If your Shed or one of your Shed members wishes to be interviewed to share their journey, please contact Michelle Wibrew, SMSA Communications & PR Officer.
‘Shed in the ‘Spotlight’
- Shed in the Spotlight – Livingston Community Shed
The SMSA takes a peek inside the doors of Livingston Community Shed in West Lothian which has flourished over the last year and just recently signed a ten-year community lease… Read more: Shed in the Spotlight – Livingston Community Shed - 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… Read more: Shed in the Spotlight – Dingwall Men’s Shed - Shed in the Spotlight – Maryburgh Men’s Shed
On the 29th June 2012, Maryburgh Primary School closed its doors for the very last time after 152 years and the community sadly watched a much-loved building deteriorate before their… Read more: Shed in the Spotlight – Maryburgh Men’s Shed - Shed in the Spotlight – Shed-na-mara
Shed-na-mara operates from a former forestry building in the village of Achnamara on the shores of the scenic Loch Sween in North Knapdale, Argyll. Graham Walker shares their journey so… Read more: Shed in the Spotlight – Shed-na-mara - Shed in the Spotlight – Nairn Men’s Shed
Nairn Men’s Shed Chairman John Rushforth tells the story of their Shed’s full steam-ahead journey to date at their 19th-century railway station hub. John said: “Seven years ago, a local… Read more: Shed in the Spotlight – Nairn Men’s Shed - Shed in the Spotlight: Orkney Men’s Shed
After two years without a Shed building, the SMSA catches up with Orkney Men’s Shed Chairman Morgan Harcus to discuss their journey so far and their exciting plans for a… Read more: Shed in the Spotlight: Orkney Men’s Shed - Shed in the Spotlight: Lanark Men’s Shed
With so much progress being made at Lanark Men’s Shed with their ongoing site renovation and the refurbishment of their new containers on Langloch Farm, the SMSA caught up with… Read more: Shed in the Spotlight: Lanark Men’s Shed - Shed in the Spotlight: Biggar and District Men’s Shed
Towards the end of 2021, Biggar and District Men’s Shed moved to its new permanent location, at the former Walston Primary School, in Elsrickle. A few months into its new… Read more: Shed in the Spotlight: Biggar and District Men’s Shed - Shed in the Spotlight: Hawick Men’s Shed
Following over a year of closure, and the Trustees taking this time to refurbish their building for post-COVID recovery, Hawick Men’s Shed has now reopened and is ready to welcome… Read more: Shed in the Spotlight: Hawick Men’s Shed
‘A Personal Story’
- A Personal Story – Krzysztof Malkowski
The SMSA interviews Krzysztof Malkowski (33) from Lanark Men’s Shed (LMS) who is mentoring his fellow members on the creative world of 3D printing. Krzysztof moved with his family to… Read more: A Personal Story – Krzysztof Malkowski - 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… Read more: A Personal Story: Billy Christie - A Personal Story: Alfie Wood
The SMSA chats to RAF veteran and retired boat builder Alfie Wood (79) from Banff, Macduff and District Men’s Shed on what he gets out of his local Men’s Shed.… Read more: A Personal Story: Alfie Wood - A Personal Story: David Jarvis
The SMSA interviews British Army Royal Signals veteran and Aberchirder Shedder David Jarvis (41) on why he chose to join his local Men’s Shed following medical discharge and how his… Read more: A Personal Story: David Jarvis - A Personal Story: Ray Elliott
72-years-young veteran Ray Elliott shares his journey from Royal Engineer Commando with mountain and artic warfare training to Shotts Shedder and mentor and everything in between. Born in 1950 into… Read more: A Personal Story: Ray Elliott - A Personal Story: Euan Martin
The SMSA chats to Euan Martin (61)—ironically, on the day he was building his very own man shed in his garden—about how his experience with Scottish Men’s Sheds and the… Read more: A Personal Story: Euan Martin - New animation promotes that ‘men do talk’ in Men’s Sheds
Men don’t talk – that is the perception anyway. Some men struggle to open up about their feelings, experiences, struggles and health matters but the Scottish Men’s Sheds Association (SMSA)… Read more: New animation promotes that ‘men do talk’ in Men’s Sheds - A Personal Story: Mike Rowlinson
“Being busy with Shed life is currently my coping mechanism—I really do not know where I would be without it.” Mike Rowlinson, Secretary of Dunfermline Men’s Shed Secretary of the… Read more: A Personal Story: Mike Rowlinson - A Personal Story: Andy Lorimer
The SMSA interviews Andy Lorimer, Vice-Chairman of Stonehaven & District Men’s Shed, who won the title of ‘Shedder of the Year’ 2021 in recognition of the work he carried out… Read more: A Personal Story: Andy Lorimer - A Personal Story: Henry Johnson
The SMSA chats to Henry Johnson, founding member of Garnock Valley Men’s Shed (GVMS) and Chairman since its inception in 2018. At 77 years young, Henry recently announced that—after four… Read more: A Personal Story: Henry Johnson - A Personal Story: Bruce Newlands
SMSA interviews Bruce Newlands—an award-winning architect and Chair of the Scottish ‘Men’s Shed of the Year’ 2020, The Inverclyde Shed—to hear all about his personal journey. Bruce said: “When I… Read more: A Personal Story: Bruce Newlands