The Restart Project
General Information
Identification Code: 296701040295-57
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Entity Form: charity
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 11/27/2020
Last Update: 3/26/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: The Restart Project is a charity based in London, UK.
The Restart Project was born in 2013 out of our frustration with the throwaway model of electronics, and the growing mountain of e-waste that is left behind. By bringing people together to share skills and collaboratively repair their products, we provide a hands-on way of making a difference, as well as a way to talk about the kind of products we want.
We support community groups to hold events where volunteers help participants to repair their broken devices. We gather data from these events to measure our environmental impact by preventing e-waste and to collect evidence on barriers to repair. We use the data in support of our campaigning work on Right to Repair in the UK and in Europe, as part of the European Right to Repair campaign we co-founded and co-lead. We demand products are designed to be repairable, everyone has access to spare parts and repair information, and consumers are informed about product repairability
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Competition
- Consumers
- Digital economy and society
- Environment
Levels of Interest:
- national
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: - Circular Economy Action Plan
- European Green Deal
- Ecodesign for Sustainable Product Regulation
- Battery regulation
- Directive on common rules promoting the repair of goods
Communication Activities: We are a co-founder and steering group member of the European Right to Repair campaign which is a coalition of over 130 organisations based in European countries and representing civil society organisations, repair businesses, community repair initiatives and public institutions : https://repair.eu
As part of our work, we regularly update our website with reports, blog posts, webinars, newsletters and public events
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: 3Space (International House), 6 Canterbury Crescent
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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EU Office
Address: 3Space (International House), 6 Canterbury Crescent
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Financial Data
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Complementary Information: In 2022 we were part of the project SHAREPAIR - Digital Support Infrastructure for Citizens in the Repair Economy which was co-funded by Interreg North-West Europe. The project aimed to decrease waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) from consumer products by scaling up citizen repair initiatives through the use of digital tools. A portion of this project included paying a portion of the staff costs involved in the activities covered by the Transparency Register, however the majority of our involvement of the project focused on activities not directly related to our campaigning in the EU. This project ended in 2023.
Our accounts are in GBP. We used an exchange rate of 1.17 as average in 2022.
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 1
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 1
Members: 3
Members F T E: 1.350000023841858
Info Members: Our team contributes to this work with 3 employees:
- our Campaigner managing the European Right to Repair campaign, working 0.8 FTE on the campaign
- our Co-Director, International Strategy, working 0.4 FTE on the campaign
- our Operations Lead, working 0.1 FTE on the campaign
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: We are a co-founder and steering group member of the European Right to Repair campaign which is a coalition of 130+ organisations based in European countries and representing civil society organisations, repair businesses, community repair initiatives and public institutions. Full lists of organisation affiliated with the coalition, and that we represent the views of when making submissions to EU Consultations is available on our website : https://repair.eu/our-network
Organisation Members: The Restart Project is a member of:
European Right to Repair Campaign: https://repair.eu
Open Repair Alliance: https://openrepair.org
Community Repair Network: https://communityrepairnetwork.org.uk/
European Environment Bureau: https://eeb.org
Good Electronics: https://goodelectronics.org