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How the new lockdown restrictions apply to you.

The government has introduced new lockdown rules, so we’ve made a document to help you make sense of how the rules apply to your Men’s Shed.

Top five ways to beat anxiety during COVID-19

2.6 million adults in Great Britain reported feeling lonely “often” or “always” between 3rd April and 3rd May this year according to research by the Office for National Statistics.

“At my lowest, I did consider suicide”

I am going to share with you today the story of my ordeal with mental illness and anxiety. I am going to be frank and totally honest about it but, ultimately, it is a story of rebirth and hope.

Bembridge Shed helps the National Trust get new sweeps

On the Isle of Wight, the only traditional windmill left standing is in Bembridge. It has been managed for many years by the National Trust (NT).

Hart Matters

It’s nearly twelve months since Church Crookham and Fleet Men’s Shed opened the doors to our purpose-built workshop next to the allotments on the Crookham Park Estate. And what a twelve months! If anyone had said that in six months’ time we’d be closing the doors and the country would be in lockdown, we would have thought that they had put something in their tea, but how true they would have been.

Meet an Ambassador: Charlie Parkes

I retired from Derbyshire Police in 2000 to a part-time role. In December 2016 I was invited to a Christmas fuddle at the home of Dorothy and Peter Whitaker who are Chief Executives of Valleycids, a local charity providing educational and entrepreneurial opportunities for young people. It is funded by a string of Lighthouse Charity Shops across Derbyshire and owns Charity Farm set up in 1740 to fund a school for the poor children of Swanwick.

‘Sing September!’

‘SingSeptember’, is a new outreach and education national campaign, running throughout this month. It’s being put on by our UK Men’s Sheds Association partners; The British Association of Barbershop Singers, (BABS)

Meet Jo Phillips, Men’s Sheds Trustee and West Midlands Ambassador

2020 has certainly been challenging for Men’s Sheds and the wider voluntary sector. This year marks 20 years since I decided to join the voluntary sector. I began locally recruiting volunteers for community groups, in those days I worked from a small town-centre shop. 20 years later, the work has grown into charity strategic and operational management. Community development and volunteer enablement remain at the heart of my work.

In the news 15/09/20

Here are our top picks of news articles about Men’s Sheds from the press for the month.

Introducing Poynton Men in Sheds!

In 2015, Poynton Men in Sheds was launched at the then Poynton Youth & Community Centre (now The Centre in Poynton) in a tiny workshop with just a handful of people turning up on that first day. When the COVID restrictions came into force we had some 30 members attending over three mornings each week. We also had a waiting list of 28 people wishing to join.


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