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    Category: Health & Wellbeing

    Ten Scottish Men’s Sheds receive life-saving kit through charity partnership

    The Scottish Men’s Sheds Association (SMSA) has partnered up with Scotland’s only dedicated first aid charity and leading first aid training provider, St Andrew’s First Aid,…

    Michelle Wibrew 06/09/2021

    NEW RESEARCH PAPER RELEASED: The impact of community Men’s Sheds on the physical health of their users

    Glasgow Caledonian University’s Sheds for Sustainable Development Project has announced the publication of a new paper on the physical health effects of Men’s Sheds on…

    Michelle Wibrew 16/08/2021

    Your Shed and Dementia: A manual from the Irish Men’s Sheds Association

    The Irish Men’s Sheds Association (IMSA) has produced this manual to raise awareness of dementia as well as offer advice for Shedders, their families, carers…

    Michelle Wibrew 11/08/2021

    Briefing Report: How Men’s Sheds are addressing male social isolation and loneliness

    The latest briefing report from Glasgow Caledonian University’s Sheds for Sustainable Development Project on how Men’s Sheds are addressing social isolation and loneliness is now available to…

    Michelle Wibrew 23/06/2021

    Prostate Scotland ToolBox Workshops for Sheds

    Following the recent release of Men’s Sheds in Scotland research from Glasgow Caledonian University on the health benefits of Sheds, Shedders may be thinking more…

    Michelle Wibrew 23/03/2021

    Men’s Sheds as an alternative healthcare route? A qualitative study

    Men’s Sheds Research Update Men’s Sheds as an alternative healthcare route? A qualitative study of the impact of Men’s Sheds on user’s health improvement behaviours…

    Michelle Wibrew 22/03/2021

    Research paper released—Men’s Sheds in Scotland: the potential for improving the health of men

    The latest research paper ‘Men’s Shed in Scotland; the potential for improving the health of men’ from Glasgow Caledonian University’s three-year Sheds for Sustainable Development Project…

    Michelle Wibrew 11/02/2021

    Sir Harry Burns announced as patron of the Scottish Men’s Sheds Association

    The Scottish Men’s Sheds Association (SMSA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Sir Harry Burns – Professor of Global Public Health, University of Strathclyde…

    Michelle Wibrew 08/04/2020

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