As part of the AGM business section of the SMSA Gathering and Day Conference on Friday 4th October 2024, the SMSA will present its Annual Report & Financial Statements (pdf, 4Mb) for the period 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024 and ask members to approve the accounts. If you are unable to attend the AGM on the 4th October 2024, please use the voting form provided (Word document) to submit your vote and any queries by Monday 7th October 2024. Your
‘Men Don’t Talk’ – a play exploring masculinity, mental health and Men’s Sheds – will feature at the SMSA gathering next month! ‘Men Don’t Talk’ Play to give pre-tour preview at SMSA Gathering! Starring Scottish actor Billy Mack, the moving and poignant ‘Men Don’t Talk’ play written and directed by Clare Prenton and produced by Genesis Theatre Productions, will be part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival this October, presented in partnership with the Scottish Men’s Sheds Association (SMSA) and
The SMSA is shocked and saddened to read the Probable Statistics 2023 released by the Scottish Government today (13th Aug 2024). SMSA CEO Jason Schroeder said: “It is simply not acceptable that men’s health and wellbeing is not being taken seriously enough and male suicide rates continue to rise and Scotland has the highest rate of suicide deaths in the UK. “Proper investment and support for the growth of the preventative, tried-and-tested, Men’s Shed model is imperative for a cultural
Glasgow Caledonian University’s (GCU) Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health has secured funding for a co-design community project to develop realist programme theories around the impact of Men’s Sheds on positive health and wellbeing of socially disadvantaged, working-age men. The Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health previously led on the Sheds for Sustainable Development Project which focused on supporting Men’s Sheds in Scotland to be both financially and socially sustainable. Dr Danielle Hutcheon said: “We are delighted to
