Tonight at Roslin Bowling Club we will be having a SMSA Men’s Shed presentation to gauge local interest as there are no Men’s Sheds yet in the area –
Time: 7pm
Date: 20 September.
Venue: Roslin Bowling Club 108 Main Street EH25 9LT
Cost: Free
Please tell friends and relatives about this so there is a good attendance and a better chance of success!
I hoped you would be interested in getting involved in the Big Bike Revival which is a program of local cycling and bike related events running in May and June 2017. Our main aim is to get more people on bikes across Scotland and we need your help to make it happen.
The Big Bike Revival was a huge success last year…Just watch this wee video to see how much fun it was and to see what organisations did for their BBR events, or you can read about some of the events and people involved here. The programme is running again this year and if you would like to host an event (which we can give you up to £1,000 to run) then please read on!
Big Bike Revival
The Big Bike Revival in Scotland is an initiative to support the Scottish Government’s vision of 10% of journeys by bike by 2020. It aims to get more people cycling, which is the mission that sits at the core of Cycling UK, its members and the network of sustainable cycling groups that it supports.
The Big Bike Revival in Scotland will give organisations the tools to engage with the community and the funding to present opportunities for individuals to repair old bikes that have been lying in the shed for years, learn how to keep it serviceable and gain the confidence to make local journey by bike that replace trips typically made by motorised vehicles.
Want to get involved?
If you are a bike recycling centre, bike shop, cycling club or group, voluntary or community organisation we want to work with you to get people cycling!
We are looking for 100 organisations across Scotland to run a range of Big Bike Revival events and led cycle rides that engage locals during May and June – and we have small grants (£1000) to help you deliver:
– Opportunities to get bikes fixed, and people taught how to maintain them
– Events that showcase a range of bikes that meet different needs
– Cycle training to help people feel more confident to cycle on the road
– Led rides that help people find and use their local cycle paths and low traffic routes
It’s more fun with new friends!
If you are a cycle club or group why not link up with another local organisation and/or bike shop or recycling centre to help spread the love of cycling? We want to reach out to people that don’t cycle, so your activities must target people out with your group and focus on helping them undertake purposeful journeys e.g. to work, education, to the shops.
What next?
We’re getting ready to launch the Big Bike Revival in May, so get in touch and let us know you are interested in getting involved! We have dedicated Big Bike Revival Development Officers who can help you out with every step of the way.
If you don’t need a small grant but would still like to get involved please let us know as we have BBR events packs to send out to help you spread the word about your activities, as well as access to our extensive online communications.
For more information or an application form either call me (Ralph) 07887567934 or email ralph.jessop@cyclinguk.org
If you know of a group that might be interested, feel free to share this email!
Happy cycling!
Ralph Jessop
Big Bike Revival Cycle Development Officer
Cycling UK
Direct Line: 07887567934
Email:ralph.jessop@cyclinguk.org
Web: www.cyclinguk.org
The SMSA is presenting and representing Scottish Men’s Sheds at the Holyrood Conference tomorrow in Edinburgh – Increasing Access to Community and Adult Education Adult. Men’s Sheds are being seen as part of a new way of achieving the Learning Statement of Ambition in Scotland – We will share our good practice of the Men’s Shed ethos and brief delegates on the key role that Men’s Sheds are starting to play in community and adult education across Scotland.
If you haven’t booked your ticket, do it today.
http://www.holyrood.com/event/increasing-access-community-and-adult-education
If you are a Shedder and/or a SMSA Member you are invited to an event we are holding at the Carse of Gowrie Men’s Shed, Dundee, 11am-3pm on the 17 November 2016.
The morning session will be an opportunity to hear what the SMSA is all about and an opportunity as Shedders to share your successes and frustrations you face in your Sheds.
We want to hear from you!
The afternoon session will be our second AGM where we shall share what we have been up to over the past year since the launch in Glasgow, how we are looking financially and where we are heading into 2017!
We would like to hear from our members what they feel is required of the SMSA in the supporting of the grassroots Scottish Men’s Shed Movement. If you cannot be there on the day, please send us an email with your thoughts.
If you would like to join us on this important day at the fantastic Carse of Gowrie Men’s Shed, please book your place and free ticket through the EventBrite link below before the 15th November.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smsa-meet-the-shedders-and-members-event-tickets-29055997270
There are only 30 tickets available, so please make sure you can make it for the whole event!
If you would like an event like this in your area please do let us know – info@scottishmsa.org.uk
Sometimes the planets are in alignment. Thursday 13 October is one such occasion, when three international visitors with diverse and deep insights into the now international Men’s Shed Movement are in Glasgow. They have teamed up in an event hosted by University of Glasgow with the Scottish Men’s Sheds Association, the Glasgow Area Men’s Sheds, the Australian Men’s Shed Association and the International Men’s Shed Organisation* to present a Forum to update and explore where and how the Movement has suddenly ‘taken off’ across the UK and Ireland, most recently into Scotland and around Glasgow.
If you are interested in any aspect of this remarkable and transformative grassroots international Movement: as a participant, policy maker, organization or government representative, student, member of the public or researcher, this free Forum is for you. The latter part of the session will provide an opportunity to discuss how the Scottish movement might be expanded to benefit men, families and communities and also provide the essential data government and community organisations find useful to help them ‘get on board’ an already fast moving ‘train’.
RSVP and Book your place : cradall@gla.ac.uk
Full information : www.cradall.org – sheds-movement-scotland-big-picture-internationally
Date : Friday 19th August 2016
Time : Drop in between 11.00 and 13.00
Cost : FREE
Venue : The Shed at The Braes, Bank Street, Slamannan, Falkirk, FK1 3EZ
Join Historic Environment Scotland’s stone masons for a lunch time of demonstrations and hands on activities. Learn about this traditional craft skill with other men from the community.
For those 16 years of age and over.
Refreshments provided.
For further information please contact Vicky Grandon on telephone: 07449 342 438
Email: Vickygrandon@hotmail.co.uk