Whitby District Sheds

We do the unusual

Front wheel for a Penny Farthing intended for the Tour de Yorkshire which was Covid cancelled.

Art in wood

Wood is a wonderful material that can be turned, carved, drilled, painted to achieve great results. You can learn.

Do It Yourself

Learning from others and sharing your skills with them.

Men working shoulder to shoulder

Men tend to talk to each other as they are doing. Working alongside. Women tend to talk face to face. Is this true?

Serving Whitby Coast and inland

Take time to visit the Shedders' Bites page to see what they say from their experience

Sheds are about fellowship, inclusion and acceptance. A place where people can meet and work together, enjoy each other's company and give to others.

Words penned by the Australian Men's Shed Association, AMSA

Woodworking Videos and Guidance from Health & Safety Executive

Please spend time browsing these and raise any issues (including anything that is not understood) with your Shed duty manager or other experienced seniors. We are each responsible for our personal safety and for that of fellow Shedders. If you see dangerous/careless practice please speak up! Much of this…

Whitby District Sheds : Where and When

Anyone can drop by to say hello and find out what goes on. If a group wants to come, this must be arranged in advance please. Sheds run from 10am to about 1.30pm. Monday Staithes Men’s Shed : rear of Staithes Sports & Social Club [Tuesday Sleights Area Men’s Shed…

Peep into SAMS

Less than 3 months after SAMS started in early 2016, Yorkshire Coast Homes (now incorporated with Beyond Housing) donated Kevin Allen to produce a video to explain what SAMS was really about. It still holds true and for both sexes.

Whitby Community’s Compassion project

This is a new blog to bring together information gathered on Frome’s Compassion Project of the past 6 years. We are now embarking on Whitby District’s own project. Who is the “we”? That’s a question that is not simply answered other than to say “the Whitby District Community”. Clearly there…

New blogs are added below. Those above are “Sticky” and remain where they are!

New blogs begin below.

Gobsmacked

Shedder Rob is gobsmacked . . . “I don’t believe it” – “Fancy That” – “Well I Never These Idioms and phrases are often heard when connections between each other are revealed. I have experienced quite a few recently. Graham and I were filling in some Whitby Shed banking forms…

Industrious Sheds plus Rob’s Update added

First, congratulations to Scarborough MATES for the excellent piece on them opening up to women on BBC Look North this week. Below is the descriptive piece from BBC News. Scarborough mates: Men’s mental health group welcomes women Iain Hail from Scarborough Mates said people “rehabilitate together” A mental health support…

News about “Eddie the Sheddie”

It is with sadness we report the passing of Eddie Carolan on New Year’s Eve. Eddie brought natural, good natured banter to the Shed by his presence. Often he would inform us that the Queen had asked him to come over from Ireland to sort the English out. Was it…

It’s New Year!

Staithes Shed decided it would be open during the week between Christmas and the New Year. Other Sheds took a break! Busy at Staithes and to illustrate here are a few photos. …

It’s Christmas!!

Wishing all our Shedders in Whitby, BayThorpe and Staithes a peaceful Christmas. The unfolding Omicron situation may put family time at risk and indeed the Sheds in the New Year. That is not welcome, of course. However, it does highlight yet again how precious friendships are. Graham has returned to…

Sheds on the go in the run up to Christmas

What a contrast now from 6 months ago during Covid-19 lockdown when nothing (much) was happening! There’s a real buzz and some very creative stuff going on. Quite a bit of talk too! Let’s get some snapshots starting with BayThorpe Shed about which we hear a lot of good news…

Turns for the Best

Sheds are quite dynamic groups. No two sessions are the same. It depends on who is there and how the mood takes them! No chance really for things to become stale. Staithes Shed today is a good example. We have several new Shedders and it is powerful to see them…

Small Steps lead to Massive Leaps

Gold is found in little nuggets that reveal themselves unexpectedly. There are nugget times in Sheds. Here are several beginning with an account from Rob Shilson . . . Shed Stories 4. John from Goathland John is a retired farmer who lives in Goathland. He has lived there all his…

Forging Ahead

There’s certainly a noticeable increase in newcomers in all our Sheds. They are a rich mix of personality types and interests, all with a story of Covid-19 isolation but also a tinge of isolation from changed life circumstances. There are also some interesting developments in the Shed infrastructures. First, a…

Playing Catch Up

There’s a lot of it about at the moment. A lot of activity getting the Sheds back to normal but also several new opportunities to connect the community. A lot to catch up with. First we catch up with Ed Horwood of North Yorkshire Youth Justice Service and the Pop…