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Recycle Week 2025: The Power of Recycling and Donating

Recycle Week 2025 is the perfect time to rethink waste and embrace more sustainable choices. Discover how recycling and donating unwanted items can cut landfill waste, protect the planet, and support communities across the UK.

Muse Bespoke Upholstery: Where craftsmanship meets contemporary design

Meet Toby from Muse Bespoke Upholstery – the master upholsterer turning cherished furniture into bespoke showpieces. From antique chairs to custom ottomans, his craftsmanship transforms homes. Read his inspiring story and see why design lovers can’t get enough.
repair artists mending

18 Repair Categories. One Powerful Mission.

Every day, 35,500 repairable items are thrown away. From shoes to sofas, watches to wardrobes, repair changes everything. Explore 18 repair categories and join the movement that’s giving our things a second life.
Elegantly restored black Arts & Crafts sideboard by Creampot Furnishings
Tablet showing the Find A Repairer page on We Are Repairs

The ultimate guide to our 18 repair categories – from shoes to sofas

From shoes to sofas, jewellery to classic cars - our ultimate guide reveals the 18 repair categories you didn’t know existed. Find out what can be fixed, restored and loved again instead of thrown away.
Wembley Stadium pitch prior to a football match

Why You Should Keep Your Old Football Shirt This Premier League Season

With the Premier League season kicking off on 15th August, think twice before buying a new shirt. Discover the astonishing environmental impact of football kits and why keeping your old shirt in use is the greener choice.
Wooden and upholstered fast furniture lying discarded in a pile.

What is ‘Fast Furniture’ and how do we avoid it?

Fast furniture is costing us more than money. Learn how to spot it, avoid it, and choose repair and restoration instead - for a home that’s sustainable, soulful, and built to last.
Group of pictures clockwise from top left a landrover car, an upholsterer sewing leather car seats on an industrial sewing machine, Tom founder of Steaming Leather in his workshop & a cream leather car interior.

The art of leather and car restoration: Meet Tom from Steaming Leather

Step inside the workshop where vintage dreams are rebuilt. From classic car restoration to luxury reupholstery, Steaming Leather brings passion, precision, and leathercraft to every stitch. This one’s for true petrolheads.
Green Globe protected by our circular economy actions.

What is the Circular Economy and how can you implement it into your life?

Ever felt baffled by all the talk around Circular Economy and what it actually is? By repairing your broken homeware you are contributing to a healthier, happier planet. Read on to find out how.
Artist skillfully restoring an antique painting with a fine paintbrush

Repair vs Restoration vs Conservation: Understanding the Differences

Discover the key differences between repair, restoration & conservation and learn which service your treasured item needs to bring it back to its best.
Conrad Langworthy, a toy restorer, standing in front of the double wooden doors of his workshop.

Bringing joy back to play – how one toy repair rekindled childhood memories

Meet Conrad from For Your Den, who restores vintage toys and childhood memories. Read his heart warming story of a 1980s Eagle Force tank brought back to life through his expert toy restoration.
An orange Join the Repair Revolution badge on a background of five people with their hands in the air silhouetted against a setting sun.

Join the Repair Revolution: Why We Are Repairs needs YOU

Discover how supporting repair and restoration helps the planet, protects skills, and builds community. Join the Repair Revolution with We Are Repairs today.
We Are Repairs Co-founders, Ally Booker & Gemma Broad, leaning against a graffitied wall in central Nottingham.

Meet Ally and Gem, the founders of We Are Repairs.

Meet Ally Booker & Gemma Broad, the passionate founders behind We Are Repairs, your UK repair directory that connects customers and small businesses in the repair community.

How our Repairers are vetted and checked on We Are Repairs.

At We Are Repairs, we believe in fixing what’s broken - whether it’s a much-loved watch, a vintage piece of furniture, or everyday household items.

How Donating Unwanted Homeware Reduces Waste and Helps Communities.

In the UK, we throw away an astonishing 1.6 million tonnes of bulky waste every year, including furniture, appliances and other homeware. And the worst part is - over half of it could be reused or recycled.
Collage of images showing repair businesses at work from an upholsterer working on a chair, a seamstress repairing some clothing, a cobbler putting the sole on a shoe and a woodwork restorer working on some detailing on a wooden desk.

Are you a Repair Business? Join our eco-community.

At We Are Repairs, we believe in the power of skilled craftspeople to make a real difference in the world by promoting repair over replacement. We’re committed to helping small, independent repair businesses like yours grow and gain the visibility you deserve.
Elegantly restored black Arts & Crafts sideboard by Creampot Furnishings

Did you know?

There are Repair Cafe’s and Groups based all over the UK? You can take your broken items to be fixed by these friendly teams, at a location near you.