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Find your fixers, care for them and they will care for you.

Leicester Fixers and its Restart parties are gaining popularity. 
We are getting busier at each event, more people are bringing their broken bits. 
We are asked to organised events in other venues across Leicestershire.
We are invited to spread repair through education and media.
We would like to do it all.

Yet, our strengths - skills and knowledge - are also our limitations.

We rely on our fixers to share with us all their gifts. 
We are very lucky to have them, time after time coming to the Restart Party.
We are, I am so grateful for them for coming to the restart party, one, twice, all the  time. 
I value the time, effort and energy they all bring in.
Their care is valuable.
Without it, none could be possible.
Items will be thrown away, no new skills would be learnt, 

Our fixers tie with their know-how a community together.

Yet, each community is bound to space and time.
We care, I care about giving space and time to all those involved with Leicester Fixers.
Hence, very careful about expanding our reach, no one need burn out.
It is why we need other repair communities to emerge where people want to.
Luckily, Loughborough repair cafes have been running for a while now.
Melton space is opening in Melton Mowbray, 
We want more of this to happened all over Leicestershire.
For it to happen, we need those inspired to create know how communities to knock on doors, 
ask for help directly in the areas where they live. 

Find your fixers, care for them and they will care for you.

We, as Leicester Fixers, we will support as best as we can in the time and space available to us.

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