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Lauren Hooper
Development Officer
Lauren joined the Remade team in June 2020 after working across a range of social and environmental projects, from developing a surplus food redistribution network with Plan Zheroes in London, to promoting the circular economy with Zero Waste Scotland. Lauren is passionate about empowering communities to move away from capitalist structures, and can sometimes be found organising ‘Disco Soup’ events dressed as a raspberry.
Contact Lauren at laurenh@remade.network
Gordon Harper
IT Technician
Gordon is our amazing IT Technician who is leading on the technical side of the computer refurbishment project.
Emily Smit-Dicks
Textiles technician
Emily is a talented textiles repair technician who offers amazing attention to detail across our textiles repair service, from jean repairs to high end jacket and bag repairs.
For textiles repairs contact repair@remade.network or visit us in store.
Nicole Giacomantonio
Textiles technician
Nicole is a talented textiles repair technician with a creative eye who offers beautiful visible mends of a wide array of textile items.
For textiles repairs contact repair@remade.network or visit us in store.
Advisory Group
Peter McColl
Freelance Researcher
Peter McColl is a writer and activist based in Scotland with an interest in the future economy, social and environmental justice, and making work more humane. Peter has been involved with Remade Network since its launch and advises its policy and advocacy positions.
Board
Andrew C Gairdner MBE
Chartered Accountant
I am a chartered accountant and have been self employed since 1979. Over the years I have helped set up and run a number of small to medium sized businesses and have acted as Treasurer and Chairman of a number of charities. The main business areas have been in Financial Services and Political Consultancy with the charities largely disability related.
I was an Honorary Steward at Wimbledon for 35 years and Chief Steward there for 15 years and on retirement I was appointed a MBE in the 2012 New Year’s Honours.
Dorothy Graham
Dorothy Graham, project worker at Remade’s partner organisation Galgael brings a longstanding experience in community work specialising in mental health, addiction recovery and education projects in Glasgow and a particular interest in trauma.
Gillian Drummond
Gillian Drummond brings rich experience of running repair education workshops and work as a designer with sales and purchasing experience within the textiles and retail industries.
Lynn Rutter
Chair
Chair Lynn Rutter comes to us after a global career in HR and Change Management with Nokia and Oxfam International.
Sophie Unwin
Founder
After co-founding the first remakery in Brixton in 2008 and setting up the Edinburgh Remakery from 2011-2017, our founder Sophie Unwin had the vision of setting up Remade Network to create a repair economy from the ground up with local communities, starting off in New York with consultancy for the Brooklyn Remakery project.
Sophie came to Glasgow in 2018, and four years later, thanks to the collaboration of communities across the city and a wonderful and growing team, steered her vision into being – from the Repair Academy to distributing 2300 computers throughout the COVID pandemic, to setting up repair kiosks across the city, creating 40 jobs in the process.
Now, Remade is consolidating its growth and building from its strong foundations with new leadership and management, and Sophie is working independently, using some of her learning to help others on their journeys. Read a Big Issue profile about Sophie here.