Our Impact
Repairing rather than replacing has a big environmental impact by not sending things to landfill and saving a lot of CO2. Have a look at how much you are helping to contribute by bringing your items for repair.
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Environmental headline news…
CO2
Up to the end of 2025 our repairs have saved nearly 39,000 Kg of CO2. That’s equivalent to driving a car to London 1,800 times !
Landfill
Up to the end of 2025 our repairs have saved 3,800 Kg of landfill. That’s over 3.7 Tons.
Repair success
So far we have helped to repair 76% of the items you brought in.
Keep them coming.
Summary tables of our Co2 savings and repair success rates – we will update these as new data is available
Co2 savings
Repair success rates
For all our detailed data on environmental impact and repair success rates, click below:
Our community
At the Repair Cafe we are always looking for opportunities to support and collaborate with other local projects. Have a look at some of our latest initiatives and, with your help, the other charities we have we have been able to donate to
Our key donations for 2026
Just Drop-In supports children and young people aged 11-25 who live in Macclesfield and surrounding communities.
The Smile Group offers support to parents with perinatal mental health issues in Macclesfield, Congleton & Crewe.
The Bridgend Centre is a local, independent charity that plays an important role at the heart of the local community in Bollington
To find out more about all our donations in 2026 click here
Our initiatives
Feb 2025: We’re excited to be making a donation to Macclesfield Community Tree Nursery. They are growing trees from seeds collected locally and getting them planted out in the area to combat climate change, increase biodiversity and make our area a greener place to live. Our donation will help them with their current quest to acquire topsoil to fill their raised beds, and to buy essential supplies from their wish-list.
Feb 2025: Two of our volunteers joined forces with young people from the Just Drop-In charity to help them complete an art project, involving making a painted frame for wall tiles they had decorated with their own amazing artwork. Then fixing the tiles in position and mounting the now very heavy frame in a prominent spot in their Macclesfield HQ. The young people learnt new DIY skills and got to put them into practice by being involved at every stage of the process.
March 2025: One of our dedicated volunteers had the pleasure of working with two enthusiastic Girl Guide groups, leading them through the completion of their Fixing badge. The session focused on learning essential bicycle repair and maintenance skills, giving the young participants lots of practical knowledge and some valuable skills for life.
July 2025: A group of our volunteers spent a lively evening working alongside young adults at the Just Drop-In centre, sharing skills and building connections through a hands-on woodworking session. The event introduced members of the group to the safe use of power tools as they were guided in constructing nesting boxes and planter boxes.
“This was about more than just building boxes,” said one of the volunteers. “It was about giving young people confidence with tools and showing them what they’re capable of.”