Registered Charity Number 1212037“Is it a flat earth that we might topple off the edge from?”, was a hotly debated question for centuries, for millennia. People could visualise a plain, yet despite the full moon being round, the forever continuous sphere was harder to envisage. Now we see it from…
Registered Charity Number 1212037 First, a definition: Collaboration is the act of two or more individuals or organisations working together to achieve a shared goal or common objective. It combines diverse skills, expertise, and perspectives to create an outcome that would be difficult to achieve alone. Starting a Shed is…
Registered Charity Number 1212037The Shed has given me purpose again, after working life finished. I missed the work friends and the atmosphere. I had to work from home during the Covid lockdowns and I found lone working difficult because I missed the contact with others in my workplace. This is…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Yesterday Graham and Joan visited a lady recuperating in Whitby Hospital. Nothing unusual maybe in that except she is 99 not out! Moreover she still sparks as much as she did twelve years ago. Long widowed, she contributed a lot to the community in Sleights through her…
Registered Charity Number 1212037First, Walter skating on thick ice Dear Walter and the team at the Man Shed, On behalf of everyone at Billingham Ice Skating Club, we would like to extend our sincere thanks for the incredible skating boot you created for our skaters. Your craftsmanship and support mean…
Registered Charity Number 1212037 Sheds started in Australia. The first in South Australia in 1993. Initiated by a woman, in fact, for men. for men’s wellbeing The Australian Men’s Shed Association founded in 2007, as the benefits of Men’s Sheds for men’s wellbeing spread from town to town. Such a…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Steve Dancsics, the Wheelchair Shedder (though we have 2 now) is someone who has helped make the Shed what it is. What it is, is inclusive of all types of people who need the Doing, Being, Belonging and Becoming that the Shed can offer. Steve is very…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Over the past 2 to 3 weeks we’ve been busy working in some small teams on a variety of jobs. First up, a Hobbit House for a Primary School in Redcar. Made by Brian, Mick and Tony and delivered by Ray & Co on Friday. They were…
Registered Charity Number 1212037In Summer 2025, the Government published a 10-year health plan for England entitled Fit for the Future. https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-term-plan Helpfully, in parallel with the finalisation of the report, the matter of implementation was considered. One size does not fit all. We know that from the Sheds in various…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Walter starts to plan the next WW1 exhibit – a plane! Watch Walter introduce the project and his initial sketch design. It will be about 3.5m in total wing span. He will make a small scale stick model as he did for the galleon two years ago,…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Evolution with Resolution, not Revolution Our lives changes, and so does Shed life. 10 years ago, in January 2016, Sleights Area Men’s Shed (SAMS) was delivered, after quite a short labour, with the aid of a mid-wife, the Stronger Communities team at North Yorkshire County Council. Would…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Here are some recent shots of things and people that are neatly coming together just in time for Christmas . . . Podcast News It was great to see Gordon commissioning the podcast recorder, working with apprentice Wheelchair Steve Gordon will then install podcast editing software, Audacity,…
Registered Charity Number 1212037One of the directions is a relationship with Alexa. We have a project funded in part by the Banks Property group to work with people who are isolated in some way. Alexa will be a part of that. Meanwhile, here are some ideas that you can try…
Registered Charity Number 1212037What kids need is what Shedders appreciate, sharing and learning skills. The picture illustrates Kids Repair Cafes. Repair Cafes are springing up all over the world usually as an occasional event. That is a distinguishing feature from Sheds which are weekly at least. Another difference is that…
Registered Charity Number 1212037We were offered the opportunity to provide a blog on our cancer doings by Cancer Care Map and it has landed on their site: Jessica Bailey wrote today . . . . Great news – your blog is now live on our site! You can view it…
Registered Charity Number 1212037On the Cancer Cancer Map One of the valuers of partnership is that there are others looking out to support and help. Deb, a local NHS Link Worker covering cancer patients recommended we put Norton Shed on the Cancer Care Map. We did as you will see…
Registered Charity Number 1212037When buses had conductors with ticket machines, “Hold very tight, please”, “Move further down the bus, please” and, at the end of the route, “All change, please” were familiar messages. Ding, ding. Do you remember the nickname of conductors? Clippies. Memories. Now it is “Tap your plastic…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Why don’t we get some Lego and see what we can build? This was a suggestion for an activity for those who are less agile these days. So today some was brought back from Whitby Shed. They are some Technical Lego sets with many specialist pieces. What…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Life is what you make of it! As individuals, a Shed or a community like Norton Sports Charity or Norton itself. That sets the theme for this blog possibly . . . . . See our new veranda lawn. Norton Cricket Club on the Sports complex has…
Registered Charity Number 1212037First, here are our objects as a charity as a reminder of what we have said we aim to do. Tony needs a spindle for his staircase Here’s an invitation to Newcastle Men’s Shed, but in Australia! A draft of a one pager for Catalyst telling the…
