Repair Week in London is well underway and there’s still plenty of time to join some the amazing workshop taking place across London. Repair workshops help people gain, grow and perfect their repairing skills – saving money and helping fight climate change. Many are FREE, so check out your nearest ones and join the trend to mend this March.

New polling by Censuswide for Repair Week has found that on average Londoners threw away an estimated £258 of stuff they think could have been repaired in the last year. That’s an estimated £1.8 billion* worth of repairable items binned by Londoners in the last year alone.

With an estimated 25 million items of textiles, 10 million bikes, 19 million electrical items, 16 million items of furniture and 14 million bathroom fixtures or fittings** in need of repair in London homes, there are some massive savings to be made from learning a few basic repairs. Luckily Repair Week is here to help Londoners join the trend to mend.

Other findings:
Over half (54%) of Londoners are worried about the cost of replacing broken or damaged items this year
60% of Londoners have electrical items at home in need of repair
55% of Londoners have furniture in need of repair
34% of Londoners have at least one bike at home in need of repair
Over two thirds (67%) of Londoners would like to learn to repair things to save money

Nearly half of Londoners (48%) have learned how to repair a household item via an online video or a workshop in the past year and 66% get a sense of achievement from repairing things themselves

Supported this year by partner Suez, Repair Week is an annual celebration of handiness, featuring repair workshops, super helpful Repair Hack films, expert advice and a directory of repair services – all of which will help people gain and grow their repairing skills, save money and help fight climate change.