Come to the ReActon hub open day at Stirling Road on 29 March 2025. Many activities on the day on reducing waste, learning to repair and reusing everyday items. Activities include free small electronic device repair, bike repair and reuse shop, clothes repair and upcycling workshops. You can drop off waste textiles and clothes. Plus there will be a Reuse swap area.
When: Saturday 29th March, 10am to 4pm
Where: ReActon, Stirling Road, London, W3 8DJ
Pop along for a fun and educational day at ReActon’s Repair & Reuse event. This event is all about reducing waste, while learning how to repair and reuse everyday items.
ReActon Repair and Reuse Activities
Activities on the day are:
- Drop-Off & Collection Area: Bring your reusable items and give them a second life. You are also welcome to pick items from this area. Items that can be brought along are:
- Furniture
- Good quality wearable clean clothes
- Household items
- Bicycles
- Decorations
- Garden equipment and non-power tools.
- Not taken: electronic items, as these cannot be shared amongst residents.
- Repair and Upcycling Sessions: Sign up for our hands-on textile Upcycling and repair sessions. Ealing Repair Café delivering three workshops. Please book so you can attend. The workshops are:
- 10 – 11 am: Make upcycled denim draft excluders
- 11 – 12 pm: Learning how to repair and mend your clothes. Bring 1 or 2 items along to learn how to fix them.
- 12 – 1 pm: Make upcycled t-shirt bags and yarn
- Free electronic repair sessions run by West Central London Fixers. Please booking a slot to guarantee a place for them to fix a small electrical item.
- Free bike repair: Collect4Reuse will service and repair your bike by their trained mechanics.
- Mobile Clothes Recycling Facility: Kapdaa will have their mobile textile sorting machine. Bring your clothes that are are not wearable any longer. These clothes can be recycled with Kapdaa.
- Bike and reuse shop
What a waste
The sheer volume of rubbish we produce is staggering across the UK. Instead of consuming and wasting so much, we could all, as individuals, make better choices. We live in a world where discarding broken items has become second nature. Research conducted by Imperial College London in 2024, and published by ReLondon, reveals a startling reality: Londoners threw away £1.9 billion worth of repairable items in 2023. That’s an average of over £250 worth of items per adult!
The most sustainable clothes are the ones that are already in your wardrobe, says Mary from Ealing Repair Cafe.
If we all reduce, repair and reuse what we already have, we can have a big impact on reducing waste. To find out more on the issues of waste look at our Cut the Crap campaign.
So come down to ReActon on Saturday 29 March and discover new ways to repair, reuse, and recycle. The event is open to all, and everyone is welcome.
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I have a pair of v good quality secateurs that won’t stay closed with the little switch – is this something i can bring to be repaired?
Thank you Jethro,
The repairs are done through West Central London Fixers, which specialist in small electrical repair. Please contact them to clarify what they are fixing, their webiste is http://www.wclfixers.co.uk/. For another local event that repairs a variety of items, is Chiswick Repair cafe see https://chiswickrepaircafe.com/ for their next session.