National Lottery Grant to Expand Linskill’s Men’s Shed, Boosting Community Support and Wellbeing

Linskill’s Shed is to benefit from a larger space and extended opening hours thanks to a Reaching Communities 3-year grant.

 We are delighted to announce that National Lottery Community Fund has awarded Linskill and North Tyneside Community Development Trust a £136,491 grant from their Reaching Communities programme.

The funding provided will enable us to extend and further develop our very successful Men’s Shed at Linskill Centre over the next 3 years. The Shed which primarily benefits older men with various health related problems, provides a much-needed space in which to develop new skills and increase confidence, and to build new friendships and community connections.

The capital funding provided in year one will allow us to refurbish a much larger space for the Shed at Linskill Centre ensuring that more men can benefit from the Shed’s valuable activities. In addition, the revenue funding provided over 3 years will mean we can extend our Woodwork Supervisors post from part-time to full-time, enabling more half day sessions to be delivered each week.

For more information on Linskill’s Shed and the Trust’s Community Programme visit: https://linskill.org/community-programme/#the-shed