Transition Town Tooting

Tag: Restart

  • Reduce Waste in Tooting at our fixing and mending workshop!

    There’s been lots of interest in reducing waste packaging in Tooting in recent months, whether its the new Plastic Free Tooting group on Facebook or BYO the new zero waste shop in Tooting Market. So we’re delighted to be welcoming back our fixing and mending workshop which focuses on reducing electrical and electronic waste, and helping us mend and alter our clothes and household fabrics to extend their life.

    So whether it’s electrical or electronic items that you don’t want to throw away or a sewing machine that is broken or you’re not sure how to us or maybe you have have a favourite piece of clothing that needs mending or altering and you’d like to learn how?

    You might even fancy learning how to upholster a chair in an afternoon?  Or are you simply good at fixing and mending stuff (we’re looking for people to join our growing team of volunteers!)

    Maybe you fancy a cup of tea, a piece of cake and a chance to find out more about Transition Tooting and what we get up to?

    If so come along on to Mushkil Aasaan, 220 – 222 Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7EW (next to Nando’s) on either …

    13th October 12.00 – 15.00 or 
    8th December 13.30 – 16.30

     

    Restart Parties are a community self-repair space where you take responsibility for your own gadgets and data, so please don’t forget to take any back-ups beforehand, if relevant – and if possible arrive during the first two hours to allow time for fixing!   More info about Restart including details of regular skillshares at www.therestartproject.org

  • Inviting you to our series of free local events this autumn exploring sustainability in Tooting!

    We’re thrilled with the fun and buzz at the Tooting Foodival last Saturday! Thanks to all who contributed their time, equipment, skills and produce to make it a success (see the I Grew This 2018 blog post).  Over 600 people took part on a sunny Tooting afternoon!
    Much more to share about it soon on this blog.

    The Tooting Foodival was the first in a series of free local events this autumn, all about exploring, influencing and creating sustainability in Tooting, together.

    All invited to all of them!

    Click here for a copy of the flyer.

    The next event is a Tooting Debate on Weds 19th Sept:

    ‘Local Food is an Expensive Luxury’.

    Yes, we know…..that’s intended to be provocative after the success of the community Foodival based on locally-grown food, local cooking and local eating together. 
    Come along and share what you think! Details to come here on the blog.
    The debate is on Weds 19th Sept from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm at The Selkirk Pub, SW17 0ES

    We’ll promote and share details of all the other events in good time.

  • Annual general meeting and celebrations

    Annual general meeting and celebrations

    Here at Transition Town Tooting we love a chance to celebrate – and we don’t mind a good birthday cake either!
    Last month was our annual general meeting and party, the perfect opportunity to reflect on the past year, look forward to the future and celebrate the now.
    We had feedback from some of our main events and projects of the last year and it was lovely to hear from some new faces.

    The projects represented were: Foodival (Mal), Future Tooting (Eleanor), Restart/Sewstart (Jeni), Vegetanuary (Sharon), Tooting Twirl (Lucy & Richard), Carbon Conversations (Peter), Caras (Jeni & Egle), Outdoor Learning (Sharon), Tooting Community Garden (Christine) and Green Drinks (Richard).

    This list shows the diversity of our community activities – some long standing partnerships, some one-off events – and of course covers just a snapshot of the many things TTT is involved with.

    We then moved to the formal part of the evening – reports from the treasurer, secretary and co-chairs and the reelection of the officers. Your chief officers remain: Sharon Gray & Jeni Walker, co-chairs; Eleanor Glen, secretary; and David Thorne, treasurer. We look forward to hearing from you!

    Time for a fun activity – we asked everyone present to write down some ideas for future TTT projects or wishes for Tooting on a ‘cookie’ and these will be stored in our TTT Cookie Jar to be enjoyed when we have a lull in our calendar – there was certainly plenty of food for thought.

