Halstead Community Shed
"Somewhere to go. Something to do. Someone to talk to."
Registered Charity Number 1198208
What is a Community Shed, Men's Shed Or Shed?
Halstead Community Shed Trust has been setup with the aim of setting up a Community Shed in Halstead
Community Shed, Men’s Sheds (or Sheds) are similar to garden sheds – a place to pursue practical interests at leisure, to practice skills and enjoy making and mending. The difference is that garden sheds and their activities are often solitary in nature while Men’s Sheds are the opposite. They’re about social connections and friendship building, sharing skills and knowledge, and of course a lot of laughter.
Activities in Sheds vary greatly, but you can usually find woodworking, metalworking, repairing and restoring, electronics, or model buildings in a typical Shed. Sheds typically attract older men, but many have younger members and women too. Whatever the activity, the essence of a Shed is not a building, but the connections and relationships between its members.
Sheds are about meeting like-minded people and having someone to share your worries with. They are about having fun, sharing skills and knowledge with like-minded people and gaining a renewed sense of purpose and belonging. As a by-product of all of that they reduce isolation and feelings of loneliness, they allow men to deal with mental health challenges more easily and remain independent, they rebuild communities and in many cases, they save men’s lives.