North London Community Fund Summary of Projects

The Mill is a community space in Waltham Forest, they work alongside Forest Fixers to provide a repair club for residents to learn repair skills and bring along their household items to be fixed. 

Forest Fixers have put on regular events throughout the year to engage residents with repair and prevent electrical waste. They also offer workshops for community members to learn repair skills themselves so they are able to fix more items at home. 

For more information about their upcoming events, see their website or find them on Facebook.

St Andrew's are a parish church in the heart of Islington, they serve the community through worship and community-inspired events. 

They received funding to expand and streamline their weekly clothes swap events. They have been able to create a fun, social space for residents to come and swap and donate their clothes to prevent textiles waste. They have also worked with partner charities to pass on good quality clothing to promote the circular economy.

For more information visit their website.  

Our Home Our Planet run the Barnet Eco Show and Tell workshops and fairs which aim to bring practical knowledge and awareness of waste prevention and sustainability. 

They were awarded funding this year to expand the reach of the Eco Show and Tell fairs in more locations across Barnet. They have also designed a series of eco leader and sustainability workshops for community groups- these aim to build a network of residents fighting for sustainability and also empower groups to lead on waste prevention work in their area. The fairs focus on practical demonstrations of how residents can live more sustainably and prevent waste in their home lives. 

Visit the Eco Show and Tell website for more information. 

The first Myddleton Road Market (Markets N22) took place in June 2013. The idea for the market came from Lucy Whitehead, a local resident, who wanted to help to regenerate and breathe life back into the local high street, Myddleton Road.

For their project 'Bowes & Bounds Repair Cafe' Markets N22 were awarded funding. Working with Haringey residents they aim to reduce the waste of electricals by teaching practical repair skills as well as holding events where residents can bring their household items to be fixed. 

For more information on Myddleton Road Market and their events, see their website. 

London Cycling Club (Londra Bisiklet Kulubu) is a Cycling UK affiliated group. They are non-profit community interest company based in Enfield. They provide cycle training sessions, bike maintenance (learn to fix) sessions and community bike rides. They mainly focus on low-income BAME women (mainly Turkish, Kurdish and Cypriot community) and children.

They received funding to continue their work refurbishing and donating bicycles that would otherwise have gone to landfill, they redistribute them to low-income families in need. They also run workshops upskilling residents so they can fix and maintain their bikes themselves to prevent further waste in the future. 

For more information you can find them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.  

Kilburn Repair Club are a community repair organisation that put on regular repair events for residents in Camden. They aim to reduce waste of electricals and textiles through upskilling workshops and fixing parties. 

They were awarded funding to begin this work in Camden, and more specifically Kilburn. They have held repair cafes throughout the year and more focused workshops on textiles upcycling and electrical waste prevention through Restart Parties. 

For more information on their upcoming repair events follow them on Instagram.

Forest Recycling Project (FRP) is a charity with environmental and social aims. They engage with organisations and communities in London through a range of practical initiatives to reduce, re-use and recycle waste, and help people live sustainably.

FRP received funding to continue their pilot model of the Walthamstow Tool Library. The project has reached over 500 residents of Waltham Forest and made a significant impact in reducing C02 emissions through a borrowing rather than buying mentality. They hope to expand this model and make it accessible for more London boroughs. 

For more information please see their website. 

Community Focus Inclusive Arts is an Arts Centre for adults and children with disabilities. They run an exciting selection of creative and wellbeing courses and workshops for students with disabilities, autism and anyone who feels they may need extra support. 

The funding has gone towards textiles workshops for young people with disabilities. The attendees have been upskilled in sewing and design which has led to the prevention of textiles waste. 

To find out more about the activities Community Focus Inclusive Arts put on, see their website.