More than 3000 broken items have been rescued from landfill thanks to the Repair Cafe, a free volunteer-run event held on the third Saturday of every month at the North Perth Town Hall.

The not-for-profit group runs its monthly events from 9.30am to 11.30am.

People are invited to bring along broken or faulty household items such as bikes, clothes, furniture or technology devices and volunteer experts will help fix them, as well answer questions about how to fix items at home or even where to get the right parts.

Deputy co-ordinator and general repairer Bruce Galbraith, who has been volunteering with the Repair Cafe since he retired seven years ago, said the cafe drew between 15 to 20 visitors each month and had 10 to 15 volunteers who each brought their own area of expertise.

“We have

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