Staff
jane mcmahon
Workshop & Training Coordinator
Contact Jane
jane@belfasttoollibrary.com
Ema Buchanan
Library & Volunteer Coordinator
Ema joined BTL as an enthusiastic volunteer back in 2019. "I loved the principles of repairing, reusing and sharing that BTL was built on, plus knowing nothing about tools, I was keen to learn!" Now knowing a fraction more about tools ("to look at, not to use!"), Ema is now our Library and Volunteer Coordinator, recruiting and training our fantastic team of Tool Librarians and keeping our ever expanding inventory of tools in check!
Contact Ema
ema@belfasttoollibrary.com
Board of Trustees
Neal Campbell
Chairperson
Neal is a keen tinkerer and maker. When he's not building stuff or doing paperwork for the tool library, he's a professional photographer and building manager at Vault Artist Studios. 'I can't wait to get Belfast Tool Library up and running so that we can share tools and skills, and build a thriving community of fixers and doers.'
Lisa
Treasurer
Chris Campbell Palmer
Chris is a keen maker of all things with a background in sculpture and furniture production. He worked as an art fabricator and workshop technician in London for years, before returning to his native Belfast. When he's not building stuff for and sorting out our Tool Library community workshop, Chris will be found at his day job installing exhibitions at The MAC or programming synthesizers.
Stephen Wood
Stephen is a founder of Tools for Solidarity, a Belfast-based charity gathering old tools and sewing machines here, refurbishing them and sending them to Africa where they are helping people set up small businesses.
He shares his wealth of tools expertise, and along with his brother John, helps us sort through the tools which have been donated, checking for safety and ensuring they are in tip-top condition to be shared. Stephen said: "I am passionate about volunteering, sustainability and social justice and how we can build communities that promote both. The Tools Library is a brilliant way to share valuable resources and skills and provide a space for people to come together to question how we can achieve a more equitable, sustainable society." Amen to that.
Chris McCartney
Chris knows very little about tools but she's here to learn. She is passionate about new ways of organising and sharing our skills and resources. Chris is a founder and organiser of Repair Cafe Belfast and before that was a journalist and campaigner.
She’s excited to see the Tool Library taking shape and thinks it’s awesome to see people come together, share stuff and skills and build something which will help the community, we hope, for years to come. And she hopes it will inspire other communities and other practical projects that bring people together and make it easier for us to live better and more sustainably.
