Running Shed Meetings – Templates
Templates to get your Shed started to run effective Shed committee meetings and Annual General Meetings (AGM): Committee Meeting – Agenda and Minutes Templates Men’s…
Category: Guidance
The do’s and don’ts of social media for Sheds…
Working with Sheds across the nation, the SMSA team often hear about concerns arising over Shed social media accounts. There are so many opportunities to…
Shoulder to Shoulder: Broadening the Men’s Shed Movement (A Book by Professor Barry Golding)
Professor Barry Golding AM – an internationally-published researcher and writer, associated with Federation University in Australia, who wrote ‘The Men’s Shed Movement: The Company of…
Ten Scottish Men’s Sheds receive life-saving kit through charity partnership
The Scottish Men’s Sheds Association (SMSA) has partnered up with Scotland’s only dedicated first aid charity and leading first aid training provider, St Andrew’s First Aid,…
NEW RESEARCH PAPER RELEASED: The impact of community Men’s Sheds on the physical health of their users
Glasgow Caledonian University’s Sheds for Sustainable Development Project has announced the publication of a new paper on the physical health effects of Men’s Sheds on…
Your Shed and Dementia: A manual from the Irish Men’s Sheds Association
The Irish Men’s Sheds Association (IMSA) has produced this manual to raise awareness of dementia as well as offer advice for Shedders, their families, carers…
First-ever UK & Ireland Men’s Shed Toolkit launched
Glasgow Caledonian University’s ‘Sheds for Sustainable Development Project’, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and partnered with the SMSA, has launched Men’s Sheds: A…
Briefing Report: How Men’s Sheds are addressing male social isolation and loneliness
The latest briefing report from Glasgow Caledonian University’s Sheds for Sustainable Development Project on how Men’s Sheds are addressing social isolation and loneliness is now available to…
Men’s Sheds recognised at Voluntary Sector Hustings
Men’s Sheds don’t do politics in the Sheds but at the SMSA we work with all parties to support the Scottish Men’s Sheds Movement. With…
Men’s Sheds as an alternative healthcare route? A qualitative study
Men’s Sheds Research Update Men’s Sheds as an alternative healthcare route? A qualitative study of the impact of Men’s Sheds on user’s health improvement behaviours…