Peebles & DisTrict Men's Shed
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A community space for men, and women to connect, converse and create. Our activities are often similar to those you might undertake in your garden shed, but rather than being on your own, we prefer that you enjoy your chosen activity in the company of others. We have only two stated aims, which are to improve health and well being by providing a space for meaningful physical activity, and reducing social isolation. Most importantly though, there has to be a laugh and a cup of tea involved along the way. The photos scrolling here show just some of what we have been up to in our journey towards our new permanent home in School Brae. Walls have been scraped and painted, floors repaired, a new power supply for our machinery installed, work benches built, model railways created and much, much more. Come down and see for yourself. What have you got to lose?
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The Peebles & District Men's Shed Community
We now occupy three rooms on the ground floor of the Community Hub, School Brae Peebles. What was previously the indoor bowls room has now been totally refurbished and fitted with work benches and a new power and lighting supply and will shortly be equipped with £11,000 worth of brand new machinery including lathes, a band saw, a planer thicknesser, pillar drills and much more. Two of our benches have been built at a height suitable for use by wheelchair users. The old lounge bar is currently being transformed into a new social and crafting/modelling space complete with a new tea and coffee ‘bar’, and comfortable seating. There is access from here to our outside space in what was the beer garden.[/caption]
- Work benches, some with adaptations for wheelchair use
- Craft work and artists space, indoor and outdoor.
- Tools for woodworking, metal working, bike repair and light engineering projects
- Modelling space including model railway building
Congratulations to Reuben Singleton who has become our number 1,000 follower on Facebook. As promised a small gift will be delivered to Rueben shortly. We managed to increase our followers from about 970 to 1001 in just a few days. There was a serious point to this. You will hopefully know by now that our plans to take ownership of Hay Lodge Depot are currently being tested by Scottish Borders Council in a public consultation. Having a solid foundation demonstrable by a growing following on social media is another way we can demonstrate to both the Council and to our elected Councillors, who will make the final decision on this matter, that we mean business and that we have the public firmly behind us. We will have a decision by early next year. We remain hopeful of a positive outcome. …
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Thank you to everyone who has taken the trouble to complete the public consultation running at present regarding our application to take ownership of Hay Lodge Depot. Now we need to work on those of you who haven’t yet done so. The link we posted on Monday will be valid for eight weeks. Sorry to any of you who tried to complete it yesterday when SBC took their website off line for a bit. Final ask. We now have almost 1000 followers on Facebook. Wouldn’t you like to be that person? As a wee incentive there is a nice hand turned dish waiting for you as a gift from us for your continued support. …
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Hay Lodge Depot, Peebles: Community Asset Transfer Request – Scottish Borders Council – Citizen Space …
Hay Lodge Depot, Peebles: Community Asset Transfer Request – Scottish Borders Council – Citizen Space
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