January 2020 2508 HMS Article

This Year at Your Men’s Shed

Whether it’s greeting a new member from Coalcliff, Engadine, Grays Point or the Burgh, or working at a bench with an old mate, the Men’s Shed will have lots to offer in 2020 for men aged from 18 up.

Lots of Men’s Health initiatives, giving us insights into skin checks, preventing injuries, cardiovascular disease, mental disorders, backpain, substance abuse and prostate cancer.

November 2019 2508 HMS Article

By Michael Croft and Ron Balderston

The Men's Shed movement is all about improving men’s wellbeing by doing something useful together. Helensburgh Men’s Shed recently sent two blokes to the Australian Men’s Shed Association Gathering at Adelaide to help us continue doing this well. This is one advantage among many of belonging to AMSA. Highlights included hearing that the Irish (400 sheds) and Icelanders (3 sheds) are very grateful to model their sheds on Aussie ones. 

HMS July 2019 2508 Article

More than wood and metal.

I am often asked, ‘What do you guys do at the Shed?’ (‘Tinkering’ is a phrase that often offends; tinker indeed!) Yes, we make wood and metal articles, toy’s, furniture, animal homes, repair things, make dreams into reality.

But here’s the thing. We also talk. A lot. About man stuff. About the dark places we may have been. The brokenness of humans, and if they can be fixed (yes, they can).