A Men’s Shed is a larger
version of the typical man’s shed in the garden – a place where he feels at
home and pursues practical interests with a high degree of autonomy. A Men’s
Shed offers this to a group of such men where members share the tools and resources
they need to work on projects of their own choosing at their own pace and in a
safe, friendly and inclusive venue. They
are places of skill-sharing and informal learning, of individual pursuits and
community projects, of purpose, achievement and social interaction. A place of
leisure where men come together to work.
A Shed’s activities
usually involve making or mending in wood (e.g. carpentry, joinery, turning,
carving, whittling, marquetry, furniture renovation) but may include
metalworking (milling, sheet metal, welding, etc.) bike repair, gardening,
electronics, tool renovation, boat renovation, model engineering (model
railways, planes) and even building a car! Reclamation, reuse and restoration
will feature strongly – and some say that is true of the men too! Although
Sheds mostly attract older men, some have included men of any age, women and
young people. Whichever activities are pursued the essence of a Shed is not a
building, which some don’t have, but the network of relationships between the
members.
This is our Shed in Halesworth, Suffolk. We hope you enjoy learning more about it from our site. If you'd like to know more then please drop us a line at info@halesworthshed.org.uk
This is our Shed in Halesworth, Suffolk. We hope you enjoy learning more about it from our site. If you'd like to know more then please drop us a line at info@halesworthshed.org.uk
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