Small changes. Shared locally.
Good things deserve another go. We bring people together to repair, reuse and share more in Havant and the surrounding area.
Practical change starts here
Solent Remade CIC supports repair, reuse, recycling and active travel. Through ShareHavant, we help our neighbours make more of the things already around us.
Explore ShareHavantFrom a favourite jacket to a troublesome toaster, bring your item to Repair Café Havant. Our volunteers will take a look, talk you through it and do their best to help.
First Saturday of the month
10am–1pm · The Pallant Centre
A DIY project, a garden job or a gathering? Havant Library of Things lends useful items you only need occasionally. Save space at home and the cost of buying new.
Free to join · Suggested donations
Collect from The Old Parcels Office
Keep your bike in use with help from our volunteer repairers. Solent Remade’s cycle work supports active travel, practical skills and getting around more sustainably.
Bike repairs at our monthly sessions
Location changes with the season
Repair Café: no January session. Please arrive by 12.30pm. Check the latest visiting details.
The Community Marketplace helps find new users for unwanted items. Get in touch about something you would like to pass on.
About the marketplaceShareHavant is planning short, practical Learn to Fix workshops, from simple sewing to household jobs. Ask about plans or suggest a skill.
Explore Learn to Fix
Our story
We believe a more resourceful community starts with what we already have. Even our home has a reuse story.
In 2022, an unused former taxi office at Havant railway station began a new life with Solent Remade. South Western Railway offered the space at a peppercorn rent, and volunteers helped turn it into a community hub.
Today, The Old Parcels Office is home to the Library of Things and a base for local repair and reuse projects. Solent Remade is a Community Interest Company, run for community benefit, with no shareholders.
Read the story of our station homeThe Old Parcels Office
opens to community use
Havant Library of Things
launches at the station
Keep useful things in use
and bring people together
People make it happen
A practical skill. A warm welcome. A little time. There’s more than one way to be part of Solent Remade.
Help with clothing, electricals, furniture or bike repairs.
Greet visitors, serve refreshments or help at check-out.
Support the lending library, photography or publicity.
Come and say hello
Two spaces in the heart of Havant.
One community making things last.
Havant Railway Station
Havant, Hampshire, PO9 1PP
Normally closed on bank holidays. Home of the Library of Things and the winter bike-repair sessions.
Directions to the stationThe Pallant, St Faith’s
Havant, Hampshire, PO9 1BE
No January session. Bike repairs are here April–September; in winter, visit The Old Parcels Office.
Directions to the PallantBefore making a special trip, check the latest opening details or call 07563 656921.
A few useful answers
Come as you are.
We’ll help you find a way forward.
No booking is needed. Come to a Repair Café session with your item between 10am and 12.30pm. If you’re unsure whether we can help, email repairs@sharehavant.org.uk first, ideally with a photo.
There are no fixed repair prices. Donations of what you can afford help cover the hall, insurance and other running costs. Cash and card donations are accepted.
We’ll do our best, but a fix isn’t guaranteed. We can’t take on petrol-powered equipment, microwaves, mobile phones, valuable antiques or items you can’t carry in. Read the full repair guidance before your visit.
Join online for free, agree to the borrowing terms, then reserve an item in the catalogue and collect it during opening hours. The catalogue lists suggested donations for a week’s borrowing. If that amount doesn’t work for you, discuss a donation you can manage.
No. There are roles in welcoming visitors, refreshments, lending items, administration and publicity as well as practical repairs. Tell us what you enjoy and how much time you can offer.
Let’s make more of what we have