An environmental fund is helping community repair cafés in West Yorkshire keep items in use and out of landfill.

The scheme, run by waste-to-energy company enfinium, awarded more than £6,500 in 2025 to four repair cafés in West Yorkshire: Silsden, Slawit (Slaithwaite), Elland, and St Lukes Beeston Repair Café in Leeds.

Total funding in the region has reached more than £9,300 across six grants since the initiative launched in March 2024.

Mike Maudsley, CEO at enfinium, said: “By empowering communities to repair rather than replace, Repair Cafés play an important role in reducing waste and advancing the circular economy from the bottom up, as well as forming an integral part of the local communities where we operate.”

Repair cafés within 30 miles of enfinium’s Ferrybridge 1 & 2 sites in Knottingley, or its Skelton Grange facility in Leeds, can apply for up to £1,500 in grant funding.

For more information visit: communityfunding@enfinium.co.uk.