Charnwood Shed – Loughborough
We’ll have lots of items made by Shedders – wooden and ceramic – for you to buy. All money taken goes towards the costs of keeping Charnwood Shed open for another year. Come along and talk to men and women Shedders and find out if it’s something you’d like to do.
Raffle for bumper Easter basket full of goodies!
The raffle draw will be held after the Coronovirus lockdown finishes – so hang onto your tickets!
We’re selling things we have made at The Charnwood Shed. Wood and ceramic items including bird nesting boxes, bug hotels, bowls, etc.
Also a RAFFLE for a bumper Easter basket!
The raffle draw will be held after the Coronovirus lockdown finishes – so hang onto your tickets!
Come along and help us get to our target of £12,500 to keep out Shed running for another year. The Shed provides a safe and sociable place for over-50s to learn new skills or continue life-time hobbies.
Richard is organising a new session of pottery classes on Friday evenings at The Shed.
The pottery classes start this Friday 7th February 2020 and run up to and including Friday 27th March 2020. Time 8 pm to 10 pm.
Venue: Unit 9, Oaks Industrial Estate, Festival Way, Loughborough, LE11 5XN
The cost is £9 for a 2 hr session.
Minimum sign up is 4 weeks.
Payment in advance in cash, participants can pay for 4 weeks at a time or for all 8 weeks in one go.
Maximum number 12 people.
Contact Richard Dowling on 07860 320429 to check availability.
No experience necessary, but if you have done pottery before you will be able to build on your experience and skills. If you can’t make the first week it may be possible to join in later.
Michael Charlesworth, President of Loughborough Beacon Rotary Club, visited our Shed this morning and presented us with a cheque for £1000 raised through the efforts of their satellite club Jubilee. A big THANK YOU from all of us.
The Rotary Club recognise the important role The Shed plays in combating loneliness and social isolation amongst older residents, many of who do not have facilities for making things at home or a garden to potter in. Making articles from wood or clay is a really satisfying activity, especially when you can share ideas and knowledge with like-minded souls. But a well-equipped Shed like ours requires funding. So we are very grateful to the members of Loughborough Jubilee Rotary Club for their support.
Loughborough Beacon Rotary Club website >>
We had a stall at Loughborough Christmas Charity Market on Sunday 24 November. We sold items made by Men and Women in Sheds, Loughborough, a lot of them were made using reclaimed and recycled materials. We made over £400 towards the cost of keeping the Shed open.
We get amazing support from AgeUK, Charnwood Borough, Leicestershire County Council and others but we need to raise more money to keep the Shed operating.
We make and sell items at various events and also receive commissions for things like benches and planters. See our Sales page >>
Since July we’ve raised more than £5,000! See our chart below. We’re aiming to raise £12,500 for the year – so we’re pretty much on target.
We’ve been awarded “Outstanding” in the “It’s your Neighbourhood” section of the Britain in Bloom awards.
The garden was judged on 3 criteria:
and we received 87 out of 100 possible points which gave us the top Level 5 – OUTSTANDING.
Last year we achieved level 4 so all the hard work this year has paid off.
On 10 August we had a stall at the Methodist Church at Whitwick. The bird-boxes were very popular and we also sold a foot-stool with storage, a bird-table and some wooden ornaments.
I made this table for the garden from recycled and scrap wood.
If you are 50+ and interested in learning or sharing skills in a workshop environment then Men & Women in Sheds is for you!