Sustainable sheds

The Sheds for Sustainable Development Project focused on supporting Men’s Sheds in Scotland to be both financially and socially sustainable. Key components included: the collection and analysis of data pertaining to the development challenges that sheds may face; the co-creation of viable solutions to help sheds develop and sustain; and the evaluation of the potential health and wellbeing benefits associated with being a member of a shed and taking part in shed activities. The project had two key aims:

To identify the key development challenges facing sheds and, through action research, implement entrepreneurial changes enhancing the sustainability and viability of the sheds;
To explore, using mixed methods, the health and wellbeing impacts of shed activities on their users and how sheds may contribute to a preventative spending approach to health and care.