The Highland Repair Directory has a new home

The Highlands and Islands Climate Hub is pleased to welcome the Highland Repair Directory to their list of projects supporting communities in Highland.

The Highland Repair Directory is an online resource which makes it easier for people to share or repair items, instead of sending them to landfill and replacing with new.

The Directory was established by the Highland Community Waste Partnership which was funded between April 2022 and March 2025 by The National Lottery Climate Action Fund and coordinated by environmental charity, Keep Scotland Beautiful. During this time, the Highlands and Islands Climate Hub and the Highland Community Waste Partnership worked together on various projects, events and initiatives sharing knowledge and supporting one another’s goals and aspirations. When the time came to consider the legacy of the project, the Highlands and Islands Climate Hub were pleased to host the online directory within their website so that communities can continue to populate and use it to find local repair services.

Georgina Massouraki, Highland Community Waste Partnership Coordinator, said:

“Now that the Highland Community Waste Partnership has finished, we are looking forward to its legacy and the impact it will have on the Highlands.
The Highland Repair Directory is a perfect example of this, and we hope it will continue to help people all across the Highlands keep items in use for longer and encourage more sustainable consumption habits.

It's really exciting to see the hard work of the Highland Community Waste Partnership team that developed the directory live on, thanks to the collaboration and support from the Highlands and Islands Climate Hub.

Projects like this have real impact, not only with the communities they directly affect but also as part of Scotland’s transition towards net zero and a more circular economy.”

The Highland Community Waste Partnership have recently released their impact report which provides an overview of their activity within the three-year project. The Highland Repair Directory falls under the ‘Share & Repair’ category while the report goes into detail on three categories; Food Waste & Composting, Share & Repair and Packaging & Single Use. The report highlights what the partnership did, what was learned and where they see this important work going next.

Highlands and Islands Climate Hub CEO, Joan Lawrie said:

“We’re thrilled to welcome the Highland Repair Directory to the Hub website; it’s an incredible resource with the potential to reduce waste and contribute to a better future for our planet. It’s also a brilliant way to shine a light on the various share and repair projects taking place throughout Highland. I love to watch communities be inspired by one another and be able to replicate projects in their own place with the support of experienced groups from elsewhere. This activity not only reduces waste and protects the planet, but it brings people together often providing a social space where we know, conversations start and bloom which can lead to community projects of all kinds.”

The Highland Repair Directory is live now within the Highlands and Islands Climate Hub website and is made up of an interactive map which is broken down into categories so users can find opportunities to repair electricals, bikes, clothing, white goods and more. Entries to be included on the map are open, with the application process also available online. Entries are welcomed from community organisations and businesses who offer repair services to residents of Highland.

Across the water, conversations with Orkney colleagues led to the recent formation of the Orkney Circular Economy Network. As part of these discussions, the Orkney Circular Economy Directory was born and launched in June 2025. This directory was inspired by the Highland Repair Directory and highlights to Orcadian residents where they can repair and recycle items. Both the Highlands and Islands Climate Hub and the Highland Community Waste Partnership teams are pleased that the project has grown to another community and is very open to replicating the idea further.