Life Cycles
Life Cycles is a social enterprise committed to sustainability, wellbeing, and social inclusion through cycling. Founded by Monica Downey, the organisation began with a vision to make cycling accessible to all whilst promoting waste reduction and tackling transport inequality. Located within the Derry Train Station, Life Cycles collect unwanted and discarded bikes and give them […]
Action Cancer
Re-use, Recycle or Re-love? Our charity shops sell good quality clean clothing, bags, shoes, bric-a-brac, furniture and more. Donate your preloved items and challenge your friends, family and colleagues to reduce, re-use and re-love. Take the Pre-loved Pledge and donate your unwanted clothing to Action Cancer, each large bin bag of clothing donated can be […]
South Down Repair Cafe
We aim to run repair cafes across locations in South Down – predominantly Downpatrick and Castlewellan approximately 10 times per annum and repair small items – electrical/mechanical, clothes, tool sharpening, clocks and watches
Remakery Studio
The Remakery Studio in Bangor, County Down, is a co-operative workspace dedicated to encouraging sustainable living. It provides a community space to rethink, recover, reuse, and redistribute surplus materials, offering workshops and resources to encourage repair, upcycling, and the development of new skills, all aimed at reducing waste and promoting a circular economy.
Craigavon Area Compassion Project (ABC Community Food Hub)
Craigavon Area Compassion Project operates a project called ABC Community Food Hub. The Hub co-ordinates food and other donations from local businesses to support the activities of 5 social super markets in the ABC Borough. Very often this food is nearing end of life or surplus to requirements for various reasons. The hub can also […]
Gortin Wellbeing Collective CIC
Gortin Wellbeing Collective CIC (GWC) is a community interest company that serves Gortin and the surrounding areas. Our aim is to champion food sovereignty by engaging the community with nature connectedness, growing nutritious food in regenerative, nature-friendly systems and advocating for making holistic wellbeing therapies more readily available to the public.
Owenkillew Community Development Association
Owenkillew Community Development Association (OCDA) operates the first community fridge in the Fermanagh and Omagh district, based at Gortin Community Centre
Resurgam Community Development Trust
The Resurgam Community Development Trust is a membership organisation working with and for communities across Lisburn. We have a focus on regeneration using local skills and resources to ensure our communities can thrive and the people in them can reach their full potential. We seek to improve access to and use of green spaces within […]
Laurencetown, Lenaderg and Tullylish Community Association’s (LLTCA)
LLTCA have been organising and facilitating Repair cafes since March 2020. We also set up a Tool Library in 2023 to compliment the Repair Cafe ethos of repair and DIY. We offer a limited HandyMan scheme delivered by volunteers. We have a Community Fridge & Freezer and collect via Fareshare from TESCO and KFC four […]
Rostrevor Men’s Shed
We are a Men’s Shed that is very much a part of the community and located in the main square in Rostrevor. We use reuse wood to build bird boxes, planters etc and refurbish garden benches. We hold DIY workshops, Repair Café, and Tool Donation Point.