BICYCLES, clothes and electricals were among the bits and bobs brought to the first ‘repair cafe’ of the year in Rose Hill.

People were urged to join the event, staged by Rose Hill and Iffley Low Carbon and Rose Hill Community Centre, to help stop unwanted goods heading to landfill.

The Rose Hill Repair Cafe aims to help people save their unwanted items by breathing new life into them and mending or upcycling products.

Trained volunteers were on hand to help people learn the various skills to fix different items at the event on Saturday.

IT professional Cameron Shiell and former audio repair technician Tony Baker were among those who set about fixing a a radio at Rose Hill Community Centre.

Scores of buttons helped many Oxford residents with fixing clothes they had brought to the centre, as well as repairs to both lamps and bicycles.

Oxfordshire County Council chairwoman Gill Sanders was on hand to help and oversee some of the repairs.

The cafe ran from 10am-12.30pm and organisers said it was a ‘great opportunity for local people to save money, stop things from going to landfill and to socialise with their neighbours’.

There were also tea, coffee and cake to help make the event even more family friendly.

There will be a repair cafe at the Rose Hill Community Centre on Saturday, April 6, at the same time.

For more details or to ask about becoming a volunteer contact ldixon@oxford.gov.uk