Categories: Case Studies

ReColour paint used to help save local facilites

After the Cullens beach facility and toilets were closed in June 2018, a group of locals rallied together to revive them. Led by Friends of Cullen, the community worked together to get the local public toilet facilities back open and used ReColour remanufactured paint to bring them back to life. The newly renovated facility has enabled everyone to enjoy the spectacular area and spend their entire day there.

Cullen community toilets painted with ReColour remanufactured paint

With only a small budget, the group needed an affordable solution to paint the facilities. Community RePaint Wirral was on the job, providing Friends of Cullen with helpful advice and the perfect paint.

As it was such a large project, ReColour remanufactured paint became the best option. Produced in larger quantities, ReColour is created from leftover paints, filtered, treated and blended to create a range of high-quality emulsions, masonry and chalk furniture paint. Since 2015, over 500 community organisations have ordered ReColour. Friends of Cullen chose the exact colours and quantity of interior and exterior paint and had it delivered straight to their door.

ReColour remanufactured paint being used on the updated toilets

Once the paint arrived, the project could begin. With all hands on deck, both the interior and exterior of the toilets got a fresh coat of paint… although they weren’t quite finished just yet. The children from the local primary school wanted to add something special. Each child painted what Cullen meant to them on a tile. Now fully open for the public to see, both the facilities and beautiful artwork bring a spark of joy to everyone who visits.

Cullen primary school childrens tiles

Annie Corcoran from the group had this to say about the project:

‘We are delighted and it really got the whole community involved. Thank you so much for the paint.’

Do you know a charity or community that could benefit from affordable paint? Find out more about ReColour here. 

Bristol residents use leftover paint to transform a bathroom, then pass it on for further reuse

Did you know that an estimated 50 million litres of paint each year go to waste in the UK? This leftover paint is either thrown away or stored in homes or garages despite over half of it still being usable. The Community RePaint Network is working hard to create a circular economy of paint to reduce waste.

What do we mean by a circular economy? A circular economy is an economic system of closed loops in which raw materials, components and products lose their value as little as possible, renewable energy sources are used and systems thinking is at the core.

Reusing leftover paint through the Community RePaint Network is at the forefront of creating a circular economy of paint. Reusing as much of the leftover paint in the UK as possible prevents valuable resources from going to waste. It also helps local groups and charities refresh shared spaces, create colourful murals for the community and enable people of low income to redecorate their homes at a lower cost.

Circular economy of paint infographic

Case study: Bristol

A green-minded Bristol-based couple transformed their bathroom by purchasing leftover paint through the Community RePaint Network. Afterwards, they dropped off the unused paint back for it to be reused again.

The paint journey began at the St Phillips Household Waste and Recycling Centre, where local residents drop off their leftover paint.  Community RePaint Bristol City, run by the SOFA Project, collects paint from the recycling centre, as well as other local businesses, retailers and paint manufactures, to prevent it from going to waste. The scheme quality checks and processes the paint then sell it from just £2 a litre to the community.

Nicci Peck, CEO of SOFA Project, Community RePaint Bristol CityCommunity RePaint Bristol City

 

The couple got in touch with Community RePaint Bristol City to check if the paint they needed for their project was available. Good news – it was! The couple visited the scheme to purchase the paint from £2 per litre and also received some useful painting tips and tricks from the staff. Using white emulsion from the local scheme, and appliances they had sourced from a local reuse charity, the couple transformed their bathroom into a fresh light space.

bathroom upgrade

Once they had completed the transformation, they had leftover paint from the project. So now with the knowledge that leftover paint could be reused, they returned it to their local drop off point at the St Phillips Household Waste and Recycling Centre, ready for Community RePaint Bristol City to collect and brighten the lives of more people in the community.

Community RePaint Bristol city drop off pointDrop off point at St Phillips Household Waste and Recycling Centre

 

Reusing items and preventing waste can benefit everyone within your community and reduce the impact on the environment. Join in the RePaint revolution:

Community RePaint Torfaens car park mural

Visiting a Community RePaint scheme is always worth the trip. Finding affordable paint, buying an environmentally friendly product and meeting some lovely knowledgable staff and volunteers. You will get all of this, and a look at a beautiful new mural, when visiting Community RePaint Torfaen. Bringing a bit of joy to everyone who visits, the new mural was completed by a local nursery to brighten up Community RePaint Torfaens car park.

Community Mural

After all Community RePaint Torfaen has done for the Community, the volunteers wanted to give something back to the scheme, and bring a bit of colour to the area. After sourcing some colourful paint and using a white undercoat provided by Community RePaint Torfaen, the volunteers from a local nursery were able to get to work and created a brightly coloured mural.

