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Category: Announcements
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Save the date. UK Men’s Sheds Association will be holding our AGM on January 18 2021. More details released nearer the time.
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Volunteer and Community Development Manager Vacancy
The United Kingdom Men’s Sheds Association (UKMSA) exists to help Men (and Women) to be healthy and happy through inspiring, growing, and enabling Shed communities across the United Kingdom.
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It’s a win for the Lions Den!
Our Shed was nominated for the Bradford Metropolitan District Council ‘Service Excellence Award’ in early 2020!
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International Men’s Day
International Men’s Day is on Thursday 19 November and marks the tenth anniversary of it being part of the national calendar in the UK. Way back in 2010, a few hardy souls got to together in Brighton and decided to take up the challenge of making it an event here. Just as it had been in other parts of the world since it was revived in 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Unlocking the Shed Live Stream re-watch!
Got questions about re-opening your Men’s Shed? Re-watch the Unlocking Men’s Sheds Live Stream! which aired Thursday 6 August 2020 at 2PM. (BST)
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Get 5% OFF all orders!
Peter Sefton and the Furniture School made a special offer for Shedders at ShedFest 2020.
Get 5% OFF all orders @woodworkersworkshop using the code ‘shedfest2020’.Quality tools from the finest brands including; Armor Tool, Ashley Iles, Clifton, FastCap, Fisher, iGaging, INCRA, JessEm, Micro Jig, Narex, PantoRouter, Woodpeckers, WoodRiver, Veritas and own brand AUKTools.Plus, FREE UK Delivery on all orders over £30 within the UK Mainland, Northern Ireland, Scottish Highlands & Scottish Islands. Subject to terms and conditions www.woodworkersworkshop.co.uk The offer ends at Midnight 31st July 2020.
Slowly does it!
In the last week there has been some excitement in England around the doors of Sheds being able to open. We have been waiting for further guidance and below are relevant ‘snippets’ from the UK’s Governments Frequently Asked Questions and Guidance for the safe use of multi-purpose community centres.
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Free Sanitiser For Men’s Sheds
Sherwin Williams, parent company to Ronseal have offered to provide sanitiser for Men’s Sheds across the UK. Ronseal are a partner of UK Men’ s Sheds Association, this offer is open to all Men’s Sheds in the UK to support Sheds for when they re-open in the future. This is a special one-off offer to assist Men’s Sheds in opening post lockdown.
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 Update
UKMSA take great interest in the government’s latest easing of lockdown. We are awaiting guidance from ACRE, and government agencies, with regards the news that community centres can open. We once again would advise Sheds to read the guidance under COvid-19 on the UKMSA website (https://menssheds.org.uk/covid-19/). Advice on our website will be updated as and when new information becomes available. Two metres is still the advised social distancing requirement, which we recommend Sheds adhere to. We will update Sheds both directly and through social media as and when we have further information and guidance. ACRE and other agencies are expected to put out guidance in the next two to three days. We appreciate lockdown is and has been challenging during this time and are eagerly anticipating the return to Shed life.