Menzshed Wellington is back in business.
After being homeless for almost two years they have found a new shed in the old Hataitai Bowling Club greenkeeper’s shed. It is part of the Hataitai Centre, renamed after the Bowling Club closed, at 157 Hataitai Road, about 100 metres away from the Hataitai Village shops.
Initially it will be open every Wednesday and the first Saturday of each month 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Menzshed Wellington trustee Steve Jardine says, “The former Hataitai Bowling Club shed ticks a number of boxes,” he says. “It’s on a good bus route, easy access, not far from town, and it has a great community feel about it.”
Menzshed Wellington operates as a go to place for men (and women) who need a shed to work on their special project. So, if you have time on your hands, are looking for a place to share skills, learn new skills, make or repair thing, just hang out, then head to the shed. But, says, Steve Jardine, it fulfills a much bigger role in our community.
“It’s a place for guys at a loose end. We are not just dealing with Kiwi blokes, we are dealing with all cultures, different nationalities. It also helps people, he says, who may feel “socially isolated”.
A lot of the work Menzshed does is community focused. One of the first jobs the sheddies will undertake when they move into the Hataitai shed will be making predator traps for possums and stoats for a predator free Wellngton.
Menzshed contact Steve Jardine, invites new “sheddies” to contact him re joining up, on 027 4384660.