More than 47,500 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year – that’s 129 men every day. Every 45 minutes one man dies from prostate cancer – that’s more than 11,500 men every year. 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Around 400,000 men are living with and after prostate cancer.– source Prostate Cancer UK
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We’re looking for a volunteer Treasurer!
UK Men’s Sheds Association have a vacancy for a volunteer Treasurer to oversee the financial affairs of the charity, deal with relevant third parties and ensure the board of trustees receive regular and relevant reports.
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Mind NHS Support Survey
Mind Survey: Support for your mental health by phone and online: Is it working for men?
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A belated welcome to 2021!
As we say goodbye to 2020, it is easy to say that we will be getting more of the same, and so far this is true when it comes to Lockdowns. There has been terrible loss of life, mental and physical health challenges and untold impact on the future for social connections on which Sheds and we all thrive…
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Meet our new Volunteer and Community Development Manager!
Hi, I’m Rachel and I live on the Wirral in the North West.
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Safety Online
We’re all online now! The pandemic forced many of us to flock online like never before. While we were all logging on, the “baddies” as my son calls them were watching…
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Free Fundraising Webinar for Sheds.
You’re invited to our 2021 fundraising webinar
During these changing times, easyfundraising is a pandemic proof fundraising option for your Shed. Head over to their free webinar on Friday January 29th at 2.00pm to find out how it works, see a live demo, get advice on how to sign up and ask the easyfundraising team questions. If you’ve been before they are sharing some new info that will be useful.
It’s free to attend plus there’s a prize draw with a chance to win £25 for your Shed. More than one member can attend so please spread the word to other Shedders too!
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z928-sTJSA-plNobE5My9g
If your Shed isn’t using the service yet sign up here: http://efraising.org/awfl0KjNEr
Take part in the ultimate family bonding experience!
lTV are looking for families to take part in a television show. The show is about older folks teaching their younger relatives how to make and mend. Participants have to be at least 18 years old to take part. The older folks who are teaching need to be at least 10 years older than the relative they are teaching. Please circulate this to your networks. Interested families can email family@alaskatv.codirectly. There is a two week window before the programme will no longer be accepting takers.
Attention!
We are short-staffed at the moment.
This means that our response times on phones and emails are not quite what they should be. You can still email us on admin@ukmsa.org.uk we will get back to you at our earliest convenience. If you have any urgent membership queries please email John.latchford@ukmsa.org.uk
UK Men’s Sheds Association Team
Annual General Meeting 13.01.2021
UK Men’s Sheds Association are going online with the Annual General Meeting! As you can imagine this will result in some things being a little different in terms how we will run the meeting. We will still run through the same agenda and reports, however voting and asking questions will be a little different.
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