The Isle of Man's first 'She Shed'

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Karen Winter and Alison Lester of charity Live at Home introduce the ‘She Shed’: a space dedicated to women seeking new skills and friendships which acts as a counterpart to the island's ‘Men in Sheds’ projects. Organisers were overwhelmed by interest in joining the four-week pilot scheme, with more than 60 enquiries for just eight places.

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00:00 My name is Karen Winter, I'm CEO of Live at Home.

00:03 Today we are starting our first she-shed on the island.

00:08 Many sheds started in 2007 on the island, there are now three.

00:13 One in the south, one in the west and Live at Home runs the one in the north.

00:18 We are very excited about our she-shed project and have been totally overwhelmed by the demand.

00:24 We're running a full week teaser session every Friday

00:27 and we're hoping that we can expand on this with the,

00:31 hopefully, the amount of funding that we need to continue the shed.

00:34 We do know that some of our equipment has probably seen better days

00:38 and we're always seeking help and support from corporates to help replace,

00:43 regenerate and expand the shed.

00:47 We know we need a new shed outside so that we can continue these sessions on a more regular basis.

00:52 We also need to put our greenhouse up so we can encourage people to come along

00:57 and grow their own food.

00:59 The Men in Sheds project started in 2007

01:04 and it was about what we could provide on the island for men.

01:09 Men communicate very differently from ladies,

01:12 they communicate shoulder to shoulder.

01:15 She-sheds tend to run very differently from the men's sheds.

01:20 I've been lucky enough to go and see she-sheds and men's sheds in Australia recently.

01:27 We would like to just grow the she-shed concept on the island.

01:33 Karen had the opportunity to go on holiday in Australia

01:36 and then she messaged me when she was in Australia.

01:39 So I'm so excited, I've seen my first she-shed, we've got to do this!

01:43 And here we are today!

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