵 · $25

    “Thought of Deborah all day after reading this. - Lalitpur”

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    “All the best. Thought of Deborah all day after reading this. - Akron”

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    “Best of luck. Thought of Deborah all day after reading this. - Nottingham”

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    “All the best. Thought of Deborah all day after reading this. - Caloocan”

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  • Jomar G. Galang

    You're not alone, Deborah. Your post was clear and honest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

    • Aldo Lorenzo RizzoPhoto verified

      keep going. This could happen to any of us. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home

      • Daria Tatiana BelovID verified

        Keep going. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Cairo.

        $1,300 raised of $4,150

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