The report covers repair workshops and other activities from May 2018 - April 2019. Besides being an ambassador of the zero-waste culture and raising awareness about the importance of shifting towards a circular economy, our approach to reporting is to inspire and engage. This report also represents our policy towards sustainability throughout building a future where people live in harmony with nature.

1. REPAIR CAFE KOLDING
ANNUAL REPORT
2019
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT CALCULATOR

2. RC KOLDIGNG| ANNUAL REPORT 02
WHO ARE WE?
Repair Cafe Kolding is a non-profit
organization run by volunteers. It was founded
in May 2018 with the purpose to drive change
into consumer behavior, to reduce waste and
promote a more sustainable lifestyle.
We help and teach others to reuse, repair, and
restore existing items instead of throwing
them out. We organize repair workshops once
a month in Kolding.
Repair Cafe Kolding follows the principles of
the Circular Economy: reuse, reduce and
recycle.
Our Annual Report showcases the
ability to reduce the negative impact
each of us implies on our planet and
help us shape a sustainable policy.
By calculating our Ecological Footprint
we are able to learn about what we can
do to tread more lightly on the Earth.
Our motto:
Repair instead of
buying new!
#zerowaste

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OUR MISSION
We would like to increase the belief that each
person is important, each step towards
fighting climate change is valuable.
Repair Cafe Kolding endorses the 17 SDGs by
creating a better future. Repair Cafe Kolding
would like to engage all creative minds in the
city experiencing the sense of community who
will become empowered to build a greener life.
The report covers repair workshops
and other activities from May 2018 -
April 2019. Besides being an
ambassador of the zero waste culture
and raising awareness about the
importance of shifting towards a
circular economy, our approach to
reporting is to inspire and engage.
This report also represents our policy
towards sustainability throughout
building a future where people live in
harmony with nature.
Our goal: to leave a
positive impact
on the world -
environmentally and
socially.

4. 20VOLUNTEERS
0.5TONNES OF
CO2*
187VISITORS
PEOPLE
PLANET
1 YEAR
IN
FIGUR
ES
*CO2 CALCULATI ON I S BASED ON ESTI MATI ON FROM RESEARCH ORGANI SATI ON ´TNO I NNOVATI ON FOR LI FE´, WHI CH HAS
CALCULATED THAT COLLECTI NG AND RE-USI NG PER KI LO GOODS I N REPAI R SHOPS EQUALS KI LO OF SAVED CO2
**ALL RESULTS ARE ESTI MATED AND BASED ON DATA GATHERED DURI NG OUR WORKSHOPS (I N CASE OF NO DATA,
ASSUMPTI ONS WERE USED)
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5. PEOPLE
89%
SUCCESSFUL RATE
For the previous year we repaired 82
various items with the success rate of 89%:
- 41 textile pieces
- 18 electronic devices fixed
- 23 bicycles repaired
Most of the items brought during our
events were bicycles, small electronic
appliances, clothes and furniture.
14
EVENTS
12 repair workshops & 2 wood workshops
called "Tobbers & Friends" were hosted
through the year. The last is a
collaboration between Repair Cafe
Kolding, Tobbers Madbar & Kolding
Municipality aiming to establish
communities among young people in
Kolding. It happened two times when
young students and fixers from Repair
Cafe Kolding repaired, upcycled and
refurbished old furniture from RE:USE.
The outcome will be displayed at
Tobbers Cafe & Restaurant and the
collected amount of money will go to
Tobbers Venner, which supports young
people in need.
187
VISITORS

6. PLANET
451
KG OF CO2
We repaired 82 items and prevented 0,5
tons of potential waste.
We use the factor of 1 kg of co2 saved per
kg of product repaired. This is a TNO
method: https://www.tno.nl/en/.
23
BICYCLES
The core values of Repair Cafe
Kolding is to educate, to inform, to inspire
and make you become aware.
During the repair events, everyone has the
opportunity to learn how to repair the
broken items with the advice of our
volunteers.
In February, two of the bike fixers and 15
participants who needed a bike repair
gathered at one of the rooms at SDU
Maker Lab. They were introduced to the
main issues that a bike owner could face
up and how to deal with them.
41
KG OF TEXTILE

