The Red Shed

A huge heartfelt thank you to everyone who came along to support us at The Red Shed Charity Quiz Night!

Your presence and generosity helped us raise an incredible £664.21. These funds will have a significant impact on our Garden Clubs, enabling us to continue our work in supporting those living with dementia and their dedicated carers.
Your support is truly appreciated and we are always so blown away by the wonderful community we have around us ❤️

Lastly a big shout out to our fabulous Mayor Myla Arceno for taking time out of her busy schedule to stop by and kick things off 🤩

From PCSO’s to Snowdrop Kokedamas… it’s been a busy few weeks down at The Red Shed ❤️

Our Quiz Night has now offically SOLD OUT! Thank you to everyone who has purchased tickets... we can't wait to see you all for another fabulous night 😍🤩

The Red Shed are delighted to be working alongside Hertswise and Carers in Hertfordshire by hosting their Carers Information Event, taking place on Tuesday 27th February 10:30am-1:00pm.

If you are supporting an older person or someone living with dementia, do drop by to see us and make good use of all the help and information that is available to you ❤️

We still have a few Quiz Night Tickets left if anyone else would like to come along and join us for a fabulous evening of fun and games 🤩🥳😁

Due to the success of our 2023 Chairty Quiz Night, we are pleased to announce we will be holding another in February, to raise money for our dementia friendly garden clubs. If you would like to get involved and join us, please get in contact to book your tickets and your food. We hope to see lots of you there 🤩🥳

Just a little reminder that our monthly Carers Cafe will be running on Tuesday 6th February 10:30am-12:00pm. We have Nicola Lewis, a local Crime Prevention Officer popping by to chat to us about keeping safe ❤️ The kettle will be on and we hope to see you there!

It’s been a grey start to the week outside, but as always our gardeners have injected lots of colour all around The Red Shed - how beautiful does our collaging look 🤩

from the RSPB is here this weekend - we’ve had a lovely week giving our Gardeners all the info they need to take part and enjoy - along with some painting we also made some bird feeders to attract as many feathered friends as possible ❤️

Due to the success of our 2023 Chairty Quiz Night, we are pleased to announce we will be holding another in February, to raise money for our dementia friendly garden clubs. If you would like to get involved and join us, please get in contact to book your tickets and your food. We hope to see lots of you there 🤩🥳

We would like to say a huge thank you to Affinity Water and Hertfordshire Community Foundation for their joint funding - this will cover a years worth of Garden Clubs for our Red Shedders ❤️

We are looking for some NEW VOLUNTEERS to join our wonderful team; Garden Champions / Garden Maintenance / Handy Person
To find out more and apply, please follow the link: https://theredshed.my.canva.site/volunteers

PLEASE SHARE our post far and wide to help spread the word 😊 Thank You!

We'll be kicking off the New Year with our Carers Cafe on Tuesday 2nd January @ 10:30am-12:00pm - If you are caring for someone living with dementia and would like some support, some information or simply just a break and a cuppa... please feel free to stop by and join us. We look forward to seeing you there ☺️

From Our Shed to Yours, sending warm Christmas Wishes to all!....The gift of time and love are surely the two basic ingredients of a truly Merry Christmas❤️🎄🎅🥰 See you all in 2024!

A wonderful day of Christmas Celebrations here at The Red Shed :) A special thank you to Paul and Brian for getting us all in the christmas spirit with their fabulous performance!

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A fabulous morning of crafting last week with the Irish Network Stevenage, making some festive tabletop decorations 🎄🎅

Last week at The Red Shed we were delighted to attend a coffee morning to help our Mayor Myla Arceno celebrate the wonderful recognition of Stevenage becoming a Dementia Friendly Community... Our Red Shedder Tim certainly enjoyed his morning 🥰

A lovely and calming sensory activity enjoyed at The Red Shed this week - we activated our folk's senses through touch, sight, smell and even taste for some, by making these wonderful christmas pomanders. Don't they look fabulous!

A huge thank you to Angie from Open ArtBox CIC for a wonderful day of festive workshops here at The Red Shed! Our folk made felted christmas ornaments using pine cones and miniature christmas tree's using festive foliage, lace and faux fur... and of cause we were just that little bit extra, finishing off with some twinkly fairy lights🎄

Are you caring for someone with Dementia? If so, we're inviting you along to our Carers Cafe on Tuesday 5th December @ 10am-12pm - whether you're looking for some support, some information or maybe just a friendly cuppa ... the kettle will be on :) Please feel free to stop by and join us.

Ever seen one of these? It's a butterfly house! We have put it up to provide some shelter for the different varieties of butterflies that visit our garden. We take time to notice them in the summer - it's a great way of being mindful, reducing anxiety and promoting calmness. All positives when you have dementia. ,

We are making the most of the mild temperatures and still planting some seeds at The Red Shed. Today we had some help from pupils from our neighbours - St Vincent de Paul primary school. We sowed Peas, Sweetpeas, Cornflowers, Radish, lettuce and Broad Beans. Looking foward to see what grows! , ,

There's nothing spooky about Halloween at The Red Shed. Just an autumn celebration with lots of fun, creativity, lovely colours and ...... well OK, we did have to have a BIG FAT SPIDER!!
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Lovely to welcome members of the Fairview Road Residents Association to The Red Shed for some tea and cake. They have supported us this this year with donations of £2178.06! An amazing amount!... which we are spending on workshops to benefit more local residents who's lives are affected by dementia. Communities helping communities - it's a little bit of magic! , ,

Do you care for someone with dementia? Do you get very annoying scam calls or emails that, frankly, you could do without?
For our Dementia Carers Cafe on 7th November we have some experts visiting us from Age UK. They will have some advice on dealing with these 'scammers'.
Why not pop in for a cuppa and see what tips you can pick up. We welcome both Carers and those who they care for....looking forward to seeing you!!
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We're excited at The Red Shed to start our 4th Garden Club session. This means we can now offer our unique service to more people living with dementia and their carers.
It was great to welcome some new folk to the garden along with our new workshop leader Nadine. This is all thanks to the wonderful fundraising by Rebecca and Richard. Following their amazing efforts at a 1/2 Ironman Challenge and a Triathlon we have been able to use all their donations to make a really big difference! https://localgiving.org/charity/theredshedproject/