Repair Week 2025
Get involved in this initiative aiming to encourage a repair and reuse culture throughout Northern Ireland.
Get involved in this initiative aiming to encourage a repair and reuse culture throughout Northern Ireland.
The Northern Ireland Resources Network (NIRN), funded by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) through the Carrier Bag Levy, is running a first of its kind campaign this March to encourage a repair and reuse culture in Northern Ireland.
NI is the first region in the United Kingdom to host Repair Week and it is an important step in raising awareness of repair and its role in keeping cherished and useful items in use for longer.
The campaign, running from Monday 3 March to Sunday 9 March, is designed to equip individuals and communities with practical repair skills while promoting sustainability and 91Ï㽶»ÆÉ«ÊÓƵing local businesses.
Throughout the week, a diverse range of interactive workshops and online seminars will take place across NI. Some events will offer direct repair services, while others will provide hands-on learning opportunities to help people develop the skills to repair textiles, bikes, electrical goods, and furniture themselves, extending the lifespan of their belongings.
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Repair Week 2025 webinar
You can join a free online event, "Mending Our Ways – Stitching communities and businesses together to create successful repair initiatives" at 7pm on Monday 3 March. Experts, business people and advocates will explore how individuals, communities and businesses embed circular principles into their choices through repair, and accelerate the transformation that is much needed - .
First published 28 February 2025