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MOT4Men

A Tried-and-Tested Preventative Health MOT Initiative for Men Tips and advice from the SMSA to keep your body and mind in great shape The MOT4Men programme – available FREE OF CHARGE to SMSA Shed Members – educates and informs on key men’s health matters including diabetes screening, heart disease, alcohol, smoking, blood pressure and cancer (testicular, bowel, breast, prostate and skin) – enabling men to increase their awareness and prioritise their health needs. For more information, please visit our MOT4Men

A Personal Story: Billy Christie

Almost ten years ago, William (Billy) Christie – the newly-elected Chairperson of Barrhead Men’s Shed – was diagnosed with testicular and prostate cancer and health complications that forced him to give up a much-loved career. Feeling lost, Billy reveals why connecting with his local Men’s Shed and peers in his community was a godsend for him. Billy (62) said: “I am a third-generation market trader and when the markets declined, I began opening up my own shops. I made a

Shed in the Spotlight – Dingwall Men’s Shed

The SMSA takes a peek at the almost-complete Dingwall & District Men’s Shed, ‘built by the community, for the community’ on a former skate park and now one step closer to an official opening after 19 months of hard graft from its members and supporters. Brian Liddle, Dingwall Men’s Shed Chairman, said: “Back in 2017, our founder Dr Andrew (Andy) Foley mooted the idea of setting up a Men’s Shed in our area. A small group of us were very

New animation: What is the SMSA and what do we do across Scotland?

Men’s Sheds are set up by and run by volunteers but who supports those volunteers in our Scottish communities? This is where the Scottish Men’s Sheds Association (SMSA) and their latest awareness-raising animation comes in. Men’s Shed members and trustees are all volunteers and these volunteers require someone at the end of the phone or an email or to meet with them one-to-one to take the time to provide Shed-specific information, advice, resources and tools to support them and save