The cost of living crisis sees a group of volunteers fix items for their community.
Michael Reakes enjoys repairing electrical appliances and took apart a broken kettle to diagnose the problem
Organiser Clare Willis made a round of teas and coffees - the venue is also a warm space for people struggling with rising energy costs - as the volunteers began to greet their first visitors.Biomedical sciences student Robyn Slater patches up a hole in a pair of child's leggings "If I was starting university now, I couldn't afford the rent, £185 per week is the average in York now," she said.Jenny Gwynne, who took her broken kettle to the repair café, with volunteer Olivier Dunard
Jenny Gwynne said she was "delighted" to have found the repair café and even though her kettle couldn't be saved, volunteers offered her a replacement from their store of items.
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