Impact spotlight: Fixing Factories

In August 2022 we launched our pilot high street community fixing hub - the Fixing Factory - located at the heart of a racially diverse, working class community in north London. The Fixing Factory enables local people to learn fixing skills, get their electronic items fixed for free, and volunteer to help others - addressing the cost of living, cutting carbon and upskilling the community. Since then, our Fixing Factory project has gone from strength to strength, with five Fixing Factory sites now up and running each run by and for the local community.

Outcomes so far:

  • Hundreds of free community repairs every year- driving financial and carbon savings.

  • Derelict highstreet shop fronts revived into active and welcomed community space.

  • Local volunteer cohorts taking ownership of operations and increased employability for young people through training.

  • 74% of people said they felt more connected to their community as a result of Fixing Factories.

  • Huge media interest - BBC News, BBC London News, multiple interviews on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Breakfast segments, and a total reach of over 17 million.

Impact spotlight: Sustainable Travel Leave

Sustainable Travel Leave is our workplace benefit scheme that enables employees of member organisations to choose clean holiday travel through paid ‘journey days’, on top of annual leave. For staff, Sustainable Travel Leave means the decision to choose climate-friendly holiday travel does not result in any lost leisure time. For employers, Sustainable Travel Leave is a way to demonstrate climate leadership, and empower teams to live their values. Having decisively achieved proof of concept, we are now full-throttle scaling and mapping out a value proposition for members to underpin a fees-based revenue model.

Outcomes so far:

  • 212 member companies from architects to lawyers to engineers.

  • Over 13,000 employees covered.

  • Coverage in every major media outlet in the UK, and many international platforms.

  • Adoption by the Climate Change Committee - the UK government’s statutory climate advisors.

  • Pro bono support from Deloitte and the Financial Times.

Impact spotlight: Car Free Cities

Private car dominance of cities, for which higher income households are disproportionately responsible, hits hardest those on lower incomes, people of colour, older people, disabled people and children. We help people reimagine their own neighbourhoods beyond car dependency; deliver practical grassroots solutions; and bring people together to pressure decision makers to ensure fair, safe, healthy and climate conscious cities are just around the corner

Proudest achievements:

  • 5,000 London ULEZ expansion consultation responses from Possible supporters were credited by decision makers for helping secure agreement to rollout

  • 98% of 1,000 ‘Going Car Free’ pilot participants plan to permanently reduce their car use - and we plan to scale up the campaign

  • Our parklets campaigning inspired Lambeth Council to introduce ambitious kerbside parking space reductions, returning public space to public use and increasing urban green space