Greetings fellow Shedders.
I am Simon Rouse a retired Company CEO and Social Worker living in the town centre of Shrewsbury. I am a Trustee of Sansaw Men’s Shed, 8 miles north, and I’m currently leading the Steering Group looking to open the first Men’s Shed in our county town. This will be in disused stables on the West Midlands Showground right by the River Severn.
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Greetings UK Shedders,
I hope you’ll be pleased to hear that after more than two years of sleepless nights and graft, sometimes with help from your good selves, we have formed a charity, found land, and were awarded planning permission
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Hi, I’m David and I live in a small village called Riccall near York…
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Volunteers build greenhouse for hospital wards
https://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/news/health/nailsea-shedders-build-greenhouse-for-hospital-wards-8131412
Roger Daltrey from The Who officially opens new community shed in Mayfield – in pictures
https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/roger-daltrey-from-the-who-officially-opens-new-community-shed-in-mayfield-in-pictures-3298058
The University of East Anglia to research into the benefit of Men’s Sheds
https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/norfolk/news/mens-shed-study/
‘Shedders’ needed to take part in project looking at how ‘Men’s Sheds’ improve mental health
https://www.homecare.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1652494/shedders-mens-sheds-mental-health
Ronseal teams up with Channel 4 to celebrate the Men’s Shed Association and the power of DIY in an emotional documentary
https://www.diyweek.net/ronseal-teams-up-with-channel-4-to-celebrate-the-mens-shed-association-and-the-power-of-diy-in-an-emotional-documentary
Community Project Targeting Isolation Receives Backing from Housebuilders
https://www.islandecho.co.uk/community-project-targeting-isolation-receives-backing-from-housebuilders/
Men ‘gripped by loneliness’ during coronavirus pandemic
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/men-gripped-by-loneliness-during-coronavirus-pandemic-1.4593104
Young James completes his Inverurie running fundraiser
https://www.grampianonline.co.uk/news/young-james-completes-his-inverurie-running-fundraiser-243385/
UK Men’s Sheds Association have been contacted by the Britannia Sailing Trust and a family, looking to join forces in helping to get some unfinished projects back afloat.
Hello I am David and I live in North Buckinghamshire with my wife, two terriers and, occasionally, adult children.
It is very exciting for me to join UK Men’s Sheds Association as Treasurer. Though I am a Chartered Accountant by training I like to think, as so many of us accountants do, that I can do so many more things than just maths and spreadsheets.
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Catch up with all the latest happenings in the Men’s Shed Movement as covered by the press!
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“There’s a new concept in Australia“, Tony told me, while I was visiting Tony and Corinne in a small town near Melbourne in 2010. He took me to a small Shed nearby and I was very impressed by the welcome I received.
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Hello everyone! Well, it is the start of another week and I will, hopefully, be able to spend most of it in the workshop. I can’t quite remember if I shared with you all that my work is now for sale and exhibited in a gallery in our local town of Ashbourne, here in the Peak District.
Continue ReadingHi, I am Tony Smith-Crallan, Chairman and one of the founder members of The Silvers’ Workshop, Reading Men’s Shed.
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