MERNDA REPAIR CAFÉ: GARMENT MENDER

Mernda Repair Café will be the first community Repair Program for the community of Whittlesea hosted at the Mernda Community House and outdoor community space. It is a free, inclusive and cross cultural community event that offers repairs of personal items by volunteer Repairers. Our focus is to bring awareness of a more sustainable lifestyle where we can divert items from landfill in our community. We hope to ignite interest and the sharing of skills in repair and maintenance of items.

The Repair Café events will run once a month, from April to December 2022. The events will be covid compliant, run by a team of volunteer Repairers and Helpers from the community with support from the Repair Café Coordinator on the day. We understand that this position is voluntary and we will work with your availability.

Join the Team: Be an Eco Warrior and help the community to reduce waste going to landfill. To assist with the repair of a garment item that a community member has brought to the event. To share your knowledge of basic mending repairs with the community.

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Type of work

Trades & Maintenance

Suitable for

Centrelink Volunteers, Families with Children, People Learning English, Travelling Volunteers

Commitment

Regular - less than 6 months

Time required

Saturdays

Requirements

Covid-19 vaccination
National Police Certificate
Working with Children Check

• Years of experience and knowledge in repairing garments. • Experience in fabric or clothing garments repairs, we are open to the many skills of patching holes, hems, tears, zipper replacement, darning socks, sewing on buttons. • Skilled in either using a sewing machine, or over locker or hand stitching. • Clear verbal communication. • Experience working with the public. • Ability to work within operational policies and maintain confidentiality. • Ability to work in a culturally appropriate way with migrants and people from refugee backgrounds, volunteers, students, guest speakers and group facilitators. • An understanding of the refugee experience within Australia. • To be able to work as part of a team (of volunteers, students and staff) but also able to work independently and remotely if needed. • A non-judgmental attitude and respect for others. • To be reliable, conscientious and accept direction. • Respect all forms of confidentiality and abide by the Agency’s Code of Ethics.

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