Leicester Fixers

At Leicester Fixers Repair Events, we routinely check electrical appliances for safety prior and after they are being repaired by running Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) commonly called a PAT testing.  We run PAT training for new groups in Leicester and Leicestershire looking to start their own community groups and who wants to organise repair events.  By learning the process of checking electrical items for safety, community repair groups can best protect their volunteers and participants at their repair events. If you would like to be the first to know about our next PAT training, subscribe to our newsletter now.

Leicester Fixers projects through the year 2021 Workshop Reuse & Repair Creating Space to nurture community - an online session as part of the Ways to Wellbeing Programme Communication Website Launch Instagram Launch 2020 Presentation Leicester Secular Society Presentation Linkoping University Presentation 2018 - 2019 Programme Leicestershire Community Repair  Outreach Programme  with  Restart Parties  across Leicestershire Training & Workshops PAT Testing Training To Fix or Nor to Fix - Leicester People's University Communication Launch of Leicestershire Fixers News Presentation FixFest 2019 in Berlin  Stall CreateACon 2019 2015 - 2018  Events Restart Parties  in Leicester Stall CreateACon 2018 Riverside Festival 2015-2018 Presentation by Leicester Fixers FixFest 2018 in Manchester  International Repair Day 2018 in Parits FixFest 2017 in London Communication Leicester Fixers Facebook Page and Twitter Launch now called Leicestershire Fixer...

Leicester Fixers is a growing community of people part of Leicestershire Community Repair Groups As of April 2021, Leicester Fixers have: 797 Facebook followers and 598 Twitter Followers on Leicestershire Fixers News where we update about our activities 483 Facebook Group Members 56 Instagram Followers 57 Newsletter Subscribers Find out more about the Leicestershire Community Repair Groups to get a grasp of how big and growing our community is.

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...

Do you want to start a community repair group? Are you based in Leicester, Leicestershire or beyond? Are you looking for some support and suggestions on how to proceed from an existing group like Leicester Fixers? If yes to all the above questions, s ubscribe to our newsletter indicating that you want to start a community repair group so we can contact you and share with you our support package for community groups based in Leicester and Leicestershire and arrange an appointment for an initial conversation to understand your vision and what you are hoping to achieve. You can also join our Facebook Group to ask questions. Through the Leicestershire Community Repair Outreach Programme , Leicester Fixers supported 6 communities in their journey towards community repair by sharing with them information, resources, best practices, tools, volunteers and an insurance cover.  By providing support to groups across the region in starting community repair groups, we are meeting our main miss...