News - Scottish Men's Sheds Association

SMSA Hits Membership Milestone To Mark International Men’s Day

The Scottish Men’s Sheds Association (SMSA) is celebrating reaching a significant milestone on International Men’s Day by welcoming its 2,000th individual member. International Men’s Day, on the 19th November each year, celebrates the positive value men bring to the world, their families and communities – putting the spotlight on positive role models and raising awareness of men’s wellbeing. Men’s Sheds provide community-based places to connect men through activities and social interaction and epitomise what International Men’s Day is all about.

Aberchirder Men’s Shed Scoops ‘Scottish Men’s Shed of the Year’ Award

Aberchirder and District Men’s Shed has scooped the award and title of the first ‘Scottish Men’s Shed of the Year’ and a £500 cash prize at the Scottish Men’s Sheds Association (SMSA) Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 11th September 2019. The event celebrated the work carried out by Aberchirder & District Men’s Shed which began in 2016 with a team of seven men (‘The Magnificent Seven’) at the helm – fundraising and raising awareness of the Sheds Movement through popular

Scottish Parliament debate Scottish Men’s Sheds

Motion debated, That the Parliament recognises the important contribution that the Men’s Sheds movement makes to people’s wellbeing; notes that there are now sheds running or in development across the length and breadth of the country, including in Lauder, Galashiels, Peebles, Mayfield and Roslin; understands that the activities and groups vary from community to community but that, by and large, the sheds provide a meeting place for men to undertake activities in a friendly, supportive and social environment; believes that

Scottish Men’s Shed Research – first report

Glasgow Caledonian University is presently busy with a 3 year research project about Scottish Men’s Sheds sustainability and the health impacts on those men attending Men’s Sheds. Fifteen months into the research please find attached their first official output from the project. This is a short briefing report outlining the main sustainability and development challenges that Sheds are facing in Scotland, based on data collected. Showing the increasing need of what the Scottish Men’s Sheds Association delivers on and why