Community Mural in Torfaen

Community RePaint Torfaen has been a part of the Community RePaint network since 2010, collecting and redistributing usable, leftover paint back to those in need. Based in the heart of the Torfaen community, they have made affordable paint accessible to hundreds of people and charities. A brilliant example of this is a story recently covered by Cwmbran life. Alyson Davies, a local resident in Cwmbran, has been using leftover paint from Community RePaint Torfaen to paint the benches around the town during the pandemic. Find out more here.

Community RePaint Torfaen
Community RePaint staff and volunteer

 

Community RePaint Torfaen are so grateful for all the help, and so please with how the community mural has turned out. Find out more about Community RePaint Torfaen, and where to find paint from £2 a litre here.

Local community football clubs refreshes its ground using ReColour paint

Redfearn’s Junior Football Club, based in Barnsley, has used ReColour remanufactured paint to revamp their grounds. Contacting Community RePaint in September, they needed affordable masonry and emulsion paint in a large quantity. Community RePaint Wirral was on the case, providing advice and a quick turnaround. The clubhouse received 85 litres of emulsion and masonry ReColour remanufactured paint.

Recolour remanufactured paint used on club house

This was to update the clubhouses, changing rooms and brighten the lines on the pitches. The clubhouse and changing rooms were treated to ReColour silver sonnet masonry paint, while ReColour brilliant white emulsion paint was used for the lines on the pitch.

“The coverage of the paint is brilliant – our groundsman was more than happy with the ReColour paint.”

recolour remanufactured paint used on football pitch

Each week the club has over 150 children attending football coaching sessions and matches, making it a huge asset to the local community. Redfearn Junior Football club was delighted with the results, and have been able to save money in the process. They said:

“Thanks ever so much for the scheme it’s invaluable for clubs like ours which has 150 youngsters weekly attending football coaching sessions and matches. We rely on volunteers and support like you gave us.”

ReColour remanufacture paint

ReColour was the perfect option for the club. Using innovative technology,  leftover paints is filtered, treated and blended to create a range of high-quality paint in large quantities. Since 2015, over 500 organisations have ordered ReColour paint, including charities, schools, community organisations and religious groups.

Do you run or know of a community organisation that would benefit from affordable ReColour paint? Find out more about ReColour here.

ReColour brings new classroom to life at the Horses and Ponies Association

The Horses and Ponies Protection Association (HAPPA), based in Burnley, has been working hard redecorating their farm using ReColour remanufactured paint. Their project started with the need for affordable paint. Like all charities, any savings made could then be put directly towards funding their main mission – rescuing equines and educating the public.

HAPPA approached Community RePaint with a wide variety of paints needed in large quantities. ReColour became the perfect option for them, with 20+ colours in Emulsion and 10 colours in Masonry paint, available from just £1 a litre.

HAPPA were able to paint all of their stables, the outdoor equine arena fences and a brand new classroom. The classroom, which also doubles as a second-hand book room, has been designed for staff and general public training and allows the charity to generate an extra income. The charity was so grateful to be able to brighten up their space using affordable ReColour paint.

ReColour is remanufactured leftover paint saved from waste. It is filtered, treated and blended to create a range of high-quality and affordable large quantities of paint, perfect for charity and community groups with big projects. Find out how ReColour can work for you here.

A photo of a selection of our affordable, low-cost and environmentally friendly ReColour emulsion paint, masonry paint and chalk paint in a range of colours.

Community RePaint Northampton brightens a local Scout hall

Community RePaint Northampton, operating out of the ‘The Paint Shop’, has helped brighten a local Scout Hall with leftover paint. Northampton Community Shed approached Community RePaint Northampton with a vision to turn the dark communal hall into a bright and welcoming space.

Northampton Community RePaint scout hall renovation

To do this they first needed some tips on where to start and some affordable paint. Community RePaint Northampton was more than happy to help. A scheme within the Community RePaint Network, Community RePaint Northampton is hosted by Northampton Partnership Homes, which manages Northampton Council’s housing services. Operating through The Paint shop they collect, inspect and redistribute second-hand paint to those in need in Northampton.

The shop front of The Paint Shop, the Community RePaint Northampton scheme. In the window is the Community RePaint logo and a few paint containers.

The project took several weeks, and once completed made the Moulton Scout Hall a much more inviting space. This is a perfect example of how leftover paint, which would have otherwise gone to waste, has been able to brighten spaces and lives. The Community Shed group did a fantastic job and had this to say:

‘The interior of the Scout Hall is now much lighter and brighter than before. The members and Trustees of Northampton Community Sheds would like to thank the Paint Shop colleagues for their cooperation in supplying the paint, and for the help and advice given.’

Do you have a community project that needs affordable paint? Visit our website to find out more about Community RePaint, your local scheme and ReColour, our Remanufactured paint for large projects.

 

ReColour paint transforms former Bristol Post Office into unique gallery space

Organisers of this year’s Bristol Photo Festival have transformed an old Post Office into a bright new venue using ReColour remanufactured paint. This year, the public can take advantage of the unique gallery, and view some amazing photography.

