Promoting well-being for men and supporting our community
Shed safety is of paramount importance and the Scottish Men’s Shed Association has co-created the following film lasting about 7 minutes, in collaboration with Stonehaven & District Men’s Shed, premium spirits producer Edrington, and film producers and the largest specialist social media agency in Scotland, We are Hydrogen. It is intended to help members know the basics of good governance and health and safety protocols in the Shed.
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The following was received in an email to Pentlands Men’s Shed in June 2023. It is listed below for information and for the use of anyone who feels the need for such a service.
The Mental Health Information Station is a weekly NHS mental health information drop-in service that runs every Thursday at the Walpole Hall in Palmerston Place. Our drop-in service not only provides mental health related information advice but also runs a phone and email service. Our team is made up of Mental Heal Nurses, Occupational Therapists, OT Assistants, partner service and volunteers.
– DROP-IN service is open to the public every Thursday from 10.30 am till 3 pm (no appointment required). Located at Walpole Hall, (next to St Mary’s Cathedral), Palmerston Place, Edinburgh. EH12 5AW.
– Phone – Thursdays 10:30am – 3.00pm on 0131 537 8688
The Cadets from No 297 Squadron Musselburgh) Royal Air Force Air Cadets are building Robot vehicle from kits supplied by Leonardo Systems. The project is also part of the STEM learning. The Cadets have to build the kits, which involves soldering circuit boards to link the controls to cordless drill motors to create method of propulsion.
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In response to a request from Currie Nursery, Alastair “2 Sheds”, with help from other members, has built an architectural masterpiece to house two rabbits. Domino and Woody now have a superb hutch that has been constructed from a big storage box and a host of other components including a dog crate and some bathroom panels. With signs carved by Stewart, the whole installation looks fantastic and we hope that the bunnies enjoy their accommodation.
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Jan agreed to take on a project for Balerno Nursery, to build some planters so that the children could learn about planting and growing flowers and vegetables. The job was quite sizeable, and Murray and others helped him to build these impressive, custom-designed items. Jan also engaged Stewart to carve some signs for the Nursery to highlight some of the items in the garden and playground area. We think the results are first class – and so do the leaders and teachers from the Nursery!
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We carried out a survey of our members in 2023 to find out what we should be doing differently to continue to meet our members’ objectives in the future. The results of the survey have been tabulated and summarised.
At this stage the summary consists only of the responses from members: at some future point we may be able to expand the summary to include any proposed changes to the way the Shed is run or the facilities or services that we can offer.
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The Scottish Men’s Shed Association has created a number of short animations related to men’s health and wellbeing. They don’t take long to watch, but are worth viewing and thinking about what they say.
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A large group of Shed members welcomed Stephanie Wilson from the British Red Cross to the Shed on 17 March 2023, when she gave an excellent first aid course which was both enjoyable and highly informative. Some members had never had any previous first aid training, while others used the session as a refresher to top up their existing knowledge.
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A group of self-employed business-people covering various disciplines, e.g legal, financial, accounting, marketing, printing, design/website building and management, etc. meet regularly and have called themselves the F4B networking group. They invited Pentlands Men’s Shed to a breakfast meeting at The Dalmahoy in February 2023, where Stewart and Ron gave a presentation on the Shed, and received a donation of £300 from the group. This is very much appreciated and will help us to continue our work to support men’s wellbeing through the work of the Shed.
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When we received a request for help from Murrayburn Primary School to build them a mud kitchen, Alastair “2 Sheds” McKenzie sprung into action and ended up creating a brilliant L-shaped, 2-sink kitchen that would make the average kitchen installer jealous!
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