Loctite Second Chance Shops

Proving that you don’t have to be an expert to do your bit for the environment and convert your trash to treasure, in May 2022 Loctite opened its free-to-attend pop-up ‘Loctite Second Chance Shops’ - homewares stores with a difference in London, Birmingham and Manchester.

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Just like the heart-warming TV show The Repair Shop, Brits could visit one of the shop 3 locations between 14th to 20th May, bringing in and repairing broken household items with expert repair advice and Loctite’s trusty products - including their best-seller – Loctite Precision. People were invited to either;

  1. Bring a treasured item in for repair (such as shoes, accessories, toys and ceramics)
  2. Customise and upgrade an item (phone case or accessories)
  3. Give a second chance to a Loctite trinket tray using Kinsugi techniques, supplied by the brand on the day
  • Visitors could also purchase home accessories, specifically curated by Jay and the Loctite upcycling experts from the store, where all proceeds were dedicated to Loctite’s Charity Partner IMPAKT.

LOCTITE’S SECOND CHANCE AMBASSADOR:
JAY BLADES

What better way to start this repair movement than to partner with the nation's favourite furniture up-cycler. Blades hosted London’s Loctite Second Chance Shop, taking his expertise from our screens to real-life workshops, helping consumers give their broken items a second chance.

Prior to hosting the Loctite’s 2nd Chance Shops, Jay Blades, MBE commented: “Recycling and upcycling is really close to my heart and I’m very excited to be the Loctite Second Chance ambassador. Loctite superglue is the best on the market and they have a glue for every job, from fixing sunglasses to picture frames all contributing to solving our throwaway culture. I can’t wait to host the London pop-up store and help visitors rediscover broken treasures, which will help the planet and our purse strings."

LOCTITE’S SECOND CHANCE CHARITY PARTNER: IMPAKT

 

In line with Loctite’s repair movement IMPAKT housing and support was been appointed as its Official Charity Partner, namely their project IMPAKT Interiors which is their flagship environmental and recycling store, saving goods that would have ended up in landfill and breathing new life into them. 

Hosting and running upcycling workshops and events, sharing skills, Loctite have donated £10,000 towards their repair movement, which will fund six dedicated upcycling workshops, aimed at repairing goods and saving them from landfill, which will approximately save 7,711kgs of CO2.They also provide second hand and affordable furniture and white goods through their PreLoved Store to those on low income or benefits.

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