On 31st November 2023 the Shed had its official reopening following the laying of the concrete floor and the complete rebuild of the Shed. The reopening was performed by Rachel Meadows, the Volunteer & Community Development Manager at UK Men’s Shed Association. Chairman, Dick Ellett, performed the MC role, extolling the importance of the Shed to the members, the work carried out for the community groups which ask for our help and, importantly welcoming the attendees. Our guests included David Boynton, Deputy Mayor of Beverley, representatives of East Riding Council, Woodmansey Parish Council, the NHS, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Molescroft Nature Network, Oldroyd’s Corner, HWRA and many of the suppliers who help the Shed survive. We were also glad to welcome many members of other Sheds in the Humber region. We received some wonderful comments and feedback concerning the work done in the Shed and the importance of the Shed to its members.
Here are some photos from the day itself.
The Shed recently held an open day and were delighted by the number of people who came and showed their interest in the work carried out by the members. and the projects in which we are involved. As a result of the open day we have attracted new members, the lifeblood of the Shed.
We were also fortunate enough to raise funds from the sale of Shed-made items, hot and cold drinks and second-hand books.
Following the laying of our concrete floor and the complete rebuild of the Shed, Beverley Men in Sheds will be holding two Open Days.
These will take place on Sunday 5th November and Sunday 3rd December, from 10:30am to 3:30pm.
Come along and have a tour of the Shed, have a cuppa, a chat with members of the Shed and see what work we do for ourselves and the wider community.
Hopefully, we will be able to entice some more men and women to join us!
A walk through Beverley Men in Sheds.
As the re-modelling of the Shed nears completion, we would advise that we will be having an official re-opening event and then an Open Day for visitors to come to the Shed to find out what we are about.
These two events will hopefully take place in September, but keep an eye out for further announcements, on here or our Facebook page, confirming dates.
As rebuilding of the Shed continues, following the laying of a concrete floor, we have got some time to finally update the website. Apologies that this has taken so long.
So what has been happening? In order to make room for the concrete floor to be laid, we had to completely dismantle the Shed and remove everything from the occupied area. This took us a few weeks, as we had to dismantle the dividing walls, take up the pallet floor in the machine room, put the power tools and machinery in storage and, most importantly, re-site the kitchen and sitting area. You need to be able to discuss plans over a tea or coffee.
The floor was laid at the beginning of March 2023. Given the size of the slab, we let it cure for a couple of weeks. Then we started to paint the floor. That may sound an obvious thong to do, but we were fortunate enough to be able to do it with specialist floor paint, rollers and paint buckets supplied, free of charge by AkzoNobel the owners of Dulux. Once the floor had dried, we then started the process of rebuilding the Shed. This has taken a lot longer than it did to dismantle. We had hoped that the process would be finished by the end of June, but the work will carry on inti July. Once completed, we will host a re-opening event and then an open day to show people around the new shed.
“since coming to the shed, i have made new friends and no longer feel alone”
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