The 600+ UK Men’s Sheds have a history which goes Down Under. Sheds there have a proven record of mental health benefit that local, state and national governments and health services recognise and invest in.
The first Shed Graham visited was in Sale, Victoria in early 2015 after stumbling across it with his 8 year old grand son (now 14!) . The photos will do the talking.
Labrador Shed
Graham saw several other Sheds at various stages of development and expansion. All were of a very good size indeed and all purpose built.
Men’s Sheds are very familiar to residents of country towns and respected for what they do. The voluntary organisations in such towns seem to work quite closely to benefit townspeople. Norton’s Community Partnership is working in this direction