Leicester Fixers

Here are a few articles and blog posts wrote by supporters featuring Leicester Fixers: Dr Marie Lefebvre (2017) Why Help is the Best Glue, Thoughtful (FIX Issue) https://www.thisisthoughtful.com/3003/help-glue Dr Marie Lefebvre (2021) Leicester Fixers, Marle's Feed Blog. Url: https://marlefeed.blogspot.com/2021/08/leicester-fixers.html Open Repair Alliance (2017) Looking Back at the Last International Repair Day, openrepairalliance.org. url: https://openrepair.org/author/lauren/ Restart Project (2016)  Restart Party Host profile: Meet Marie, therestarproject.org.uk.  Url:  https://therestartproject.org/restarters/restart-party-hosts/restart-party-host-profile-meet-marie/ If you've written an article featuring Leicester Fixers, share it on Leicester Fixers FB Group so we can added to the blog. If you would like to be the first to know about new articles written about Leicester Fixers, subscribe to our newsletter

Leicester Fixers featured over the years several times on BBC Radio Leicester on the Ben Jackson Morning Show - Here is a little write up of one show aftermath reflecting on the experience -  here Leicester Fixers also featured on the Restart Radio in November 2016.  You can have a listen here If you would like to feature us on your podcasts or radio show, contact us directly .

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 ...

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...