Sanquhar & District Men's Shed

About

The charity is set up to provide recreational facilities and advance the social needs, health and well being of men of all ages and backgrounds living in the Sanquhar and District area by: A) Creating ,developing and maintaining a facility, namely the Men's Shed, B) Offering the opportunities for to meet and undertake creative ,physical, purposeful ,and recreation facilities of their choice, C) Reducing isolation ,thus contributing to their health and wellbeing, D)|Developing the capacity of men to share their skills and knowledge with others in the community. How the above is done. The shed is a rented church hall with the shed having exclusion rights to the building.. The building provides a socialising area with a library, television ,pool table and facilities for carrying out light projects, such as painting and model making. The workshop area is divided into work stations where specific types of projects are carried out, such as painting, crook making, wood turning etc.

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