We’re registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) – and we rely on the following humans.
Staff
These are the people who run the project, in alphabetical order.
Frances Cresswell
Operations Lead
Frances has previously worked in regeneration in the South Bank area for many years, before joining in January 2018. She has an MA in Victorian Studies, a BA in literature and recently completed a course in counselling studies. She moved to South London on a temporary basis almost 20 years ago and is still there.
Janet Gunter
Education Lead, Co-founder
Janet is an American/British activist, anthropologist who has lived and worked in Brazil, East Timor, Portugal and Mozambique. She has lived in Brixton, south London, for 10 years and feels at home there.
Isabel Lopez Lopez-Neira
Communications Intern
Isabel is a Biochemistry graduate now studying Science, Technology and Society at UCL. Originally from Canary Islands, Spain, she now enjoys the UK weather and jamming in her neighbourhood, Camden.
Neil Mather
Tech and Data Lead
Neil is a London-based coder and tinkerer from up North, having found his way down to the capital via studying flocks of birds and algorithms in Brighton. A keen supporter of libre software and open-source, he believes strongly in the indie, decentralised web, and likes a good algorave now and again.
Nikhita Paturu
Junior Web Developer
Nikhita is a web developer with a history of working in the software industry. She is pursuing her Masters in Software Engineering from University of West London. She is passionate about design, art and loves to play badminton.
James Pickstone
Online Community Lead
James is a tech-obsessed online community manager with a background in youth work. As the new Online Community Lead, his focus will be on supporting events outside London and fixing up our online spaces.
Ellie Smith
Events Lead
Ellie has recently returned to her native home - east London - after a long stint in Oxford. Her background is in DIY bike repair, she founded and ran Broken Spoke Bike Co-op a community bike workshop. She loves creating spaces where people get to relate to technology in a new way by taking control and repairing it themselves - and cycling of course!
Ugo Vallauri
Business Development Lead, Co-founder
Ugo is an Italian researcher with an MPhil in Geography. He is a Fellow of the Shuttleworth Foundation, focusing on openness in the repair economy. He worked with the Slow Food movement, then for Computer Aid International in Kenya. He left his heart in Nairobi, and now lives in Camden.Volunteers
In addition to fixers, we rely on volunteers to help in the office and to lead our community.
Stefania Fantini
Operations
Stefania is a sound recordist who enjoys repairing at Restart Parties. She describes herself as an 'independent, non-trivial, community being.' She is helping with numerous operations and data-related tasks in our office.
Halima Koundi
London volunteer coordinator
Halima is a French/Moroccan London-based software developer, volunteering with the Restart Project, co-organising the Rosie Restarter skill shares to encourage women to tinker and become restarter volunteers.
Tim Shand
North London Events Coordinator
Tim is a Brit/Kiwi eco-worrier living undercover as a business analyst in North London. Tim feels happy when things work properly and is trying really hard to be a better person.
Ben Skidmore
London volunteer coordinator
Ben is a musician, guitar maker and lifelong tinkerer, who uses his boundless energy to help young people to get excited about STEM and repair. He worked as a guitar maker and repairer, made bicycle-powered electronic installations and has recently started working in the broadcast industry.Our “Restarters”
Our parties wouldn’t happen without our volunteer Restarters. From talented fixers to party organisers, here are just a few of our regulars.
Our trustees
Our trustees provide advice, and help us stay on course.
Karien Bezuidenhout is a director of the Shuttleworth Foundation, supporting individuals and organisations with innovative ideas to make the world a better place. She helps them to get from conception to fulfilling their vision.
Tim Gonzaga is a Technical and Training Assistant Director at Kingston Smith, a firm of accountants. He works with a variety of charity clients and is the firm’s expert on charity financial reporting.
Sarah Nicholl served on the Board of Trustees for the Transition Network from 2010 to 2015, after having co-founded Transition Belsize. As a part of Transition Belsize, she created a model draught-proofing project.
Emily Shipp is a campaigns and marketing consultant, as well as a tutor at General Assembly. She previously worked for the charity Shelter.
Mike Tuffrey is cofounder of the business consultancy, Corporate Citizenship, treasurer of the New Economics Foundation and a former London Assembly member.
Carolina Vallejo is a designer and creative strategist working in architecture, design, community-building and interactive arts. She holds degrees in Literature, publishing and one from ITP at NYU.
Dr. Niall Winters is an Associate Professor of Learning and New Technologies at the Department of Education, University of Oxford. He researches how educational interventions can help address inequality.
You
Everyone brings valuable experience to a party to share, whether they’re aware of it or not. Bring us your smashed phones, your silent alarm clocks, your truculent toasters! Share your knowledge, hopes and dreams! Learn through doing! Come to a party!