Impact/Benefits to Health and Wellbeing

Men’s Sheds can have a life-changing impact on the men that attend them and in turn this improves relationships within the family unit, friendships, peer groups and community as a whole. Men’s Sheds are a preventative male health and wellbeing model (effective engagement with a hard-to-reach group) to:

Increase social contact
Increase confidence
Create and maintain meaningful friendships with a ‘shoulder to shoulder’ camaraderie focus
Provide a friendly and welcoming space for whatever you need—fun, respite, relaxation and/or escape
Become an active citizen in the community—a feeling of being a valued and respected member of the community
Increase sense of purpose, belonging, trust and kindness
Learn new or utilise skills
Mentor others/share your skills and experience

In turn, this will:

Reduce social isolation/loneliness – inclusive and supportive environment
Reduce depression/anxiety
Reduce the suicide rate
Improve physical health – increased mobility, decrease in alcohol consumption and improved health knowledge
Reduce breakdown of the family unit (e.g. divorce/separation, underfoot syndrome, domestic abuse)
Improve the local community/environment – through the improvement of local buildings being utilised as Shed premises (some often derelict); the recycle, reuse, reclaim and repair ethos of Sheds; and reduction in items going to landfill
Sustain traditional skills (e.g. wood carving, wood turning, metal and woodwork) through mentoring
Provide savings to government and health authorities