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…
Registered Charity Number 1212037The first phase of the model railway is underway The first phase is an 8′ x 4′ layout that will be on 4 baseboard sections. It will be an urban setting based on a design concept Dennis has identified in a Pico portfolio. The photograph shows Dennis…
Registered Charity Number 1212037The back has been broken on the task of renovating the room to house Gordon and to undertake the digital inclusion projects planned. Same thing is being done in Whitby. Some snagging needed (Dennis says it will make a change to nagging!!). We have started to purchase…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Making Tracks is the title of an application for funding made to LNER for a new project phase that would, if successful, start in April 2026. They call that a long haul. It is certainly quite a long wait. If it is not successful will it have…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Take a look at this news item from BBC. Just skim it maybe to see the gist. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdd3ep76g3go Unemployed young people paying to attend a simulated office environment to be with others like themselves. Trying to find a way forward. Does it ring the bell of Sheds! …
Registered Charity Number 1212037The first surprise was precisely 1 minute ago when opening the website to add a post. Up came a summary showing daily visitor numbers to this website for yesterday (Friday). It was 64. This is at least a 10-fold increase on the norm! Digging deeper, a world…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Almost 6 months of mental and manual graft has seen the Billingham International Folk Festival stage backdrop puff out of Norton Shed. Well, on the back of a flatbed truck. It’s been a challenge but one in which most of the Shedders had a hand – even…
Registered Charity Number 1212037An opportunity for Shedders (or others!) to comment on a new postcard intended for promoting Shedding Light Into Cancer. Hands to the mop cleaning the floor and walls in the IT Room to-be Jacko (spot the difference between the mop and Jacko!) puts in a lot of…
Registered Charity Number 1212037Good news, as well as bad (!) travels fast. Today we welcomed a film crew and a PR company representative on behalf of The Teesside. Charity who awarded us a grant a few months ago in the Pitch for Purpose event. They interviewed 5 Shedders as part…
Registered Charity Number 1212037We are all going bananas! Norton Shed has a diverse bunch of Shedders. Bunch is a good way to describe them and the Shed, because a bunch or hand of bananas is a good illustration! Better explain that! Bananas are joined in hands/bunches that are fed and watered…
