Repair Space Blackburn

Project: Consultancy

Description

FUNDING

Virgin Media O2/Hubbub: £55,300

Repair Space Blackburn will collect e-waste laptops from local organisations. We will use these devices to teach community members and young people repair skills. The laptops then will be donated to digitally excluded people (especially young people) within the borough and provide beneficiaries with digital literacy skills through training sessions, on-going support and signposting to other support available.

The project plan is based on our local research regards attitudes and expertise to electronic device repair as part of research projects with Imagination Design Research Lab / Lancaster University.

The project team comprises:

- Tom Macpherson-Pope, Director, The Making Rooms Blackburn
- Dr Michael Stead, Lecturer in Sustainable Design Futures, Lancaster University
- Hannah Allen, CEO, Blackburn & Darwen Youth Zones
- Phil Riley, Leader, Blackburn with Darwen Council
- Martin Kelly, Deputy Chief Executive, Blackburn with Darwen Council
- Quesir Mahmood, Deputy Leader, Blackburn with Darwen Council
- Sally Booth, Environmental Education Officer, Blackburn with Darwen Council
- Jonathan Bond, Head of School Creative & Digital, Blackburn College

Status	Active
Effective start/end date	1/07/24 → …

Macpherson-Pope, Thomas (Project Manager)
Stead, Michael (Consultant)
Allen, Hannah (Consultant)
Riley, Phil (Consultant)
Kelly, Martin (Consultant)
Mahmood, Quesir (Consultant)
Booth, Sally (Consultant)
Bond, Jonathan (Consultant)

Research outputs

Re:Play
Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Artefact
EPSRC Fixing the Future Annual Report 2024
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Co-written Report
A Technologically Sustainable, Responsible and Smarter Home
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter
UbiFix: Tackling Repairability Challenges in Smart Devices
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
The Repair Shop 2049 LED Badge Soldering Kit
Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Artefact
The Repair Shop 2049: Co-Designing Sustainable and Equitable Transitions for Smart Device Repair with and for Local Communities
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
Re:Play V2
Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Artefact
Pet Tap V2
Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Artefact
RepairLand V2
Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Artefact
ROBB·E the Robot GenFixer Pendant
Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Artefact
CASE STUDY: Dealing with Electronic Waste (AHRC IAA Generation Fix): How does Arts and Humanities Research Influence Public Policymaking?
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Co-written Report › peer-review
Making the Connection: Ending Digital Exclusion With Reused Devices
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Other report
Re:Play - The Purposefully Broken Games Console
Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Web publication/site
Reimagining Design Education to Engender Sustainable and Inclusive Futures: Developing More-than-Human Design Pedagogy
Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Abstract › peer-review
Smarter Repair 2053
Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Research