Ending the throwaway culture and built in obsolesce of what we use and do. This ought to be joy to the Sheds:-) BBC news headline about new Right to Repair legislation coming into force. It also affects smaller and more portable appliances than big white goods! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57665593 Plus, sewing…
Really pleased with the way the Sheds are re-establishing themselves as Welcome Breaks! Planters don’t come much bigger than this metre square one being made in Staithes Shed for Maggie’s daughter Lisa. Should be finished and delivered this week after Thursday’s session. …
We’ve missed the Sheds. Glad to be back together again. It’s been a rollercoaster 15 months or more with Covid-19 closing the Sheds in UK and particularly in Whitby District. The positive is that the bonds were strong which has enabled Shedders to stay in touch, including adopting the wonders…
The good news is that Ed Horwood’s Pop Up Shed project to help put young offenders back on track is back up and running. Travelling back in time it was the Sheds in Littlebeck and Whitby that helped demonstrate the effectiveness of hands on 1:1 working with young people as…
Children and Young people have had a difficult time with disrupted schooling for many months. We wanted to offer them something to enjoy in the Easter break and we’ve worked with North Yorkshire Youth and a representative of the youth sub-committee of Whitby and District Rotary Club to put a…
We’ve not idled time away during the latest lock out from the Sheds. Graham & Rob have been learning culinary skills. Brian is already more accomplished than the other two. Brian’s daughter asked why he was cooking from scratch like this. Why not buy a jar of curry sauce? Brian’s…
‘Reboot’ is the name of a project being considered for adoption in North Yorkshire to take redundant laptops and tablets and give them extended life for children and older people who want to be affordably digitally connected. Take a look through this .pdf on the subject. If Reboot goes live,…
Have you ever taken a screenshot at the wrong time? We had a Zoom cookery session. Rachel Meadows, new Volunteer and Community Development Manager for UK Men’s Sheds, joined to see with disbelief what we were up to. Look at Rachel’s eyes, she can barely watch the scene. Rob had…
More than a year ago, pre first Covid-19 lockdown, we had begun equipping our Sheds with broadband in one form or another, TV monitor, web camera and Amazon Firestick. We pioneered online communication at Staithes and followed through at the Sleights Shed. We were about to install in Whitby and…
For She Shedders to watch . . . . but there are men in these two programmes https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000rxn0/craftivism-making-a-difference BBC iPlayer – MAKE! Craft Britain From Shedder Elaine something to smile about No Sheds but we can be crafty A quartet of Shedders have had a couple of Thursday mornings engaged…
