Mens Shed Stranraer Shows Big intrest for the Community !

The meeting was opened by Mike Greasley who introduced the concept of the Men’s Shed and how the idea to start one up in Stranraer had come about.  He explained the current situation in relation to who was involved and at what stage the project was at.  Donald Peers then introduced himself as one the initial organisers and Murdo MacLeod introduced himself reperesenting Building Healthy Communities   and Jenny Macdonald from Health Improvement team , who both explained their  role in supporting the group to establish a Mens Shed concept here in Stranraer

There was great enthusiasim from the large attendence of indiividuals who attended the meeting ,with a wide variation of career skills from , Engineering , Joiners, Paint and Decorators , farmers , Buisness men , Teachers to name a few  of the skills people had

The group welcomed its guest speaker Ian McMaster who is one of the organisers of Westhill Men’s Shed in Aberdeenshire. 

Westhill Men’s Shed was the first one in Scotland to be developed based on the original Australian model.  Ian highlighted that Aberdeenshire is not dissimilar to Wigtownshire in terms or rurality and pace of life. and went on to give examples of the work of his mens shed group set themselves up and the work they do within the community 

The first meeting ended very positive with a steering group been established , it was agreed that a further meeting at Stranraer Liblary would be held on the 1st Dec 2015  11am - 1pm  to enable word of mouth from todays event get shared and provide oppertunity for further men in the community to come along