Open Day at the Men’s Shed this Saturday
DON’T you sometimes wish you had a shed full of handymen (and women too!) who could just get those little odd jobs done once and for all, that you keep putting off because you don’t know how or can’t do them yourself?
The thing is, you do. We all do.
It’s called the Men’s Shed in Victoria Park and this Saturday, September 23, between 10am and 2pm, you can drop in for their open day to find out just what sorts of projects they can help you with.
“The purpose of the day is to open the doors of the Shed to allow people who are interested in having little jobs done, to come down to see where we do them and how we do them, and what help we can give to the general public,” said Men’s Shed member Kevin Sinclair.
Woodwork, carpentry, painting, equipment repairs, the list is extensive.
If the Shed has to purchase materials to help complete your project, the costs are covered by you but agreed upon in advance.
“If it’s a big job we agree on a big overall general cost, but for smaller jobs it’s a cost plus labour donation. There’s no hard and fast method, just what’s deemed to be fair,” he said.
The Open Day on Saturday is also for men who may be interested in joining the Shed.
“Perhaps families have a gentleman who may be looking for something to do, for exercise, for health; and he might like to come down to the Shed and see if he can fit in and do little projects for his family.
“It’s somewhere he’s able to come where there are tools and expertise from other men if they’re not qualified to do those jobs.”
Membership costs $3 to join and $2 every year after that, from 16-years-old upward.
“We ask for a coin in the door to cover costs of our morning teas, that sort of thing. We do trips away, where we subsidise the costs considerably and we have a party at the end of the year, and subsidise very heavily for those costs.
We accumulate funds for the Men’s Shed through the projects that we do,” said Kevin.