Scottish Men's Sheds Association

About

The Scottish Men’s Sheds Association (SMSA), is dedicated to improving wellbeing and supporting healthy social connections of men across Scotland in a different way. We provide the unique development pathway with a bottom up grass roots empowerment model for voluntarily engaging men through kindness, purpose, community connection and sustainability benefits through partnership working relationships. We are the central support hub with a two tier membership system for individuals and Sheds. This strategy firstly allows individuals to become connected to the larger support hub for free and secondly support local Sheds with targeted guidance, resources, policies and regional network opportunities by our Development Officers, ensuring each independent Shed group can thrive. By fostering a holistic solution focused, creative and collaborative sense of purpose ethos of 'For the men-By the Men', we prevent social isolation and create new positive male lifestyle opportunities.

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