Mernda Repair Cafe Invisible mending volunteer

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.

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

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Type of work

Fundraising & Events, Trades & Maintenance

Suitable for

Centrelink Volunteers, People Learning English, Skilled Volunteers

Commitment

Regular - more than 6 months

Time required

• Events will run once a month on Saturdays from 10am – 2pm. Volunteers will be required to either come earlier to setup at 9.30am. • Dates for events are: 11 Feb 18 March 22 April 20 May 17 June 15 July 12 August 9 September 14 October 18 November 9 December

Requirements

Covid-19 vaccination
National Police Certificate
Working with Children Check

• Years of experience in garment mending and invisible stitching. • Experience in fabric or clothing garments repairs, we are open to the many skills of patching holes, hems, tears, , darning socks etc. • Clear verbal communication. • 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. • 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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