Friday, 1 November 2024

Victorian Sheds Mates Program

A fantastic opportunity has been developed as part of the open forum of sheds at the recent VMSA Statewide forum.

Woomelang Men’s Shed shared with the forum the details of their struggle to survive and achieve their Men’s Health outcomes with only a handful of members. Their concerns about sustainability and their future clearly resonated amongst the gathered shedders, no more so than with the Monash Men’s Shed with Shed President and newly appointed VMSA board member Greg Male. Greg offered to support the Woomelang Men’s Shed as soon as possible.

True to their word at the Monash Men’s Shed Annual General Meeting today the Monash members endorsed that a partnership will be formed between Monash and Woomelang Men’s Shed subject to the approval of the Monash Men’s Shed Committee.

This partnership will see Monash support Woomelang with financial assistance, tool donations and a member visit to Woomelang in 2025.

This is truly mates supporting mates which is what sheds and the VMSA is all about.

This relationship is to be a VMSA pilot program for future opportunities for Victorian sheds to support other sheds. The VMSA believes that after a review of the program that all sheds in Victoria will accept the opportunity to be a “Mate” to another shed.