Safrana’s repaint design wanted to reflect Islam and the friendly and open nature of the Muslim Youth Foundation. She contacted the Tree of Life Centre in Wythenshawe, who run Community RePaint Wythenshawe to purchase paint to use.
You can read more on Safrana’s blog here, about the design work and the work of the Muslim Youth Foundation here.
“Painter saves village” …. It’s amazing what paint can do. Huang saved his home from demolition after his paintings turned his Taiwanese village into a huge tourist attraction. It now has more than a million visitors each year. Watch below:
To create the new school mural, creative director Marianne Shillingford held a workshop with the students to design the feature and the decorating experts at Dulux went along to the school in Ragstone Road to help them paint it.
Paul Murgett, sustainability marketing manager at Dulux says: “We did some research and found that half of us in the UK are hoarding between four to twenty tins of unused paints from previous DIY jobs. Rather than let them gather dust, we created a campaign designed to help us all pass it on to those who need it. So far, we’ve seen schemes up and down the country benefit and we’re really proud to have been able to support our local community here in Slough too. “
Read more in the Slough & South Bucks Observer here.
We love how these including these mannequin hands have been salvaged and redesigned into lights, that have been splashed with colour using paint from us.
If you are looking for something different, check out their website https://rewiredstudio.com/
Cherilyn painted the 2nd installation of Making Space mural using paint from Community RePaint East London, on Croydon University Hospital’s Stroke Rehabilitation Ward. They are currently running a project to rejuvenate the ward and asked her to paint a mural in their common room and consult on colour schemes for the bays. You can see more of Cherilyn’s incredible work on her website https://www.cherilynyeates.com/
Making Space is a collaborative project with local clinical, therapeutic & community spaces which aims to find out if making space for art in our environments can influence positive emotions. This project see’s vibrant, therapeutically informed murals created in spaces across London and will gather data to determine the impact.
Jolly mum has created a great, step by step guide on how to DIY for Halloween by creating these spooky paint tins yourself. Paint and the containers can be picked up affordably from us!
Some schemes are even run by Scrapstores, so you can get all of the additional fabrics from them when shopping! Just check out the additional information on their scheme page to see what else the host organisation does.
Follow the instructions in the guide here.
The idea was first discovered during a pilot project in Leeds, called the Waste Wagon project, and now we celebrate our 25 year paint anniversay! The Waste Wagon project found that we tend to store large volumes of leftover, reusable paint in our sheds, garages and cupboards. As part of the project, this leftover paint was collected from householders, along with other DIY materials and hazardous items. At the end of the project, the paint was given to local charities and groups, which highlighted the demand for affordable paint amongst these organisations, as well as a need amongst individuals and families on low income. Now, after 25 years, our sponsor Dulux has celebrated with us. Watch the video below to see some of the recent projects we have worked with, and a snapshot of our scheme Community RePaint Bradford.
The amazing Fulfilled: Plastic free shop picked up a beautiful sea blue for their newly opened plastic free shop, from our scheme Re>build (Bury). A local artist finished off the ocean theme with a mural of detailed underwater sea creatures holding plastic objects, highlighting the importance of reuse and waste reduction for our oceans.
An artist called Hixxy collected paint from Community RePaint East London, meaning this leftover paint could brighten the walls of another space and add a tropical theme of bright colours and leafy additions.
Need paint for your own project? Find your nearest scheme.
They also collect gloss, undercoat, primer, exterior paint, masonry paint and woodstains. The full list of what our schemes collect and stock can be found on our website here.
Stand out from the crowd and paint your fences in a stylish, modern paint that will brighten up any outdoor space. Find your nearest scheme on our website to get started.
