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Our latest exciting announcements, opportunities and tips
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 […] Learn how to fix most common problems with sewing machines and how to look after them with our video and repair wiki. 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. […] October 15th is the sixth annual International Repair Day! This year, we want to show the world that you can find Repair Everywhere.
A Fixing Factory Farewell
Fixfest UK 2023: Let’s strengthen the UK repair movement
We won the European Union Prize for Citizen Science—Digital Communities Award!
Teaching repair: educational resources for young people
How to repair and maintain a sewing machine
Meeting the repair movement this Autumn
Join us in Brussels (or online) for Fixfest 2022
Let’s show that repair is everywhere this Repair Day!