News - Scottish Men's Sheds Association

Charity partnership gifts guitar to young budding musician

A charity partnership, with the Scottish Men’s Sheds Association (SMSA) and 12 Guitars, is supporting a young budding musician through a spectacular guitar giveaway. Social enterprise 12Guitars.org has been working in partnership with the SMSA to reach Men’s Shed members to learn new skills, help communities through a musical boost and provide fun challenging musical events. 12 Guitars receives donated guitars for recycling and upcycling from a variety of sources across the country and gifts them to people who cannot

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 download from the SMSA website. Men’s Sheds in the UK have been highlighted for the impact they can have on men’s social wellbeing but less is known about their ability to address social isolation and loneliness, especially among retired and unemployed men. This report outlines findings from in-depth interviews with 62 Men’s Shed members from

Are your Shed details up-to-date on the map?

With Sheds reopening across Scotland, Sheds are going to be needed now more than ever to support men’s health and wellbeing. The SMSA ‘Find a Shed’ online map receives thousands of hits each month from potential Shedders and their family and friends searching for their local Shed in addition to individuals, businesses and funders looking to work in partnership and/or donate materials, funds and items to Sheds. The map is also one of the first ports of call for the SMSA team

Scottish Men’s Sheds honoured with Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Two Scottish Men’s Sheds have been announced as winners of this year’s Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) – the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK in recognition of their outstanding and diverse work to benefit their communities. Today’s announcement, which coincides with Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June), celebrates Aberchirder and District Men’s Shed and Westhill and District Men’s Shed receiving this prestigious award. The number of nominations remains high year on year – evidencing that the voluntary sector is thriving and full of innovative ideas to make