    A quiz followed, put together by David, which provoked much debate and brain-straining and then we rounded off the evening with a gorgeous chocolate cake to celebrate TTT’s 10th birthday, some delicious snacks and many enjoyable conversations.
    Huge thanks to everyone who came and contributed to a great evening. We look forward to seeing you at next year’s party, or before then at any of our TT activities. Just email us on transitiontowntooting@gmail.com to find out how you can get involved.
    Sharon

  • Restart-Sewstart Party Returns on May 13th

    Join our fixing and mending workshop with May’s Restart and Sewstart! Whether it’s electrical or electronic items that you don’t want to throw away or a sewing machine that is broken or you’re not sure how to use, we can help!

    Have a favourite piece of clothing that needs mending or altering and you’d like to learn how? Or simply good at fixing and mending stuff?

    Or maybe you fancy a cup of tea, a piece of cake and a chance to find out more about Transition Tooting and what we get up to?

    Come along on Sun 13th May – 2.00 – 5.00pm Mushkil Aasaan, 220 – 222 Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7EW (next to Nando’s)

    (Restart Parties are a community self-repair space where you take responsibility for your own gadgets and data, so please don’t forget to take any back-ups beforehand, if relevant – and if possible arrive during the first two hours to allow time for fixing!

    More info about Restart          More about Transition Town Tooting,
    email TTT here     TTT on twitter

  • Restart this Saturday on International Repair Day

    This Saturday 21st October sees the first International Repair Day and happily we are hosting another Restart Party with the Restart Project from 2pm at Mushkil Aasaan, 222 Upper Tooting Rd, by Nandos.  All are welcome to this free event.  International Repair Day will be a chance to shout about the importance of repair and the growing global community repair movement; so far, there are 36 events in seven countries.  TTT is proud to be part of this celebration of repair and the important effort to think differently about electronics and waste. 

    A Tooting Restart Party in 2015

    Restart is a community repair event where skilled volunteers will try to keep your broken electronics out of landfill by repairing them.  The aim is to extend the life of electronic items from kettles to gadgets to laptops – we’ll have a look at fixing anything!  At the last event the chef from Mirch Masala dropped in with an impressive looking metre long power tool, sadly not functioning. We found out what was wrong with it and hopefully many more masalas have since been mixed! 

    We combine this in Tooting with Sewstart our community mending and sewing project, where Jeni will be on hand with her sewing machine and box of tricks to help you fix, improve or remodel your perhaps tired but much loved wardrobe favourites.  Come along and ask for advice, you might be surprised what you leave with!

    Do remember to take back-ups of any electornic data on devices before handing them over to fixers as we cannot be responsible for loss of vital photos, files etc. 
    And in the words of Restart Founders Janet & Ugo:
    “Obey your conscience, disobey the throw-away economy. Repair!”

  • Restart and Sewstart in Tooting Saturday 21st Oct

    • Have you got electrical or electronic items that you don’t want to throw away?
    • Got a sewing machine that is broken or you’re not sure how to use?
    • Have a favourite piece of clothing that needs mending or altering and you’d like to learn how?
    • Simply good at fixing and mending stuff?
    Fancy a cup of tea, a piece of cake and a chance to find out more about 
    Transition Tooting and what we get up to?

    Whatever the reason – come along on
    Sat 21st October – 2.00 – 5.00pm
    Mushkil Aasaan, 220 – 222 Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7EW
    (next to Nando’s)

    (Restart Parties are a community self-repair space where you take responsibility for your own gadgets and data, so please don’t forget to take any back-ups beforehand, if relevant – and if possible arrive during the first two hours to allow time for fixing!   More info about Restart including details of regular skillshares at www,therestartproject.org)

  • Restart and Sewstart – fixing and mending on Saturday 1st April

    Do you have electrical or electronic items that you don’t want to throw away?

    Or a sewing machine that is broken or you’re not sure how to use? 

    Have a favourite piece of clothing that needs mending or altering and you’d like to learn how?

    Or simply good at fixing and mending stuff?

    Maybe you just fancy a cup of tea, a piece of cake and a chance to find out more about Transition Tooting and what we get up to?

