Maidstone Repair Cafe and Sustainable Christmas Zone

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Have a greener Christmas: Repair Café and Sustainable Christmas zone at Lockmeadow, Saturday 7 November

Maidstone CAN (Climate Action Network) is inviting residents to get ready for a greener Christmas at its free Repair Café and Sustainable Christmas CAN Zone on Saturday 7 November 2026, 10am–2pm, at the Market Hall, Lockmeadow, Maidstone ME16 8LW. Entry is free and there is no need to book.

Volunteer fixers will mend broken clothes, electricals, furniture, bikes, tools and household items on the spot. Alongside them, the Sustainable Christmas zone brings together local makers, community groups and councils showing how to cut waste over the festive season.

At the Sustainable Christmas zone:

• Gift boxes made from waste paper with artist Cas Holmes
• Fabric gift-wrapping workshop and kerbside recycling advice from Kent County Council, with free food caddy liners
• Wreaths made from scrap textiles with Sue Pritchard
• Reclaimed Christmas: upcycled Christmas treasures, nothing over £1, raising funds for domestic abuse services
• Angels made from broken glass and crockery by Ania's Angels
• A Re-Gifting table: bring along an unwanted gift and pick up something new to you
• Christmas carols from Kettle Bridge Concertinas and The Ocean Blue Irregulars
• Activities for families from Cobnuts Steiner Kindergarten and Kent Family Hub
• Electrical recycling with Suez: bring old electricals for the pink bins before the new gadgets arrive

Also at the event: hand-made garden furniture and planters from reclaimed timber by CJS Garden Enhancements, The Repurposing Shed, tool sharpening, the FutureMakers Festival, One You Kent, Maidstone Sling Library, NHS walking aids and The New Poets Society.