Men's Sheds - Make a bird box - FREE session

Join Darrell and Mark, hopefully broadcasting from the Malt Garden (weather permitting) , and learn how to make a bird box. We’ll make the plans available to you so you can make your own afterwards.

This activity forms part of the Southern Maltings July Festival Calendar celebrating the arts and health and wellbeing in the community.

Our festival is all about making people aware of fun and exciting things to do – be it live sessions, links to activities to try or packs to download.

This event is part of the Southern Maltings contribution to Hertfordshire’s Year of Culture (July theme of Cultural Olympiad), as well as being our own reaction to the unavoidable loss of this years Ware Festival and it’s associated activities.

Please enjoy what we have arranged as it is all free (or very heavily subsidised) and all the tutors/teachers have donated their time for which we truly appreciate.

If you like what we have to offer, come and visit us and our lovely tutors when we’re allowed to re-open soon.

Southern Maltings is the trading name of Ware Arts Centre Limited and is a registered charity (Registered charity no. 276998). All events are run by volunteers and proceeds go towards developing the Southern Maltings into an amazing creative arts centre which will enable us to put on a wider and more frequent range of events and activities for the whole community.

For a long time research has shown the negative impact of loneliness and isolation on a person’s health and wellbeing. Recently we have seen more evidence come to light that shows loneliness and isolation can be as hazardous to our health as obesity and excessive smoking. Surveys from mental health charities are finding that millions of people report feeling lonely on a daily basis.Men typically find it more difficult to build social connections than women, and unlike women of a similar age, less older men have networks of friends and rarely share personal concerns about health and personal worries. It is not the case for all men, but for some, when retirement comes, it can feel like personal identity and purpose is lost. Men’s Sheds can change all of that.Sheds are about meeting like-minded people and having someone to share your worries with. They are about having fun, sharing skills and knowledge with like-minded people and gaining a renewed sense of purpose and belonging. As a by-product of all of that they reduce isolation and feelings of loneliness, they allow men to deal with mental health challenges more easily and remain independent, they rebuild communities and in many cases, they save men’s lives. Men’s Sheds are vital.

For more information visit https://www.southernmaltings.co.uk/events/mens-sheds-learn-to-make-a-bird-box-with-darrell-mark/