Midmar Men’s Shed – New Build Project

Very soon now walls and a roof will appear on the foundations that we have prepared so now we are raising funds to pay for the materials that we need to complete our new building.

Our shed is unusual in that unlike other men’s sheds, a problem that we faced when we were established in 2019 was that there was no public building for us to take over, so our first task was to create a shed using four redundant porta-cabins donated by a local farmer. This space has served us well for the past five years, but it is cramped, cold, leaky and has no “facilities”!

We resolved therefore to build a new timber clad building next to our Village Hall. With significant support from several local building companies who have donated materials, we have completed all the foundations and built them up to ground level..

Earlier his year we put down mesh reinforcement and laid the base concrete slab on this. Now we are modifying the wall panels we have acquired to suit our design.

Next we will to erect these walls and add the roof making the structure wind and water tight before autumn arrives.

Some of the "big ticket" items that we need to buy next are :-

We will of course do most of the installation work ourselves, after all, this is one of the reasons for establishing our shed, i.e. to bring everyone in our community together, helping ourselves and at the same time see the positive benefits that team work can achieve. It is very satisfying for everyone.

We meet twice a week to work on both our own and community projects, we have also taken over responsibility for our Village Hall maintenance, a huge bonus for everyone in Midmar. Community projects that we have undertaken range in size from simple discrete activities like lawn mower repairs, creation of raised beds in the school garden, renovation of furniture to the largest, the complete replacement of a 20m span wooden footbridge across a local burn (stream).

Here is the link to a video that we have made about some of our projects https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhbiEY6KvTg. If you have the time (it is about 15 minutes) you are welcome to watch.

We strongly believe that once our new shed building is finished we will be able to attract additional members and contribute even more to the well-being of everyone.

Please help us, to achieve this goal, and thank you on advance for your contribution and you can follow our developping story by viewing our website https://www.midmar.uk