Shedcasts

Melinda Heinz is an Assistant Professor of Family Services at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa. She received a Fulbright Scholar award to Ireland in 2022 to extend her research into older adults. The purpose of Melinda’s research on Men’s Sheds was to conduct interviews with older, retired...

An important message from Prof. Barry Golding, author of The Men’s Shed Movement: The Company of Men.  

What is the Men’s Shed all about? We have some videos which can help explain – tackling isolation, a sense of purpose, there are many reasons that a Men’s Shed is a good idea.  

We joined forces with the Irish Hospice Foundation to explore how Sheds nationwide could support their communities navigate grief and loss. As seen in this clip, Killarney Men’s Shed in Kerry used concrete to build a permanent sensory garden at the entrance to their Shed for all to enjoy as...