7. PROFIT
1
LOCATION
The events are hosted by SDU Maker Lab,
Pakhuset with has a great location next to
the harbor. Pakhuset serves as an innovation
community for educational institutions,
entrepreneurs and a number of small and
medium-sized companies in Kolding.
1200
HOURS OF VOLUNTEER
WORK
During 14 events, more than 180 people
visited Repair Cafe Kolding ́ events. They are
held both Danish and English, run by
around 20 volunteers.
Only for the last 4 months, we have
managed to attract 6 new members: a
social media marketing & PR specialist,
one volunteer skilled in electronics (student
at IBA), two volunteers with a passion for
photography, a bike guru, and our last new
member is an expert in tailoring.
4
MEDIA
Our March´19 event was covered by a local
newspaper Ugeavisen Kolding who wrote
two articles about the repair cafe movement
and our founder Tina Klemmensen.
Another volunteer, Lisbet Larsen, was
recently mentioned in the same newspaper
because of her passion for up-cycling.
Tina gave an interview for radio VLR which
headhunts interesting stories to share about
with its fans.

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COLLABORATION
REPAIR CAFE KOLDING
IS A NON-PROFIT
ORGANISATION,
DEPENDENT ON
VOLUNTEER WORK
Repair Café Kolding is a non-profit organisation
that survives through its dedicated team of
volunteers, a strong partnership with local
institutions, collaborators and local network.
For the one year of its existence Repair Cafe
Kolding received support from:
- Stella Jensen and Karin Raaby from the
Circular Department in Kolding municipality
printed out postcards for Repair Cafe´s
promotion (support with around 1 000 DKK)
- donation for visitors (100 DKK)

9. RC KOLDING | ANNUAL REPORT 09
COLLABORATION
During 14 events, we have
spent 1200 hours of
volunteering work and saved
potentially 120.000 DKK
- Mette Winther Hauge, who is a Development
Consultant in Kolding Municipality, has initiated
two workshops together with Tobbers Madbar
and Repair Cafe Kolding, upcycling and
refurbishing wood goods from RE:USE in the
name of a good cause.
- SDU Maker Lab in Kolding run by Flemming
Bech Thøisen provided Repair Cafe with aprons,
a beach flag with the logo and a roll-up banner.

10. RC KOLDING | ANNUAL REPORT 10
SOCIAL
MEDIA
REPAIR CAFE KOLDING
has doubled the visitors
for the last 4 months
actively engaging its
followers on Facebook &
Instagram**
Since December 2018 the participants
during the repair cafes raised from 60 to
127 in total.
Instagram
- 40 new posts for 4 months compared to 9
for the previous 8 months
- triple the number of followers ( 113 to 307)
Facebook
- triple the number of fans ( 217 to 601)
- double post reach per month
( 6 000 to 12 000)
**All results are achieved by organic
performance.

11. 25VOLUNTEERS
1.0TONNES OF
CO2
290VISITORS
PEOPLE
PLANET
GOALS
2ND
YEAR
RC KOLDING | ANNUAL REPORT 11
By September 2019
Repair Cafe Kolding
will be consolidated
by becoming an entity
with a board of about
7 people.

12. OUR STORY
Tina Klemmensen is a founder of Repair Cafe Kolding. She lives in Kolding and she is a self-
employed and has her own business as a creative consultant. Her business is based in
Pakhuset.
"I started Repair Cafe Kolding in May 2018 after a visit to the local recycling station. The
amount of stuff people see as junk is CRAZY! Lot´s of the things are perfectly fine and could
easily be of use to others. As a handy person i find it easy to up-cycle and repair stuff, but not
everybody can visualize how and old chair or a pair of jeans can be mended and last longer. So,
why not start a community where we could show and train people how easily it can be done.
So, I got in contact with two people I knew from an evening course in furniture restoration
and asked if they would join me. They immediately said YES so I contacted a few more. At the
same time i discovered the world wide movement called; Repair Cafe that´s spreading around
the globe and getting bigger and bigger. I got in contact with them and became part of their
concept.
One year on, we are 20 volunteers of all ages and different skills, who help and tutor people
how to up-cycle, reuse and repair existing things instead of throwing it out. So far we have
collaborated with Tobbers Friends about up-cycling furniture, selling it at Tobbers and giving
back the money to the young, lonely people in Kolding. This project is in complete alignment
with our mission to leave a positive environmental an social footprint."

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14. CONTACTS
The Annul Report 2019
Prepared by: Svetlana Petrova, svetlana.petrova153@gmail.com
Approved by: Tina Klemmensen, info@tina-klemmensen.dk