Fixfest UK 2020: everything you need to know

[james]

With just two sessions left, we’re nearing the end of Fixfest UK 2020!

A huge thanks to everyone who has participated so far and especially to all our lightning talk speakers yesterday evening: @Artur_Donaldson, @Clare_Seek, @Dave, @Elena, Grant, Jon (@Repair_Cafe_Glasgow), @Lorna_Montgomery and @Tony_Brown, as well as to Dave Green for hosting!

Find notes from yesterday’s session and all other sessions in the first post above

We still have two great sessions coming up:

• Sat 4 July, 11am: Sharing repair stories to build our movement (with @CHRIS_MCCARTNEY and Lee from Repair Café Belfast)
• Thurs 9 July, 8pm: Closing session - our powerful repair data (with @Monique, @neil and @Stuart_Ward)

Get your ticket and join the event here

Fixfest Updates

Following on from last week’s session where we watched @ugo give evidence to the UK Parliment’s Environmental Audit Committee, the Committee has launched a short survey for volunteers at community repair events! We need your help to complete and share this survey with as many repair groups as possible before the deadline on the 9th of July. Details here:

In the UK? Please fill this survey on Right to Repair - by 9 July

The UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee is currently doing an inquiry on electronic waste. As part of the inquiry, the EAC has now launched a very short survey directed specifically at volunteers at community repair events in the UK. It’s a perfect opportunity for repair volunteers to voice the need for better repair legislation and for removing all barriers to repair. It’s just 4 questions, so it should take no time at all. Please take the survey by 9 July at 5pm and share it with other repair volunteers in your groups. MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee are looking to hea…