Bristol Photo Festival commissions and produces exhibitions twice a year across the city, alongside an ongoing programme of events and workshops. The festival provides platforms for emerging photographers and an outreach programme with schools, community groups, charities and libraries.

The former Post Office became the perfect opportunity to create a new gallery space, but was in need of a new coat of paint. The Bristol Photo Festival got in touch with the network to order ReColour, which uses innovative technology to take leftover paints, filter, treat and blend them to create a range of high-quality emulsions, masonry and chalk furniture paint in large quantities

The gallery before and after using ReColour paint to brighten the space

 

Community RePaint Cambridgeshire supplied 350 litres of Brilliant White and 50 litres of Gorgeous Grey to the festival. This gave the space a crisp modern new look, prevented leftover paint from going to waste and was made available at an affordable cost, at just £1 per litre.

 

Beautiful gallery space, created using ReColour paint

To visit this freshly painted gallery and the other events Bristol Photo Festival offer throughout the year, visit their website.

Working on a big project yourself, or know a community organisation that could benefit from a fresh new coat of paint? Click here to find out more about ReColour and order for your next big project.

 

Children’s bedroom decorated using leftover paint in Bradford

One lucky child has had their bedroom transformed into a colourful wonderland, featuring rainbows, love hearts, dinosaurs and an impressive looking unicorn.

The paint used is from Community RePaint Bradford, which is one of the largest schemes in the Community RePaint Network. They collect paint from manufacturers, retailers and traders in the area, as well as from the district’s recycling centres where residents can drop off leftover paint.  The paint is then checked to ensure it is suitable for reuse rather than disposed of. Since signing up to the Community RePaint Network in 2001, Community RePaint Bradford has collected over 45,000 litres of paint each year.

Due to the large amount of paint the scheme collects, they always have a large variety of paint types and colours. If you need paint for your home or for a community project, you can make an appointment to choose some paint. Community RePaint Bradford sell paint for £1.50 per litre. You can find all of the details for the scheme here.

Rainbow painted in children's bedroom using paint from RePaint BradfordChildrens bedroom featuring a unicorn in Bradford

Leftover paint in Manchester used for community mural

Safrana Art is a Manchester-based artist who is no stranger to the Community RePaint Network. She has worked on numerous projects with the help of Community RePaint Wythenshawe, including the Muslim Youth Foundation in 2018. For this project, she worked with The Rulers Church on Chippenham Road to use leftover paint in Manchester in hopes to improve the area.

Safrana Art painting mural

We spoke to Safrana who said that the main wall of the church was a hotspot for graffiti, and despite best efforts to patch it over with white paint, the church faced a fine from the local council for the reoccurring graffiti issues. Safrana approached the church, offering to brighten up the wall with a community mural, in the hope to deter graffiti in the area.

The church and pastors were delighted with Safrana’s kind offer and were over the moon to change the look of their outside wall, which would also save them from a hefty fine.

Safrana Art painting muralSafrana Art painting mural

Safrana said “if I didn’t have access to a local Community RePaint scheme, this would not be possible for me. I get paint from there so I am able to help the community!”

You can read more on Safrana’s blog here, and keep up with her new work via her Facebook or Instagram pages.

Community RePaint Wythenshawe, which is run by the Tree of Life Centre,  collect paint locally from traders, retailers and manufacturers. Paint is available for individuals and groups to purchase for £1-2 per litre.

Could you brighten up your local community spaces? Find affordable paint at your local Community RePaint scheme here.

Safrana Art painting mural

ReColour paint used at Grade II listed 17th Century farmhouse

The Westbury Arts Centre is located within a Grade II listed 17th Century farmhouse building, where they provide both permanent and temporary studio spaces. The venue also has rooms and exhibition spaces available for hire. The arts centre deliver an events programme throughout the year for the public to come and enjoy exhibitions and events, and get involved in a range of creative workshops.

Westbury Art Centre interior

The arts centre got in touch with Community RePaint to purchase affordable, ReColour remanufactured paint. Using innovative technology, our two remanufacture centres are able to take leftover paints, filter, treat and blend them to create a range of high-quality emulsions, masonry and chalk furniture paint in large quantities.

Community RePaint Cambridgeshire, which is home to one of the network’s remanufacture centres, supplied the arts centre with 100 litres of Brilliant White emulsion paint. The Westbury Arts Centre used this paint as a backdrop for their recent art gallery exhibition.

Hilary Grayson from the arts centre said the “paint made our old barn look positively glowing … a brilliant product and we were very pleased with it. We will definitely use your product again.”

We’re delighted to have been given the opportunity to provide affordable paint to the Westbury Arts Centre and prevent leftover paint from going to waste.

If you have a community space, school, sports centre or religious building you’d like to decorate, read more about our ReColour paint and place an order today, starting at just £1 a litre!