Residents are being urged to mend and upcycle instead of replacing broken items during Liverpool City Region’s Repair Week (2 – 8 March).
Repair Week 2026 – backed by Zero Waste LCR, a behavioural change arm of Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) – offers lots of opportunities for residents across Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral to love their belongings for longer by repairing them – helping to reduce waste and save money.
The week long Repair Week celebration highlights research which found that the North West of England spends £2 billion on replacing repairable items. The research, commissioned by ReLondon, also shows that two in three (64%) people in the UK say they have spent around £277 a year replacing items they think could have been repaired. Across the UK, this figure rises to £15 billion spent on replacing items.
Residents can discover a range of local repair services – offering fixes for commonly wasted items such as textiles, electricals, furniture, bicycles, musical instruments and more – through The Zero Waste LCR Repair Directory, which is an online map charting each organisation by location.
Also available to explore through a series of short videos are just some of Liverpool City Region’s local repair heroes. These highlight the amazing work they do in their respective communities, each repair hero offers a practical tip that residents can try at home.
First launched in 2020 in London with just 20 events, Repair Week is now in its sixth year and has amassed a growing network of UK locations taking part, with Liverpool City Region joining London, Greater Manchester, County Durham, Belfast and Cardiff.
What’s happening in Knowsley?
A packed programme of repair events will take place across Liverpool City Region during Repair Week and beyond. Among the events on offer is a Fix It Festival on Saturday, 7 March, 11am – 3pm at Bowring Park in Huyton.
Presented in partnership with The Friends of Bowring Park the event features a number of activities throughout the day, including:
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Bike repair workshop
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Sewing class
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Pizza-making workshop
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Electronics repair and IT servicing
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Clothes swap shop
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Guided bike rides
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Bicycle donation station
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Mobile recycling centre
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Food composting information session
All workshops and sessions are free to join.
Oisin Hennessy, Project Manager at OneDay who manage Bowring Park, said: “We’re delighted to be a part of Repair Week. Not just to support the week, but to get involved in our own way. The Fix It Festival will have a whole range of activities going on throughout the day that will teach people repair skills, allow them to get those loved, but broken, items fixed for free, meet new people and spend the day out in their community. The event runs from 11am – 3pm. Activities include a sewing class, a clothes swap shop, electronic and IT repairs, bicycle repairs, ‘learn to ride’ guided bike rides, a pizza-making workshop and more!”
Residents from across Liverpool City Region can find out more about the Fix It Festival and sign up to some activities via the Bowring Park website: www.bowringpark.co.uk/fix-it-festival.
Other events planned to take place before, during or after Liverpool City Region Repair Week include repair cafés for residents to get items fixed, as well as workshops and information sessions where people can learn repair skills.
To find out more about Repair Week, visit www.zerowastelcr.com/repair-week-2026 or follow Zero Waste LCR via Instagram, Facebook or X.