International Repair Day 2025 comes to Sparks.

Strengthen Bristol’s repair networks and celebrate repair culture with free, hands-on fixing and mending workshops, talks, and activities.

International Repair Day is a global day of action, promoting our Right to Repair the stuff we own. The Bristol edition is brought to you by Repair Acts, Repairium, Global Goals and the Bristol Repair Coalition.

Saturday 18th October 2025, 11:00-17:30

Full programme download here: International Repair Day, Bristol, 2025-Repair Acts

FREE MENDING & FIXING WORKSHOPS // SPECIALIST & EXPERT REPAIR ADVICE // EVENTS // TALKS // SCREENINGS. 

T-Shirt Reuse. Lead by: Jan Coles. Turn old T-shirts into useful yarn.
Location: Outside Repairium 

Patch It! Lead by: Dawn Giles. Create a patch and make a statement about the power of repair. Location: Outside Repairium 

Take-apart Tech Table. Lead by: Sustainable Hive. Guided hands-on exploration of what’s inside our tech.
Location: Outside Department of Discovery 

End of 10. Lead by: Repair Acts. Support for Microsoft Windows 10 ends this October, we are joining the global effort to provide support to make sure your computer does not become redundant. Location: Nature Department 

Fixy Van. Lead By: Resource Futures. Donate unwanted IT, learning about electronic reuse and repair
Sparks: On Broadmead

Repair Café Taster. Lead By: Repairium. Meet volunteers, learn how to get involved, try out small repairs. Sparks: Department of Discovery

BOOK-IN SESSION: 11.00AM – 17.00PM

Bite-sized Bike Maintenance Workshop. Lead by: Bike Bristol. Hourly Sessions, covering brake and gear adjustments, punctures, and safety checks. Sparks: Department of Travel. Book:bikebristol.as.me/sparks

FREE DROP IN: VARIOUS TIME

11.00AM – 14.00PM Visible Mending and Stitching. Lead By: Rethrindle. Learn simple stitching and mends techniques for clothes. Sparks: Outside Repairium 

12.00AM – 15.00PM. re:jam demo. Lead by: Repair Act.Demo on how to transform a defunct Boombox, into a sonic blaster with Bluetooth capabilities. 
Location: Repairium

14.00AM – 17.00PM.  Zine Workshop. Lead by:Katt Strike. Hands-on creative workshop exploring zine-making using collage, drawing, and storytelling techniques.
Location: Outside Repairium

CONVERSATIONS: VARIOUS TIMES

13.00-14.00 Planned Obsolescence, Melissa Gregg, University of Bristol, Business School in Conversation with Teresa Dillon, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, 
Location: Department of Discovery

16.00-17.00 Activism, Education & Repair Futures, Jen Ford in conversation with Mark Jacobs, Bristol Repair Coalition; Kate Brooks, Bath Spa University; Hackspace, Bristol and Yadira Sanchez, University of Southampton 
Location: Department of Discovery

CONVERSATIONS: EXHIBITION & PERFORMANCE VARIOUS TIMES

Exhibition and Performances
Location: Department of Discovery

11.00AM – 17.00PM Why Are We Still Here, 1 and 2, Feyisola Adeyemi. Sparks: Department of Discovery.

17.00PM – 17.30PM What’s in My Pocket, Teresa Dillon. Sparks: Department of Discovery.

Get Involved & Find Out More about local initiatives:  Bristol Repair Coalition, UWE MAKERS & Bristol’s Repair Cafés.