Men’s sheds have been established for a range of reasons. At the heart lies some common interest that is shared, and often involved activities built around arts, crafts and technical skills – the kind of things done in the backyard shed.
Rather than work on those interests alone, a community shed introduces a social interaction among the participants that is an important part of well being. The interest of the group develops from that interest and copious coffee to expand the range of things that they do.
List of Shed Responsibility Areas
“Go To” People for services 2023
| Who | What | |
| All Shed Matters | Management Committee | For approval on all shed matters, planning, events, functions, policy |
| Cleaning | Team Leaders | Cleaning rosters of the interior of the building, workshop areas, enforcement |
| Computer Systems | Doug Elliott &
Bill Maxwell |
Passwords, guarantees, software, purchases, repairs, printers, backups |
| Conversation Corner | Bill |
Ensure that new members enjoy their regular visits to the shed |
| Equipment register | Dick Winfield | Arrange registration, test & tagging of all tools and equipment |
| External Barbecues | Alan Webster | Organising materials and staffing for barbecues including the Monthly Meeting lunch |
| External yards | Peter Martin and Ross Winks | Yard and gardens maintenance |
| Finances | John Corey | For all financial matter concerning the Shed |
| First Aid | TBA | Maintenance of First Aid Kits and updating register and course for First Aiders |
| Flag | Aiden Whitham | For protocols and daily flying and collection |
| Grants | Barry Cheales | For all applications for financial assistance |
| Health & Safety & Fire | Barry Benjamin | For all matters in the management of this aspect of the shed |
| Health and Wellbeing | Craig Allingham | For all matters under this heading including Fitness, Nutrition and Health Education |
| Inductions | David Bell & Reception Team | Inductions and welcome to new shed members |
| Kitchen Catering | Barry Paterson &
Bob McLoughlin |
All kitchen catering, cleaning |
| Newspaper archive | Secretary | Shed archive and photographs record system |
| Notice Boards | David Bell | For maintenance and currency of information |
| Publicity & Promotion | Barry Cheales | For all communication with the media and promotions |
| Sales and surplus shed disposal | Dick Winfield | Means to get rid of valuable unwanted junk Garage Sales etc. |
| Second hand material offers | Shed Coordinators | Checking and ruling on selection of acceptable incoming second hand materials to the shed |
| Security | Bill Maxwell |
Keys, door opening cards, shed properly locked up and secure |
| Shed storage | Ross Winks | Allocation of space, readjustment to building foot prints, building maintenance |
| Van & Trailer | Bob McLoughlin | Maintenance, booking system, trailers, pressure spray, usage problems |
| Visiting Outside Groups & Shed Bookings | Barry Cheales | For initial contact for visits by outside groups and the maintenance of the shed calendar |
| Webmaster | John Sexton | For all matters relating to the BMS website (thanks to Warren O’Grady) |
| Welfare | Gregg Nowell | All matters concerning shed member welfare |