The Men’s Shed
The Woodgate Men’s Shed Inc. was established in 2013 with the “shed” officially opening in March 2013.
For those not familiar, Men’s Sheds were established to provide a safe, friendly environment for blokes to meet up for a chat, pass on skills and knowledge and, feel OK about talking about personal issues that they otherwise wouldn’t discuss.
Many Sheds offer projects like furniture making, restoration projects, toy-making and gardening along with the opportunity to just have a tinker or participate in fundraising activities.
President, Rob Perves gave Woodgate Community Events a tour of their fantastic shed which hosts areas for woodworking, metal work and a plant nursery, plus a gym and recycling area for the collection of bottles and cans.
The 65 members also enjoy regular talks on men’s health and wellbeing topics of interest from organisations like Brave Brothers Ltd.
Membership is $50 per year, which provides access to all activities and insurance. New members are always welcome.
If you’ve recently retired (and are sick of fishing or walking on the beach), pop in to the Shed on Acacia Street (at the bottom of the sports oval) and check it out.
Doesn’t matter if you are hopeless at metal work, aren’t that handy or have a black thumb, there’s more to the Men’s Shed and you may just find a new hobby and good bunch of new mates.
The Shed is open for members Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 8 am-12 pm with morning tea/coffee at 9:30 am.
PS: The Men’s Shed will be hosting a plant sale at the Shed nursery during the Easter@Woodgate Fair as well as a fundraiser sausage sizzle!
