Shed Open Doors Day
‘Head to the Sheds’ this Open Doors Day!
On the 19th November each year, we mark International Men’s Day. The Scottish Men’s Sheds Association (SMSA) is facilitating an ‘Open Doors Day’ for a second year in 2025 with participating Scottish Men’s Sheds to afford the opportunity to reach a wide audience and more men to encourage them to ‘Head to Shed’!
Participating Scottish Men’s Sheds will all open on International Men’s Day (IMD) – a global awareness day which takes place on the 19th November each year to celebrate and recognise the positive value that men bring to the world, their families and communities. And, what better way to mark this occasion than encourage our Scottish communities to come along to find out more about their local Men’s Shed and the potential to really improve the quality of life of men.
Newton Stewart Men’s Shed held a very successful Open Doors Day event with four of their visitors signing up and paying their dues and four others taking membership forms away and expressing that they were very likely to join in the near future! Graham Curtis from Stonehouse Men’s Shed also shared: “Three of the South Lanarkshire Sheds participated in Open Doors Day. Our open day went really well, we had 25-30 local people visiting us. A lot of this was due to promoting it at a recent presentation we gave to the Women’s Guild the previous week and they brought along their husbands, partners and home baking!”
SMSA CEO Jason Schroeder said: “With the Shed doors swung wide open to mark International Men’s Day, it provided the opportunity to raise the profile of Sheds and the age 18+ model, show people around Shed premises, tell them all about what happens there, meet and talk to other members, see activities in action, highlight the potential health and wellbeing benefits and answer any questions they may have.
“Obviously the Shed’s have their own opening times and people can go along then to check out the Shed but with local and national promotion of this event, we aim to get the word out to as many people as possible including local GP’s, social prescribers, schools, businesses, politicians, charities, police etc along for group tours.
“This even will now be an annual affair and has huge potential year-on-year to inform and inspire new, wide and varied audiences along to Scottish Men’s Sheds—so please get the 19th November 2025 (and every year after that) in your Shed diary, register online (below) and get planning and promoting early!”
Scottish Men’s Sheds (that are Shed members of the SMSA) wishing to participate can register their details below.
Shed Open Doors Day 2025
Please supply details from the participating Scottish Men's Shed below for Shed Doors Open Day on the 19th November 2025.