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Return of the Laura (our membership support officer)!

Hello Sheds and Shedders! It’s been quite a year for all of us, and not one many of us would have predicted. For anyone new to Sheds, I’m Laura Winkley, Membership and Support Officer at UK Men’s Sheds, coming back to support Sheds from my lockdown year on adoption leave.

Fix-it TV – which is your favourite?

As a new restoration (or, to be more accurate, re-purposing) programme – Saved and Remade – comes to BBC2, UKMSA Trustee Chris Lee reviews four mainstays from the lockdown daytime TV schedules.

Silvers’ Covid-19 Safety Action Plan

As ‘Shedders’ we’re being constantly told by the experts and family members that we’re in the ‘at-risk group’ in respect of Covid-19 and should therefore isolate.

Meet an Ambassador: Martin Young

Martin Young. Trustee & Chairman – Dunstable Men in Sheds. Shed Ambassador: NHC Region.

The love project with Colin Porter

Five students, including Colin Porter who is both a mature art student and Chairman of Torrington Mens Shed, were selected to develop a project based on the Soup Corner, based at Union Corner, in Union Street, Plymouth. Soup Corner provides lunchtime meals to people in need.

Heathfield Men’s Shed launches (and meets Roger Daltry from ‘The Who’)!

Our story of creation has been one of ups and downs at times we thought we would never succeed at all! However, succeed we did and with funding from Age Concern Heathfield and District and various funding organisations, we are now the proud members of a fully-equipped wooden workshop building with an adjacent meeting room. It is also home to a smallholding of farm animals and a nursery for pre-school aged children.

In the News April 2021

Click the Titles below to find out about Shed News across the UK an beyond in the press this month!

News from Tasmania!

Dear UK Shedders,

Greetings to you all from our tiny Island of Tasmania located almost at the bottom of the world – just under the mainland of Australia. It’s a beautiful and diverse Island, which has similarities to England. Our population hovers at around 550,000. However, following the arrival of Covid-19, Tasmania has become a very desirable place to live, being viewed as safe, with clean air and an abundance of fine local produce. Many of our Sheds boast thriving community gardens.

Men’s Sheds Exhibition at the Tetley

The Tetley is a pioneering centre for contemporary art located in the stunning art deco headquarters of the former Tetley Brewery. From the heart of Leeds South Bank, it creates a platform for amazing emerging artists, presenting breathtaking free exhibitions and helping communities in Leeds find their creative voice.

Great BIG St George’s Day Quiz

Do you know your red roses from white roses? Crème Anglaise from your Custard? Join us for the Great Big Saint George’s Day Shed Quiz. Friday 23^rd April 2021 – Zoom Room opens at 1830, quiz starts at 1900


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