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Do you live near or with a scene stealing garden gnome?

9 October 2023

To coincide with the November 2022 tour of the Shoulder to  Shoulder Musical, Swansea City Opera are running a competition to find Wales’ Best Garden Gnome 2023.Swansea City Opera / Men’s Sheds Cymru- the home of Men’s Sheds in Wales’  new opera  ‘Shoulder to Shoulder’was a hit with audiences in 2022.Mr Gnome, an ordinary garden […]
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Shoulder to Shoulder – The Men’s Shed Opera to tour Wales for a second year

27 September 2023

Swansea City Opera are once again touring their chamber opera, Shoulder to Shoulder, which explores the issue loneliness, ageing and men. It has been developed through their partnership with Men’s Sheds Cymru. in 2022 Shoulder to Shoulder toured to 6 venues in Wales, here is a clip from the opera – 20 min clip Shoulder to […]
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A blooming good time for UKMSA

12 July 2023

This year UK Men’s Sheds Association were invited along to attend the BBC Gardener’s World Live event at the NEC, Birmingham. The show runs for four days over a weekend in June and usually has around 100,000 people attending over the course of the event. Plenty of people to talk to about Men’s Sheds!!! The […]
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Charlbury’s new community workshop opened by TV personality Susie Fletcher

12 July 2023

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Congratulations to the Winners and Shortlisted Sheds at the 2023 Shed of the Year Awards supported by TiteFix

12 July 2023

To mark the Tenth Year birthday celebrations of the UK Men’s Sheds Association and recognise the contribution made by Men’s Sheds across the UK, this year’s Shed of the Year Awards were hosted in the Palace of Westminster, London. Hosted by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, the awards saw politicians from all major parties in England, Scotland […]
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Celebration Time

12 July 2023

Celebrating The Coronation of King Charles III and Ten Years of the UK Men’s Sheds Association UK Men’s Sheds Association has joined #TheBigHelpOut to celebrate the Coronation of His Royal Highness King Charles III in a way to support the promotion of Sheds.   Over the next few months we are suggesting Sheds tell us about any open days […]
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The Head Shed!

12 July 2023

During Mental Health Awareness Week, Garon Park Shed has invited the renowned Essex comic, John Ryan, to give his sideways look at health and wellbeing to raise awareness of the issues around mental health in an event called ‘The Head Shed’.  On Wednesday 17th May at The Boundary in Garon Park, Southend, John will be sharing some stories […]
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The first Shed on the Isles of Scilly!

9 June 2023

The first Shed in the Isles of Scilly is in action! The initial meeting at the Scilly Shed was on the 18th of March 2023 with the first 12 members, complete with a committee, constitution, and code of conduct. The Scilly Men’s Shed is now up and running and has changed from ‘in development’ to ‘open’ […]
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New Chairman announced for the United Kingdom Men’s Sheds Association

31 January 2023

Rob Lloyd has taken up the reins as Chairman of the UK Men’s Sheds Association (UKMSA) following an extensive and vigorous recruitment process undertaken over the last few months by the Trustees of the Charity
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