Delivering a Community Repair Outreach Programme

Leicester Fixers delivered the Leicestershire Community Repair Outreach Programme main aim was to support 6 community repair groups in delivering repair events across Leicestershire. We supported the creation of Coalville, Hinckley, Market Harborough, Lutterworth and Rutland Fixers as well as supported Transition Loughborough Fixers and Melton Space organisation of repair event.

The project was funded through Shire Environmental Grants

If you would like to read an edited version of our final report to our funders with the activities we've delivered, the organisation we've got in touch with as well as the actual outcomes, subscribe to our newsletter and indicate that you want to get more information about the Leicestershire Outreach Programme.

If you would like to deliver a community outreach programme, subscribe to our newsletter and let us know. We will contact you via email to arrange an appointment, discuss further your goals and share with you resources.

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Need help fixing?

Do you need Help Fixing a Broken Item? Here are few steps you can take Join your local community repair discussion groups and ask directly on the forum for some suggestions on how to repair the items as well as recommendation for repairers in your area. If you live in Leicester, you can join Leicester Fixers Facebook Group If you live in Leicestershire, there are numerous groups that can support you with repair, find out about them here You can join Restarters.net and ask for suggestions on their forum Have a browse through the internet for discussion forum for suggestions and advices For Electronic items, Ifixit is a great resources as well as Youtube If you know of more resources, please contact us or comment with your suggestions of discussion forum people can join so we can added to our directory specialised in repair Pay for professional services For more repair shops in the high street, we need to support repair businesses and this by purchasing their services. Instead of buyi...

About Leicester Fixers

Elsewhere on the Web Leicester Fixers created Leicestershire Fixers News, a facebook page updating about repair activities across Leicestershire, in 2019 as a result of the Leicestershire Community Repair Outreach Programme . Look up Leicester Fixers on Google ( videos ) Leicester Fixers on podcasts About Leicester Fixers Hello. We are Leicester Fixers. We are a growing community of people , we do projects supporting people in Leicester, Leicestershire and beyond to repair their broken items and reduce the number of items going into landfills. For almost ten years, Leicester Fixers strive to inspire people to repair and reuse their items and teach them new skills. To tell our success stories predominantly using Facebook. One day, we thought it would be nice to have a central place to put all the information about Leicester Fixers and their journey. One day, if we meet, we hope you'll share with us your favourite posts about Leicester Fixers. Even better, we would lik...

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Do you want to make Leicester Fixers a sustainable feature of Leicester? Do you want to join a community of people interested in acquiring repair skills, reducing the amount of waste going into landfills and building communities? If yes to all the above questions, Subscribe to our newsletters and say that you want to get involved. You will receive an email in the following week with a small survey to fill and an appointment so you can have a chat with one of our volunteer coordinators about your interests, skills and what you would like to achieve What you can help with now There are few activities you can already engage with such as: Writing a Fixer Story Adding details of repair shops or communities to Leicester Fixers Directory J oining an upcoming event as a participant or volunteer S upporting the Right To Repair Campaign by learning more Submitting references about your research about repair and any other articles or podcasts about Leicester Fixers F ind ...

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