What’s The Shed all about?
Somerdale Shed and Community Garden (The Shed) is a place to pursue practical interests at leisure, to practice skills and enjoy making and mending. More importantly, the Shed is about social connections, companionship and friendship building, sharing skills and knowledge, and of course a lot of laughter. Activities at the shed can vary, but you can usually find crafting (e.g. making jewellery or sewing), gardening, woodworking, repairing and restoring. The shed typically attracts older people (men and women), but we have younger members too.

Why should you join?
Whatever the activity, the essence of the shed is not the building or even the activity itself, but the connections and relationships between its members. Some members are looking for companionship to combat loneliness or loss, others are happy to undertake projects they are interested in, with the support and encouragement of others. The shed is about meeting like-minded people and having someone to share your worries with, if you want. It is about having fun, sharing skills and knowledge with like-minded people and gaining a renewed sense of purpose and belonging. As a by-product of all of that, belonging to the shed can reduce isolation and feelings of loneliness, it allows people to deal with life’s challenges more easily and remain independent, it aims to rebuild communities.

Want to try it out?
Before becoming a member, why not visit us and check us out? No obligation and if you time it right, there will be a cup of tea and a biscuit waiting for you!