Bury St Edmunds Mens Shed

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It is hoped to address this issue in due course,so please bear with us.

We were recently invited to appear on Adrian Copping's Mid Morning Show on RWS. Thanks very much to Adrian and Julie for making us feel welcome and at ease. We hope to have a copy of our interview on here soon ,but in the meantime you can listen to it via our website http://menssheidbse.org.uk/news/bury-mens-shed-on-rws-fm

We have been invited to do an interview on Radio West Suffolk on Wed 17th Jan. at 11.00 am. Do tune in to hear us,hopefully we will be able to spread the word about our Shed,what we have to offer and to widen the appeal for permanent premises. Looking forward to it.

Had a great day at St Mary’s Church Christmas Fayre today. Met a lot of people who showed an interest in joining us. Everybody is welcome to come and see us on Saturdays 10.00-2.00 at our Shed,30 Eastern Way Bury St Edmunds. We also had some successful sales of items that were produced by our members.If you see any items shown on our display and you would like to purchase,please contact us and if we don’t currently have them ,we would be pleased to to make some for you.
We would like to extend our thanks to Sarah Gull for inviting us and for making us feel welcome at the event.

We will be at the St Mary’s Church Christmas Fayre on Sat 2nd December.Do come along and see us

We had a successful day at the Christmas light switch on event in Bury.Weather better than last year but would have been nice if it had stayed dry. We had a nice display of items made in the Shed and spoke to lots of people,hopefully some will come and join us.

Our new sign,proudly displayed at our workshop,The Centre UK,Eastern Way,Bury St Edmunds.
Great work Stuart in getting it put up.
If you would like to see what goes on behind the sign,please come along any Saturday between 10 and 2.

Interesting day at the Suffolk Shedfest today,many thanks to CAS for organising it and to all the speakers.Very informative day and great to speak to to so many like minded people.Looking forward to it happening next year.

Looking forward to The Suffolk Shedfest this week. It will be great to meet other Sheds,exchange ideas and hopefully make some new acquaintances.

Our engineer group have done a fantastic job in repairing the thicknesser and making a dust extraction hood for it. This will enable us to make better use of our wood stock. Great work.

Do you find yourself at a loose end on a Saturday morning,then come and give us a look,we are based at The Centre UK, Eastern Way ,Bury St Edmunds, between 10.00 and 14.00. Come along and have a chat,see what we do and if that might be something that interests you. We are open the men and women from 18 years old.You can just have a chat or engage in workshop activities.We currently have a number of small projects on the go and are always looking for new opportunities.
Don’t worry if you have no perceived skills,everybody has hidden talents,we have a number of experienced members having a range of skills,we are always happy to teach and help others to develop.
We would love to see you.

We are now active on a Saturday between 10.00 and 14.00 at the Centre UK ,Eastern Way ,Bury st Edmunds.
We are now seeing people get together in groups and combine their talents to take part in projects.If you think these activities may be of interest to you,please come and give us a look.

Many thanks to Ricky at Benchmarx Kitchens and Joinery. Your help today was much appreciated

We went to the DJ Evans on Thursday,great to meet the guys from Timco,a leading supplier of essential products to the building trade and beyond.Many thanks for the generous donation of a presentation box of premium screws. Look forward to meting you again.

Today we have received much needed help with our Workshop Risk assessments from our friends at Westhill Mens Shed in Scotland.
Very much appreciated.

Today we had stall at the Mens Shed event at the Arc in Bury St Edmunds. Lots of interest in what we do and some interesting conversations.As always if you want further information, please contact us via this page, email or our website

We had a good day at the South Suffolk Show,met lots of people and some potential new members. Unfortunately didn't sell many of our wood products. If you see anything in the photo that you like ,please get in touch.

We will be at the South Suffolk Show today, Stand L3, please come along and meet us. We will be selling some of the items that we have made. Have a look and have a chat, see it if might be for you

We will be at the Guildhall tonight May 10th at 19.00 for the Bury St Edmunds Annual meeting. Do come along,meet us and have a chat.We would love to meet you and explain what the Mens Shed is all about. It may be just what you are looking for.

We will be at the Centre UK tomorrow 22nd April from 10.00-14.00, please come along and join us

We now have a webpage under development mensshedbse.org.uk. Be sure to give us visit and see how we are progressing.

We are in need of some metal storage shelves for our new workshop at The Centre UK.If you have any that you could donate to us,please contact us.It would be much appreciated.

Today we had our first session at our ‘new home ‘ The Centre UK.with our new members,great to see so many new faces.We will be opening up every Saturday from 10.00-14.00. If you would like to join us,please come along and see if it may be something that you would like to get involved with.If you would like more information ,please message us.
These are exciting times for The Shed,we finally feel that we are moving forward.
Come and be part of this journey.

We had the pleasure of having a stall at The National Trust Ickworth Park Spring Fair today.We met some interesting people and made some good contacts.We also sold some of our wood products.
A first outing for our new gazebo,a great addition,very lucky to have no rain,it stood up well to the blustery wind.
We look foward to being at The South Suffolk Show on the 14 th May. Hope to see you there.

These are some of the things we have made in our own workshops while we await premises.Hopefully that will change soon and we prepare to use The Centre UK

We had a very good meeting with John Morley the owner of the Centre Uk and will shortly be using the facility on a Saturday. it is very exciting to finaly get a home. We look forward to a great relationship and will no doubt develop The Shed further.

Following on from our public meeting ,we will be holding a social meeting at the Rougham Bennett Arms at 7.00.. on Wednesday 15th March.We look forward to welcoming those new members and anybody who is interested in finding out more.

We will be holding an open meeting at the Cathedral on Thurs 9th March at 7pm.If you would like to find out more about the Shed and see if it might be for you, then please come along and have a look at what we have to offer.

Visited Combat 2 Coffee today, met some good people,really look forward to working with them to help the wellbeing of those who may need another outlet and a new direction.

We look forward to working with the Combat 2 Coffee team after a visit today