Frankston Roving Repair Program

Time: 1pm – 4pm

Venue: Frankston North Community Centre

Bookings essential

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Time: 1pm – 4pm

Venue: Karingal Place

Bookings essential

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Time: 1pm – 4pm

Venue: Frankston Library

Bookings essential

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Time: 1pm – 4pm

Venue: Lyrebird Community Centre

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Frankston City Council is trialling a series of repair events covering repair items, such as bicycles, toys, textiles, books appliances and woodwork. Volunteer repairers will do their best to help you repair or repurpose items, whilst sharing skills, to empower you to continue your repair journey. Bring your damaged items and we will do our best to match it with someone who can help. 

Frankston City Council is appointing expert and hobby repairers to help you. Wherever possible repairs will be conducted for free, with some basic materials, such as glues being provided. In some instances, you may be advised to purchase materials or parts and bring your item back to a subsequent event.  

If your item is battery powered or is a lamp we recommend bringing new batteries and/or globes, so that we can test it. 

Repairs will be conducted by volunteers and we will be reliant on their skills and knowledge. Most items can be assessed. However, there are some items that can often be tricky to repair, particularly electrical items with casings that can’t be opened. Sewing machines and zips can also be very tricky and may not be able to be repaired. We recommend contacting the event organisers for advice.

Important note: whilst we will do our best to match you with a repairer not all items will be able to be repaired on the day if at all.  

Our repairers will do their best to repair as many items as possible. However, if an item is beyond repair, requires specialised tools or parts, or we don’t have time on the day of the event, we will provide guidance on where you can get further assistance.  

If an item can’t be repaired, we’ll support you to identify the best way to dispose of it, ensuring any recyclable materials are saved.  

Absolutely! We welcome passionate individuals who want to contribute to the Repair Program. If you have repair skills or simply want to help with admin, organising and logistics, please get in touch with us. You can contact Circularity Education Officer at Frankston City Council or simply complete the volunteer Expression of Interest online form. 

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Volunteers will be recruited by Frankston City Council and are required to complete all onboarding requirements, including a Working with Children Check and a National Criminal History Check.

Although the events are free, booking will help us gain an understanding of how many people are coming and what they are bringing, so that we can advise our repairers and they can bring appropriate tools whenever possible.

Feel free to drop by during any of the events for more information, or just to learn a bit more about the repair movement, the circular economy and check out the repairs. We would love to connect.

• When registering upon arrival, we will do our best to match you to the appropriate repairer
• There may be wait times. We encourage people to grab a tea or coffee and observe repairs/chat with others waiting
• The work carried out in the repair event is performed free of charge by the repair experts and volunteers at hand
• Visitors carry out the repairs themselves whenever possible, but repair experts and volunteers are on site and can help if necessary
• Repairs are done for free, meaning neither the organisers nor the repair experts and volunteers are liable for any loss that may result from advice or instructions concerning repairs
• Visitors offering broken items for repair do so at their own risk
• We cannot guarantee that items will be repaired
• Repair experts/ volunteers are entitled to refuse to repair certain objects
• Items may be repaired in a DIY fashion. If you want perfection, we recommend seeking a professional repairer and paying for their service
• Experts/ volunteers offering repairs no guarantee for the repairs. We will test where appropriate but cannot guarantee that objects work properly once you take them home
• Repair experts are not obliged to reassemble disassembled appliances that cannot be repaired. Especially if they have people waiting for repair.
• To cut down on unnecessary waiting times during busy periods, a maximum of ONE broken item per person will be examined. The visitor will join the back of the queue if there are additional items for repair. In some cases, very simple repairs can be grouped as one.