Restart Party at the Tin Tabernacle

 

 

 

Join us for fixing at Kilburn’s Tin Tabernacle, a Grade II listed building of special architectural importance which is the sea cadets’ home in north London.

Restart Parties are free and fun events giving practical help to fix your broken or tired gadgets. Slow laptops, broken printers, coffee grinders, lamps, kettles, vacuums and many other small electrical items! We’ll help you figure out the problem and give help and advice on how to fix it.

Restart Parties promote the repair and maintenance of electronics that may otherwise be thrown away. Our volunteers will help you learn to fix, we’re not simply a free repair service and we can’t guarantee to fix everything.

DO:
Check if your device is still within warranty, you may be eligible for a free repair, replacement or a refund. (Which? helps in the UK).
Take responsibility for your device and your data. Our volunteers are there to help you learn to fix your gadget, not to provide a free repair service. Please back up your data before the event.
Charge up your device and bring all leads and adaptors.
Get in touch with organisers if you have any questions about whether a fix is possible.
Donate to support our work
DON’T:
Assume repairs will be successful. We help fix over half of devices at our events. Even if your repair is unsuccessful, you will learn about your device and why it failed.
Expect us to have spare parts. However we can help you source them. Often people visit twice: first we’ll help diagnose the fault, then you source the spare part, and on your return we’ll help you do a replacement.
Attempt a mobile screen repair just to save money. DIY mobile screen repair is a learning opportunity first and foremost. Please see our advice page first.