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If you are a researcher, your research interest is about Repair and your research is set in Leicestershire or you are based in one of Leicestershire Universities: Join our Leicester Fixers Facebook Group and share your  reference and abstract of your paper or thesis so we can include your research on this blog.  Subscribe to our newsletters and you will be the first to know about new research about repair in Leicestershire If you are planning some research about repair and would like access to participants, join one of the  Leicestershire community repair groups on FB . 

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...

Research about Repair in Leicestershire Across the world, researchers are supporting the cause of repair through applied research. Find below the literature of researchers based in Leicestershire participating in the ongoing discussion about the repair. References Lilley, Debra; Bailey, Vanessa; Charnley, Fiona (2013): Design for sustainable behaviour: a quick fix for slower consumption?. Loughborough University. Conference contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/2134/12514   Lefebvre, Marie; Lofthouse, Vicky; Wilson, Garrath (2018): Towards a circular economy: exploring factors to repair broken electrical and electronics products by users with pro-environmental inclination. Loughborough University. Conference contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/2134/34474   Lefebvre, Marie (2019): To repair or not to repair: an investigation of the factors influencing prosumer repair propensity. Loughborough University. Thesis. https://doi.org/10.26174/thesis.lboro.11365325.v1   Click Here...