Selkirk’s tech clinic goes on the road

The crew will be offering on-the-spot advice and help with laptops, tablets and phones in return for a “wee donation”, and will attempt to repair these items if required, either at the clinic or back at the store in Selkirk.

They’ll also pick up any other domestic items needing repair, and take them back to the Kirk Wynd workshop.

The General Store’s Sue Briggs told us: “So many people these days are stumped by their tech, and either live with the problem or give up.

"The General Store already offers a Monday morning clinic in Selkirk for local people to come and get help.

"And this autumn, with support from the National Lottery Community Fund, the clinic is heading out on tour to the Ettrick and Yarrow valleys.

"For a wee donation people will be able to get help with their tech and enjoy a cake and a coffee at the same time.

"The team will also be able to pick up other domestic items to return to the General Store Repairmonger for fixing.”

The clinic will be on the road on Fridays from 10am-1pm at the following locations:

• The Cross Keys in Ettrickbridge on the first Friday of the month (10am-1pm), starting on September 1;
• Boston Hall on the second Friday of the month (10am-1pm), beginning September 8;
• Cappercleuch Hall on the second Friday (2-5pm), beginning September 8;
• Yarrow Feus Hall on the third Friday (1-4pm), beginning September 15;
• and Yarrowford Hall on the last Friday of the month, beginning September 22.

The community interest company was launched in April 2021, inspired in part by the hit BBC show The Repair Shop. The idea was that locals could bring their damaged items along for repair by their small army of handy men and women, rather than send them to landfill.

Items can also be donated, to be refurbished and put on sale in the shop.

The store branched out last year to helping people with their technology woes, and now they are taking it on the road.