A Repair Café is a free meeting place. People bring broken things from home. Helpers have tools and repair skills. They work with you. You can learn to fix things. Clothes, toys, bikes, and small machines are common. Fixing old things means less trash. It can also save money. (repaircafe.org)
For example, your lamp does not work. Do not throw it away. Take it to a Repair Café. A helper checks the lamp with you. Maybe a small part is loose. You fix it together. Then the lamp works again. You keep your old lamp. You also learn a new skill.