Fixfest London 2026
Join us on the 11th of July for Fixfest London! 💚🔨
What is Fixfest London?
Some of you may have joined us at Fixfest 2025- our global gathering for fixers, activists, policymakers, educators and more from all over the world.
This mini-edition of Fixfest is all about our London community - a chance for repair groups and volunteers across the capital to connect, learn and share ideas. Everyone is welcome: Fixers, hosts, data collectors, organisers, tea-makers, cake bakers and more!
📍It’s at St Lukes Community Centre in Islington, followed by an evening social @ Shoreditch Park (5pm onwards). Due to limited space, you’ll need a ticket to attend the daytime event.
Our community is doing amazing work. We have our own unique ways of running events and supporting our local communities. There's so much to be proud of.
So what’s the vision?
We’d love for everyone to leave Fixfest feeling:
- Inspired and empowered to try something new and overcome challenges
- Connected to the London community and the wider repair movement
We’re all united by a shared vision- to help people repair, to fix things and to challenge the throwaway economy. How can we work together to build on our success and impact?
Check out our programme!
A big thank you to everyone who recently proposed topics through our form. Your ideas have helped shape the programme and ensure it’s as useful as possible for volunteers and groups.
| Time | Session | More detail |
| 10:30 | Arrival & networking | Tea and coffee |
| 11:00 | Welcome & housekeeping | |
| 11:05 | Setting the scene: community repair in London | Speaker: Josie Ball, London Network Lead |
| 11:15 | Right to Repair Talk | From collecting repair data to campaigning for the Right to Repair, how does The Restart Project and our allies create change and what can London groups do to power that work? Speakers: Fiona Dear (Co-Director, UK Strategy and Operations), Inés Alberico (Right to Repair Campaign Manager) & Ugo Vallauri (Co-Director, International Strategy) |
| 11:30 | Q&A | An opportunity to ask The Restart Project questions! |
| 11:45 | Co-creation session for International Repair Day | Brainstorm ideas for a BIG London event, involving repair groups. Consider how you could use the day and campaign period to your advantage- how could you give your group, activities and promotions a boost and how could Restart help you make your plans happen. |
| 12:30 | Lunch & networking | Optional jewellery repair and upcycling workshop during lunch. Delivered by the talented Tere Beltran, a volunteer fixer. Potential to include more workshops in the programme! Please get in touch if you’re interested. |
| 13:30 | Lightning talks to inspire us | Volunteers and repair groups share achievements, practical skills/tips, ways of doing things and areas of interest. Up to 5 minutes each. Talks so far: Maker Ethos with Practice Based Learning (Kiran Patel, UEL IT Tech Fixers) The Power of Fixing: From Waste to Wellbeing (Chris Heaton, Forest Fixers) Themed Repair Events (Dave Lukes, Bell House Repair Hub) Why We Need More Female Fixers (Josephine Cumbo, St Albans District Fixers) |
| 14:00 | Workshops: how can we get more people repairing? | Key topics: Upskilling people in repair (volunteers and visitors), including: Fixing for vs. fixing with: where does your group sit on a scale, with these on either end? How do we upskill our fixers, beyond shadowing? Volunteer recruitment, including: Every conversation is a critical conversation: how can we spark people’s interest in volunteering? Engaging the next generation in repair Involving lower income communities & different ethnic groups How can we create mutually beneficial relationships: supporting, promoting and collaborating with other local initiatives How can we all work together to help set up new groups? |
| 15:00 | Networking break | More tea and coffee! |
| 15:20 | Workshops: the practicalities of organising successful repair events | Key topics: Sustainable ways of funding our repair events Securing venues successfully Sourcing & storing tools How can we increase the repair success rate PAT testing: what are we currently doing & are we keeping records? Collecting & making the most of repair data |
| 16:20 | Final reflections & next steps | End at 16:30 |
| 17:00 | Summer social for the London community | This will take place at Shoreditch Park. Pin to the exact location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/mnLRxjaYn1HuCqXx7?g_st=ic Open to all volunteers. No tickets required! We’ll provide snacks, beers and soft drinks. Feel free to bring picnic mats, games and anything else you’d like to eat/drink. In case of wet weather, we have booked a pub nearby. If needed, we will share the name and location on the day. |
Set up for the workshops: There will be 6 round tables with 10 people maximum on each. Workshops covering specific topics will take place on each table. We will rotate around 3 times, giving you the opportunity to contribute to 3 different discussions, before we feed back as a whole. Flipchart will be available for each table and we will use what’s written to create and share some notes following the event.
Please note: We may make some minor changes in the lead up to the event. Any amendments or additions will appear in live time on this page.
If you’d like to get in touch with any questions or suggestions for the programme, please email london@therestartproject.org.
We would like to thank our funder, City Bridge Foundation, for making Fixfest London possible.
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Additional Information
Here are some answers to potential questions you may have ahead of the event.
As plans come together, we’ll update the information below and share the latest information via email.
* Who can attend? What if more than 2 people from my group want to come?
We were initially limiting tickets to two per repair group to allow fair representation. As volunteers from plenty of repair groups are attending, we're opening it up more widely- feel free to grab a ticket and join others in your group.
All volunteers are welcome: fixers, hosts, data collectors, organisers, tea-makers, cake bakers and more!
Volunteers won't need a ticket to attend the Summer Social at Shoreditch Park (5pm onwards) so please join and share this with your others in your group.
* Will food and refreshments be provided?
We will be providing hot drinks and water throughout the day. We will also be providing lunch and snacks. If you have a reusable water bottle, please bring it!
* Can you cover travel expenses?
Unfortunately, we’re not able to cover travel expenses due to limited funding.
However, tickets will be free and we’re hosting the event at a central location to ensure it’s accessible for everyone and keep travel to a minimum.
* I can't make it. Will sessions be streamed/recorded?
Where possible, we plan to stream/record sessions, but this will depend on the venue and format of sessions.
If it isn’t possible to record sessions, we aim to share presentations used and/or session notes after the event.
* I'm not (yet) involved in a community repair group in London. Can I still come?
Fixfest is primarily aimed at volunteers who’re currently involved in community repair across London. However, we’re keen to welcome those who’re interested in getting involved in local repair events. If you’re not currently volunteering with a group, please still register your interest in hearing updates. If there is availability after tickets have been allocated, we’ll release additional spaces and get in touch.