Research

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26. May 2020.

The impact of Covid-19 on Irish Men’s Sheds Members and their sheds

This report was produced in May 2020 on behalf of the Irish Men’s Sheds Association by Aisling McGrath, an employment based postgraduate (PhD) researcher, funded by the Irish Research Council. You can access this report by clicking here.

29. Apr 2020.

The Men’s Shed Movement: Highlighting the importance of community and friendship for wellbeing

By Aisling McGrath (Centre for Behaviour Research, Waterford Institute of Technology). Click here to read the full research paper. Emerging research has highlighted the risk and negative health impacts of social and emotional loneliness facing society today. Loneliness has been associated with all cause morbidity and mortality. This epidemic is...

2. Aug 2017.

How Men’s Sheds Work (Keenaghan, 2015)

Click here to read Keenaghan Collaborative’s 2015 report on the men’s sheds movement in Ireland, funded by the National of Suicide Prevention.

27. Nov 2010.

A List of research that informs Men’s Shed-based practice

November 2010 Draft Compiled by Barry Golding, University of Ballarat, Australia, with assistance from Anthony Brown, University of Western Sydney The purposes of this listing of research: This document lists research, mostly from Australia, which provides recent evidence and insights as to why and how ‘men’s shed’ or workshop-based practice can...