Springing into repair
Spring Newsletter
It's been a busy start to the year for the Fixing Factories, here's what we've been up to and how you can get involved...
We're feeling really energised after Repair Week (20th-28th March) and are so amazed by how the repair network is ever growing!
At the Camden Fixing Factory...
We’re looking for volunteers! Interested in joining the growing team at Queen’s Crescent Fixing Factory? We’re looking for people who want to develop organisational skills to support us as we continue to expand activities. With lots coming up there’s many other ways to get involved…from welcoming visitors, to social media, events, data logging, creative activities around upcycling, and of course fixing things.
Want to try repair as a regular social activity? Then our Repair Club might be for you. Every Tuesday evening we meet up to share skills, develop new ones, help each other out with repair challenges, and fix a bunch of things, all levels of skill and experience welcome. Please check fixingfactory.org/visit/camden for opening times.
We’re really excited to be trialling a new initiative with North London Waste Authority. At Regis Road Recycling and Reuse centre (NW5 3EW) instead of sending your old electricals for recycling you’ll have the option to donate them to us! We’ll test, fix and refurbish what we can so they can go to new homes. Items don’t need to be working or in good physical condition - they may be useful for parts or training - but we do like it when leads, chargers and remotes are included!
At the Brent Fixing Factory…
We have now welcomed over 50 volunteers through the doors of the Brent Fixing Factory, including 9 university students and 8 young people completing their work experience!
We have created a server to wipe hard drives more efficiently by using two recycled desktops rescued from the e-waste stream!
Jude (not pictured) is currently studying for his GCSE’s, he is currently having to use his mobile phone to revise for his GCSE exams which is not ideal and his family can’t afford to buy a device to support his learning. So far this year, 14 out of 25 donated devices have gone to families with children who don’t have access to IT equipment to be able to complete their homework which is causing them to fall behind in school.
