Remember Ken Dodd’s song “Happiness, Happiness, the finest thing that I possess”? What may be some of the elements that can contribute to it? Read on and think on! Does Shedding have a part to play? Here is the take of a Yale University professor. As you can read, she…
We are getting ready for the reopening of our Sheds but we are not yet ready except for socially distanced work in the open air with no more than 6 persons and some inside maintenance with two people present for safety reasons. Elaine located a source for hand sanitiser (Trillo’s)…
The Covid lockdown has made us realise how important we are to each other. It’s true of our relationships with others. Keeping in touch has become increasingly important and necessary over the past 3 months. Onto the scene has come videoconferencing (though its been lurking for a long time!). Seeing…
Indeed we can think about it but also we must to ensure we are Covid Safe when we do. What do we need to put in place? UKMSA has been doing some thinking and has provided some helpful Guidelines for us to consider in our contexts. Here is a link…
This week has been UK’s week to be grateful for volunteers. In these Covid times we have seen many at work. Volunteers are a much underestimated resource in our communities and one that does much to maintain the Nation’s and Whitby’s wellbeing. THREE CHEERS FOR VOLUNTEERS! What about Sheds? We…
A Brazilian friend of Graham’s who knows about our Sheds and has done interesting work with youngsters in the Maker Movement had some news. He lives in Santarem quite a distance up the mighty Amazon River. A river like a sea. Yes, there is Covid in Brazil. The surprise news…
This piece on The Peak (of the coronavirus) is a story worth reading. It’s inserted at the beginning of this blog so it does not get missed. It communicated to several of us so it fits this blog post heading! The Peak If nothing else we have realised over…
Yes, 300 of these blog posts since the site was relaunched after mysteriously losing it! Someone with vast experience of lockdown you might think is Sister Hannah, of Sneaton Priory our woodworking nun! She thought she’d let us know what double lockdown is like!! Hi All, What does a Sister…
Tonight (19/5/2020) there has been a Zoom book launch for “Big Boys Don’t Cry”. Some of the authors read their pieces out. A most powerful series of chats that may ring with you – several did with me. Take a look. Take your mental health seriously. You are not alone…
Does anyone know anyone who would be able to benefit from any of these services? Since the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic we have been required to refocus the services we offer due to the need to observe social distancing. Since March 2020, we have offered an individualised service based…
