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DIY battery clock repair with Dan’s Clock Shop
Your clock has stopped. No gentle ticking. No reassuring sweep of the hands. You pop in a fresh battery… and nothing happens. The hands stay frozen, the black box at the back stays silent. Now what? The good news is this: a battery operated clock is often one of the easiest repairs you can do…
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Last Christmas – the repair edition
As part of our annual tradition (see our interpretations of The 12 Days of Christmas and Jingle Bells), we thought it was time for a more recent classic: “Last Christmas”. Will you sing along? 🎶 Last Christmas, I had broken stuffAnd the very next day, you threw it awayThis year, to save it from wasteI’ll…
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What the Data Reveals: What the UK Is Repairing (and Searching For!)
he Repair Finder started our life as a platform to help thousands of people across the UK find trusted repairers nearer them (a baton we’ve now passed to We Are Repairs). Curious what everyone was searching for? So were we. 🔌 By Far the Biggest Category: Electrical Items Small electrical items made up a huge…
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Windows 10 support ends in October 2025 – but it does not have to be the end for your computer
On 14th October 14 2025, Microsoft will officially end free updates for Windows 10. From that date, millions of laptops and desktops will stop receiving security patches. The timing couldn’t be more symbolic: it comes just days before International Repair Day (18th October). Why does this matter? Around 400 million devices worldwide still run Windows…
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Bridging the Gap Between Community and Commercial Repair: A Discussion from Fixfest 2025
At Fixfest 2025, Frank from The Repair Finder CIC, Junaid from Saras Fix and Ally & Gem from We Are Repairs hosted a discussion session on “Bridging the gap between community and commercial repair”. The purpose was to come up with practical ideas on how community repair can with engage with commercial repair business and…
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Why We Repair: Insights from The Repair Finder Community Survey
This April and May, The Repair Finder asked our community an important question: why do you choose to repair instead of replace? The answers filled us with hope. The number one reason people repair is to avoid waste—to keep perfectly good items out of landfill. But right behind that, many told us about the powerful…
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Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Fixing All the Way
Last year we reimagined The Twelve Days of Christmas — this year we have created a repair-themed version of Jingle Bells. We hope it brings you some additional joy this festive season! 🔔🎶🎅
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Celebrating Repair Day and the One-Man Repair Army
The 19th of October is International Repair Day: an annual celebration for everyone who makes repair happen in their communities around the world. Today we want to put the spotlight on one of those individuals who can be called a “One-Man Repair Army”: Dave from Fixed by Dave. Dave’s passion for fixing things began at…
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Community repair at a music festival
Summer is music festival season. The news is full of people having fun and dancing. However, the news is also full of pictures of litter and broken or abandoned items strewn across the festival grounds. In fact, 58% of festivalgoers report that they have left, lost or broken something at a festival. Reducing waste and…
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Step Up Your Sneaker Game: The Rise of Sneaker Laundries
We’ve all been there. We bought the beautifully coloured or shiny white shoes. But the colour greys out or fades. Or we accidentally step in a squelchy muddy puddle while distracted, so we end up with one coloured shoe and one distinctly brown (and a wet sock). And you wonder: will they ever return to…
