Repair Week - 3rd-9th March

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Repair Week is a week-long celebration of community repair. R4GM are supporting residents to find local repairers and inspiring them to fix instead of throwing away.

Building Communities

Repair isn’t just about fixing. It creates connections and promotes support in local communities. R4GM  promoted 18 events in 2024 and feedback showed the value hosts and attendees got from connecting with their local community at events. Sharing knowledge and skills improves community cohesion. Repair Week 2025 will focus on amplifying these community connections.

We’re asking repair groups and businesses to host events which we’ll promote to residents to:

•Celebrate repair organisations in our communities
•Encourage residents to try repair to learn new skills
•Demonstrate the crucial role repair plays in the circular economy by making things last longer
•Expand Repair Week awareness
•Grow the repair directory
•Support communities
 

To make it easy for residents to find and use repair services we created a local repair directory. This sits on the R4GM website and is available all year round. Any community group, business or training provider who repairs can be listed for free.

Be part of Repair Week

•Share the campaign with local groups and businesses
•Promote local repairers and events
•Direct residents to the repair directory
•Highlight the importance of repair for making our stuff last longer and protecting our planet
 

For questions and support requests please contact: ellie.preston@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk

More information: https://recycleforgreatermanchester.com/repair-week-host/