Community
20 March, 2025
Men’s shed helps blokes
MOSSMAN Men’s Shed continues to provide local men with vital companionship and support after being established in 2011 under the auspices of Mossman Support Services (MSS).
The shed is open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am-12pm and there are usually between three and 10 men on any given day, with occasionally up to 15.
MSS community development officer Erica Mast said the shed was a necessary space for men to meet and exist with no expectations.
“Aside from all of the wonderful work they do in the community, the sheds are especially beneficial as a meeting place for men to get together, share hardships and celebrate achievements with a group of like-minded men and make sustainable community connections,” she said.
Shed member Malcolm Graham said it was a place of healing for many.
“We were at a (shed) Christmas breakup once and a member stood up and said ‘When I came here, I was in a dark place. Now I’m not’. That’s it, that sums up the Men’s Shed.”
Local man Syd Campbell said “people come here when they’re having a hard time and they might only come three times and never come back, but they’re changed in some way. The men help each other, so it’s never only one person’s task. If you want a hand you just have to ask and they help out.”
Another member John Carmichael said: “I come because I love it, I enjoy the company. And then there’s the biscuits and coffee.”
Projects undertaken by the men include manufacturing native beehives, Myna bird traps and bird feeders. “They also undertake restoration work for community members, they support the Clink Theatre in creating some set pieces,” Ms Mast said.
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