Storeroom2010’s Cowes Men’s Shed is joining the UK Men’s Sheds Association on 3rd March as it launches the charter for wellbeing in craft and DIY.
The Charter has been developed to encourage people and companies working across the DIY, draft and hobbiest sector to come together to both promote peoples’ wellbeing and encourage people to get involved with groups such as Men’s Sheds.
Adam Martin, Project Leader, says:
“This is a national campaign to promote men’s health and allows us to connect to new groups and hopefully bring more men and women to our Shed.
“The pandemics of anxiety, depression and loneliness have preceded COVID and continue to grow with devastating impact on society.
“Whilst like many diseases and conditions, these do not discriminate across gender, race or geography – the reality is that there is a greater impact on men in particular as a result of how society engages with them. If this was not the case we would not see men being 4x more likely to die by suicide than women, we would not see suicide as the single biggest killer of men under the age of 46 in the UK.
“Men’s Sheds save lives, reduce anxiety, depression and loneliness, at the same time they are creating incredible things”.
The Charter is being launched at the House of Commons and hopes to bring together organisations and companies across the DIY and Craft sectors with the third sector and Men’s Sheds to identify bespoke programmes to support the wellbeing of customers, staff and the general public.
Cowes Men’s Shed is open Monday to Friday, 10:00-15:00.
