A new year but not easy

The Hamilton Community Men's Shed has concluded the year with a number of specialist tools, a Coordinator, (Gund) and a great number of community projects under our belt.

In addition we have finally been able to attract some funding from the WEL energy trust for tools and coordination, and further funding for a men's learning programme that includes

• Induction into the Shed ( the guidelines, how to and elements of procedure)




• Shed safety - a five session set of instruction on each piece of equipment to learn of the dangers, and operate within OSH safety procedures and guidelines




• Sustainable Garden Projects (to support better health and less expenditure on food)




• Computer breakthroughs (Encouraging the reluctant learner about excitement, fun and usefulness.




• First aid and general safety.




• Men's Health - getting to talk about issues and support through a Warrant of Fitness programme (WOF is an analogy with Cars and other road vehicles)

BUT sadly! We have lost our venue! as of last week and our gear is in storage waiting for us to conclude a replacement venue - meanwhile a special big thank-you to Raewyn for allowing us to store our gear while the search goes on.

Stay tuned about how we manage to resolve the situation where we have had a number of offers of shed space but need to identify what is the Base shed site and whether we are able to organise / sustain satellite sheds about the city of Hamilton (NZ) which has about 120,000 inhabitants.