Sept 24th in Milton Keynes brings the first regional ‘Meet the Shedders’ get together.
Milton Keynes had the first "Shed" in the region and now there are about 20 either established or in formation in the area and over 100 across the country.
As well as a place for [primarily] older men to meet and get involved in a wide range of different activities in a social setting, Men’s Sheds are also addressing significant health and wellbeing issues highlighted in reports such as ‘Isolation – the emerging crisis for older men’ published last year by the charity Independent Age.
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| 2012 Project Team Men in Sheds MK (AgeUK MK newsletter) |
We want to see more Sheds established in Milton Keynes and across the region and, as well as telling older men about them, we want to engage with health and social care providers in a more proactive partnership – so that Men’s Sheds are fully recognised for their contribution to the health and wellbeing of older men in local communities.
To find out more about the event click HERE
AgeUK is also seeking your support for POSTCARDS ANON
Postcards Anon, the Age UK Milton Keynes annual ‘secret’ exhibition and fundraising sale is back for a fourth year.
We are asking local people to create original postcard size artworks [6”x4” or 7”x5”] that we can sell at the exhibition at Gallery 200, the premium exhibition space at Silbury Boulevard, in November to raise vital funds. They can be any medium - except photographs.
Send your artworks - signed only on the reverse - together with your name and contact details to Michelle Turnbull at The Peartree Centre, 1 Chadds Lane, Peartree Bridge MK6 3EB - by Friday 30th October.
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