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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 we need more investment and support in 2019 in this under represented male health movement.

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Men’s Sheds Sustainability Briefing Report – March 2019

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