The reason it came to people's notice was this article in the Tamworth Herald:
Get electrical items repaired free of
charge thanks to Tamworth vicar's unique idea*
By Tamworth Herald
| Posted: January 10, 2015 By Helen Machin
A TAMWORTH vicar is to launch a project
which will see a team of experts repairing electrical items completely free of
charge.
He has recruited a host of engineers to
help with fixing broken televisions, phones, laptops and other similar
appliances which members of the public will be invited to take along.
Vic, who is a qualified electronics
engineer with a keen interest in the subject, hopes that the scheme will help
people save cash and will be good for the environment.
He said: "Restart parties are held
in other areas and I thought it would be good to start the scheme in Tamworth.
"Basically, if you have an electrical
item which is broken, bring it along and we will fix it. It will be completely
free of charge.
"People will throw away a
two-year-old TV which is broken and buy a new one, when the old one could be
repaired with just a capacitor costing a few pence. People will throw away
their broken phones and get into debt buying new ones – they can be repaired.
"This scheme will save people money
and, of course, it's green, it will mean people are throwing fewer things
away."
Vic, also the driving force behind
Tamworth's hugely successful Street Angels project, is hoping to set up several
Restart groups across the town if the project proves successful, and is also
hoping to repair larger items such as tumble dryers and washing machines.
Anyone who has the skills to repair
electrical items and who would be willing to offer their services free of
charge can contact Vic at tamworthrestart@btinternet.com
This article let to the BBC contacting me and here's the broadcast:
Hopefully more people will get passionate about being the difference in our town and volunteer their skills (and others to learn to fix stuff too) - You don't need to be a Christian to get onboard, you just need to care (and the rest, we can hopefully add)
Pax
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+ Should have added that whilst we provide the tools and the skills - the cost of the parts will need to be met (but hopefully we can find some source of funding for that as we progress too!)
+ Should have added that whilst we provide the tools and the skills - the cost of the parts will need to be met (but hopefully we can find some source of funding for that as we progress too!)
