Men’s Sheds

Mike Jenn writes about an inspiring initiative

Camden Town Shed. ‘Fixing, making and reusing materials… improved my mental state and gave me hope’ – A ‘Shedder’ | Photo: Courtesy of Mike Jenn.

Recently a New York Times journalist interviewed me about the Men’s Sheds movement and how it started. We were in the room that our ‘Shed’ hires from a community centre, which is fitted out with workbenches and cupboards full of tools, tat and discarded materials we have acquired.

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