    Come and join our next fixing and mending workshop on 

    Sat 1st April – 2.00 – 5.00pm

    Mushkil Aasaan, 220 – 222 Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7EW (next to Nando’s)    

    If you can’t make it in April put these dates in your diary for future events…
    Wed 19th July –   6.30 – 9.00pm
    Sat 21st October – 2.00 – 5.00pm
                                                            
    (Restart Parties are a community self-repair space where you take responsibility for your own gadgets and data, so please don’t forget to take any back-ups beforehand, if relevant – and if possible arrive during the first two hours to allow time for fixing!   More info about Restart including details of regular skillshares at www,therestartproject.org)

  • Restart Party comes to Tooting!

    Do you have broken electrical or electronic items that you don’t want to throw away?

    Good at fixing or mending stuff or would like to learn how?   

    Come to a Restart Party!

    Tuesday 9th August from 7 – 9pm

    Restart Parties are the antidote to the thow-away society, why chuck out your electrical and electronic stuff when they could easily last longer?  Laptops, cameras, kitchen appliances, gadgets etc. – we will try to mend anything or at least tell you what’s wrong and what to do next and it’s all completely free!
    Here is a great description of a previous event in Tooting to get an idea about what goes on…

    Do remember that Restart Parties are a community self-repair space where you take responsibility for your own electronic items and data, so please don’t forget to take any back-ups beforehand, if relevant.  Also, if possible, do please arrive during the first two hours to allow time for fixing!
    The next Restart parties in Tooting, all at Mushkil Aasaan, 220 – 222 Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7EW are scheduled for :

    > Tuesday 9th August, 7 – 9.30 pm

    > Saturday 12th November, 2 – 5pm
    More info about Restart including details of regular skillshares at www.therestartproject.org

  • Restart Party on Tuesday

    Broken electrical or electronic items that you don’t want to throw away? Good at fixing or mending stuff or would like to learn how? 
    Come to a Restart Party! 

    and help keep stuff out of landfill. The next Restart Party in Tooting is this coming Tuesday 21st June at 7pm.

    Restart Parties are the antidote to the thowaway society, why bin your sickly electronics when they could easily live a bit longer with some TLC?  Laptops, cameras, kitchen appliances, gadgets etc. – we will try to mend anything or at least tell you what’s wrong and what to do next and it’s all completely free!

    #TourdeTooting At Tuesday’s party you can also get your bike checked out by Dr Bike as part of our Tour de Tooting preparations.  So bring your wheels as well as your electronics!

    Do remember that Restart Parties are a community self-repair space where you take responsibility for your own electronic items and data, so please don’t forget to take any back-ups beforehand, if relevant.  Also, if possible, do please arrive during the first two hours to allow time for fixing! 

    The next 3 Restart parties in Tooting, all at Mushkil Aasaan, 220 – 222 Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7EW are scheduled for :
    > Tuesday 21st June, 7 – 9.30 pm 
    > Tuesday 9th August, 7 – 9.30 pm 
    > Saturday 12th November, 2 – 5pm 

    More info about Restart including details of regular skillshares at www.therestartproject.org 

  • Restart Returns To Tooting

    TTT is happy to announce the first Restart Party of 2016 on Saturday 20 February from 2 to 5pm at Mushkil Aasaan, 220 – 222 Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7EW (next to Nando’s).  Download the POSTER.

    You may recall that Restart is the project that aims to keep electronic items out of landfill by trying to fix things as opposed to throwing them away. 

    Could you get involved?

    Maybe you have something that needs fixing?  Laptop? Toaster? Phone? Kettle? Toy? Hairdryer? 

    Or maybe you are good at mending stuff and fancy working out how to fix something?

    Either way come down to Tooting on Saturday 20th Feb and join in! You might be amazed at what is possible.


    Alongside this Restart Party, TTT will be running an Open Day. If you’ve ever wondered what Transition Town Tooting does and if you might like to be involved, then do come along and find out about all the great projects in Tooting, from the Foodival to the Community Garden, Oak Carving to Neighbourhood Planning. Join us for a cuppa and a chat!