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Already a repairer or the organiser of a repair group? Or looking how to get started? Join our online community for repair around the world, Restarters.net.
If you’ve been following any of our communications over the last 18 months (or those of our project partner Possible) you’ll know that we’ve been testing permanent repair in two Fixing Factories with support from the The National Lottery Community Fund. One of these, the Brent Fixing Factory has been based in a Reuse and […]
Fixfest UK 2023 is the biggest gathering of community repair in the UK. Let’s connect, share, celebrate and strengthen our fantastic movement in Cardiff on Saturday 30 September 2023.
We’re delighted to have been awarded the European Union Prize for Citizen Science—Digital Communities Award for our work with repair data and policy campaigning.
It’s often said that repair skills are more common among older generations. Unless these skills are passed down, so the argument goes, we’re in danger of losing them entirely. Whether true or not, teaching the next generation about repair has never been more important. As the climate crisis deepens, repair can play a vital role […]
Our not-so-new Co-Director, Fiona Dear, reflects on an Autumn of bringing the repair movement together. This Autumn was busy. By September I’d spent 9 months getting my head round the world of electronic repair – and all the issues that link with it. Tech and software. Reuse and digital access. Community repair and data. E-waste, […]
It’s almost time for Fixfest 2022! This year, we will be convening in Brussels for the first time in too long as a global community. We’re so happy that many of you are able to join us from all over the world, representing the diverse range of repair work that is happening all the time. […]