WHAT iS A MEN’S SHED?

The modern Men’s Shed is an updated version of the shed in the backyard that h and towns around Australia and continue to spring up internationally.as long been a part of Australian culture. Men’s Sheds are found in many cities

Not all Men’s Sheds are the same, if you looked inside you might see a number of men making furniture, perhaps restoring bicycles for a local school, making Mynah bird traps, fixing lawn mowers or making a cubby house for Camp Quality to raffle. You might also see a few young men working with the older men obtaining new skills and learning something about life from the men with whom they work. You might see local elders making traditional weapons or designing arts and crafts. You will see teabags, coffee cups and a comfortable area where men can sit and talk. You will probably also see an area where men can learn to cook for themselves or how to contact their families by computer.

So, what is so special about the ‘Men’s Shed’?

Most men have learned from our culture that they don’t talk about feelings and emotions many do not take an interest in their own health and well-being. Unlike women, most men are reluctant to talk about their emotions and that means that they usually don’t ask for help. Probably because of this, many men are less healthy than women, drink more, take more risks and suffer more from isolation, loneliness and depression. Relationship breakdown, retrenchment or early retirement from a job, loss of children following divorce, physical or mental illness are just some of the problems that men may find difficult to deal with on their own.

Good health is based on many factors including feeling good about yourself, being productive, contributing to your community, connecting with friends and maintaining an active body and mind. Becoming a member of a Men’s Shed provides a safe and busy environment where men can find many of these things in an atmosphere of old-fashioned mate ship. And, importantly, there is no pressure. Men can just come and have a yarn and a cupper if that is all they’re looking for.

Members of Men’s Sheds come from all walks of life, the bond that unites them is that they are men with time on their hands and would like something meaningful to do with that time.
A good Men’s Shed has a Management Committee that has developed a safe and happy environment where men are welcome to work on community projects, specific Men’s Shed projects or a project of their choice in their own time and where the only ‘must’ is to observe safe working practices all in a spirit of mate ship.

The Men’s Shed movement has now become one of the most powerful tools in addressing health and well being and helping men to once again become valued and productive members of our community                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                               Association Link http://mensshed.org                                                                                             

A shorter description of Men’s Shed could be:

A Men’s Shed is any community-based, non-commercial organization which is open to all men where the primary activity is the provision of a safe, friendly and inclusive environment where the men are able to gather and/or work on meaningful projects at their own pace, in their own time and in the company of other men and where the primary objective is to advance the health and wellbeing of the participating men. your backyard but they can be seen an innovative mix between the health and wellbeing of the participating men. Men’s sheds may look like a shed in your backyard, but they can be seen an innovative mix between community education and health promotion projects.                                                                                                                                                                                                    
“Men talk face to face; and they toil shoulder to shoulder”


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