When Sheds are founded everything is in the future. The challenge comes a couple of years on and more once the work o establishing a Shed (the first excitement) is over. The good news is that Sheds are about people – the then Shedders but also those yet to be.…
The Festival of Thrift in Billingham takes place in two weeks time. UKMSA is sending a vertical banner to be a main focal point. On the table we plan to have items of interest and leaflets on the wellbeing, health and fun aspects of Men’s Sheds and the banner below…
Only time now to deal with the first – Staithes Look at this and let the photos do the talking for now. This is what the team were aiming for though proportions are larger in Staithes…
Colin Easterby is to blame . . . . You must know Colin. He’s now in Whitby Court Care Home but for many years he sang with the Dalesmen Singers. They have a Gala night with proceeds of some activities being shared by a children’s play group and a similar…
All Sheds will know the wellbeing benefit Sheds can bring. It’s individual, of course, and being a bit of a family of different members helps the group. Whitby Town Shed has one definite and one “in discussion” Micro Grant from NHS aimed at those at a bit of a loss…
We’ll move to the second question during the course of this week – men and women Shedders in fact. For now, what do you do with men! The question is one that Norton Shed is raising in order to address the needs of men’s wellbeing in ways other than the…
Never too late was the implied response at Whitby Town Shed! Eskmouth Scout Hall is also the home of Whitby Doing Project which does for non-Shedders what the Shed does for . . . . Shedders. But even Whitby Town Shed can veer away from wood’n’stuff to doing of a…
What will this week unfold in the Shed? Last week was not a good week for some in our Sheds. It’s when we realise that the Sheds are not just a workplace of sorts but are places of heart where we can put a proverbial hand on a shoulder. It’s…
“That’s great news to end the day on”, said Elaine Marsh. Well, it was good news to end the week on and to start next week on. It is two new projects for Whitby district that are quite capable of being replicated elsewhere in the region or indeed elsewhere (particularly…
This Monday morning before 8am encouragements have already started to arrive. Here is one forwarded by Elaine about BayThorpe. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Yjo1bm1EYSczZuVKVE5axEqtMz7KwDZq5QdLvwzNJzQJS96ZgPEaqgkYknGqZKfhl&id=100000691073635&sfnsn=scwspwa No dancing around this contribution Robs Repairs: Dansette Record Player Spurred on by recent discussions of Repair Cafe’s and Let’s Mend It, Rob was encouraged to drag this beauty from…
