Professionals

What do we mean By "Professionals"?

What do we mean by ‘Professionals’? This section is to try and look through the lenses of organisations and explain what they see when they support Scottish Men’s Sheds and the Scottish Men’s Sheds Association. Organisations, statutory bodies, philanthropists and individuals support this because it aligns with their purpose and aims.

For example,

If you want to know possibly everything about Men’s Sheds we suggest you acquire:

The Men’s Shed Movement – The Company of Men, Barry Golding. (ISBN 9781612297873) available through Amazon online or an E version download – (http://agingandsociety.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.335/prod.3)

Below is part of a presentation that was done by Professor Barry Golding (https://barrygoanna.com), Chair of Board, International Men’s Shed Organisation (IMSO) and Australian Men’s Sheds Association Patron: Discovering Men’s Sheds Conference, Leicester, England, 29 Sept 2011 which will further expand on this section.

What are community men’s sheds, as developed in Australia since 1995?

What do "Professionals' See in a Shed?

A place for:

Sheds work for (and are supported by some governments & professionals) because they:

Shed practice informs educators by identifying factors that ‘put men off’ formal learning and keep them unwell & out of work:

For men (and all adults) …

When will governments learn the social (& economic) value of grassroots wellbeing through community organisations rather than just measuring the cost?

How can other services be transformed in similar ways that value participants over clients?

We hope that all people who have read the three sections can appreciate the different ‘views’, benefits and reasons why these new and important places need to be supported and created throughout Scotland.