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SBS Clockworks Project

Worthys Community Shed started out with just three members meeting each week in a Scout Hall. That was in September 2017, but we didn’t really get going until we were able to construct our own Shed / Workshop. We managed to purchase (for next to nothing) a sturdy Shed that had been used for a Fruit and Veg business within the car park of a local pub. That building was dismantled and rebuilt in a plank by plank and screw by screw operation during the hot summer of 2018.

In the News October 2021

Catch up with the latest Press coverage of Men’s Sheds in and around the UK for October

Meet the Orcadians: Born 29 July 2015

It all started when a public meeting was called by Voluntary Action Orkney (VAO) to see if there was any interest in starting a Men’s Shed. We were encouraged with over 50 people attending, we all listened to a great presentation from Dave Thomson from Westhill Men’s Shed, who pointed out some of the advantages which we all know and try to live by, i.e. looking after men’s health and wellbeing.

A Golden Leg for Cotswold Shed

Cotswold Community Men’s Shed has been running for several years now. After occupying various locations in Wotton under Edge and Kingswood, we are now firmly settled in the old Berkeley Power Station complex.

Tea at Two

Quick announcement! Some of our team here at the UK Men’s Sheds Association (UKMSA) will be hosting a live session on the UKMSA Facebook group each week in an informal chat we’re calling ‘Tea at two’ on Thursdays starting on 7 October 2021.

Urological Health Awareness Campaign 2021

We support the Urological Health campaign that launched on 20^th September within the Guardian and online at https://bit.ly/3kQ59tU. Urological Health aimed to raise awareness of urological conditions like bladder incontinence, prostate cancer and male infertility, to raise awareness with people at-risk and better inform patients of the treatment options available. It featured insightful content from key thought leaders at the EAU, BAUS, Bladder & Bowel UK and the Urology Foundation, amongst others

How AtaLoss can help Men’s Sheds

This isn’t the case for all men, but it is recognised generally across the bereavement sector, that when men are bereaved, they tend to bottle up their emotions which can lead to long term, unresolved grief and mental ill-health.

In the News September 2021

All the news about Men’s Sheds across the United Kingdom and beyond as covered by newspapers and online blogs in September

RMS TITANIC: Stonehaven and District Shed

At 2340 hours on 14 April 1912 the RMS Titanic of the White Star Line struck an iceberg and has since earned her unenviable place in the folklore of maritime history.

Lancing and Sompting Shed – Hard work, Heritage, and Community

Lancing and Sompting Men In Sheds was set up in 2015 and after a period of being a “virtual Shed”, meeting in a community cafe, was given our first Shed, a double garage in a private dwelling by one of our founding members, “H”.


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