by UK Men's Sheds Association | May 12, 2022 | 2022, Blog, General, Health and Wellbeing, News
It’s currently Mental Health Awareness Week 2022. According to Rethink Mental Illness charity, UK men are “three times as likely to die by suicide than women”. Mental Health UK says suicide is the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the country....
by UK Men's Sheds Association | May 10, 2022 | 2022, Blog, General, News, Testimony
Marcus Jones MP and the Mayor of Nuneaton and Bedworth have officially opened the new home of a Nuneaton group which supports men and women with their mental health and wellbeing. Nuneaton Men and Women in Sheds, which currently has 20 members and is continuing to...
by UK Men's Sheds Association | May 9, 2022 | 2022, Blog, General, Health and Wellbeing, News, Testimony
Hello to both Shedders and supporters – welcome to this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week. Mental Health Awareness Week runs from the 9th-15th May and this year’s theme is loneliness. Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 – Mental Health UK We have a couple...
by Laura Winkley | Apr 29, 2022 | 2022, Blog, General, Testimony
Hello Shedder’s, I’m Kevin Wright, known as Kev and sometimes Q to my fellow Shedders, I’m based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, and I just love being part of the Men’s Shed. The journey all began with an unexpected early retirement two years ago. A story that I’m sure some...
by Laura Winkley | Apr 27, 2022 | 2022, Blog
Hello everyone!I hope this newsletter finds you all happy and creative! So much has been going on lately that Nicola, Bamber and I rarely seem to get the chance to take any time off. But, towards the end of March we stole three nights away in the Cotswolds. We stayed...
