Unfortunately we are currently homeless (see the announcement below).
Contact can be made by either calling 07786-107001 or by e-mailing one of the Trustees
Important announcement
It is with deep regret that we have to inform you that the Titchfield Festival Theatre went into receivership on 27th April. Due to the legal position that we are now in, the last day of general access to The Shed workshop and social room was 29th April.
Be assured that we will be in discussion with the receivers to discuss future access to our facilities. So for some time we will be in limbo, a shed without a home, a little like during the Covid era. We are arranging meetings at venues such as Catisfield Memorial Hall, so please pay careful attention to your emails for updates.
We have a very strong membership so the future of our Shed is assured and we are already in discussion with the council regarding potential short term facilities.
The Shed
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Fareham Men's Shed is delighted to have been encouraged and supported by:
(Useful links - click to follow external link, all links will open in a new page)
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Titchfield Festival Theatre |
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| Asda, Newgate Lane |
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| Waitrose, Locks Heath |
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| Moonstones Florist |
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| Hampshire County Council |
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| Fareham Borough Council |
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08-04-2021
UKMSA Videos
I have just stumbled across this Facebook page. No need to login but there are some interesting videos, some very pertinent to Shed life. Well worth a few minutes of your time.
30-04-2020
Our Shed
Retired men sometimes find they miss the comradeship and sense of purpose that their work provided.
A Men's Shed is a place for sharing skills, helping others with practical tasks, or just getting together for a chat, a game of cards or dominoes or just a cup of tea or coffee and a custard cream. We have a well-equipped workshop with lathes, sawbenches and hand tools, plus a social area with computers, games and refreshments.
Our members come from all walks of life and have expertise in wood and metalworking, engineering, computing and much more.
26-04-2020
Where did Men's Sheds come from?
This movement began in Australia when men realised they could come together around practical tasks on a regular basis, particularly if they had a designated place or workshop where tools and work in progress could be stored. This appeals to men both living alone or with partners and at all ages although the vast majority of 'shedders' are at or beyond retirement date.
In England the first shed was created by Age Concern Cheshire at Hartford in 2009. There are now over 470 Sheds in the UK, with more always being planned. They vary from full-time projects with paid staff and occupying industrial premises to groups meeting in village halls and community centres for only a few hours a week. Some Sheds are in deeply rural locations, most are in small towns but strangely considering their populations, there are relatively few in large cities.
Our Shed has grown in just three years to over 50 members, The problem that we now face, like so many other Sheds, is that we have outgrown our current corner in the Theatre. However plans are afoot for the Theatre to expand its floor area and build a new theatre to complement the current Oak and Acorn theatres thereby allowing us slightly more space. It is more than likely with our rate of growth that even that will be inadequate. If anybody knows of an unused plot of land big enough for a good sized shed or an outhouse or barn that is currently not being used we could be very interested please let us know, we would be most grateful for such a lead.
When we started it was under the auspices of what was then known as Community Action Fareham. Without them it is unlikely that our particular Shed would have got off of the ground in anything like the way that it did, or whether it would have started at all. For the first two years we operated under their auspices, using their insurance cover and their expertise in organisation. In fact, I believe that it was CAF that found our slot in Titchfield Festival Theatre.
That was probably the most vital step in progressing the Shed. We now have an excellent symbiotic relationship with the management of the theatre. We get premises at a very good rent and the Theatre gets help with scenery, maintenance and the like.
We rae now a registered charity which allows us to arrange our own insurance and the like and made us completely independent of any outside influence.
Where are our sheds?
Fareham Men's Shed is a charity, registered with the Charity Commission as Charity Number 1178126
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