Bordon Men's Shed

The Phoenix Theatre in Station Road, Bordon has offered space behind the theatre for us to set up a Men’s Shed in a space currently occupied by two storage containers which they are going to move. This gives us an opportunity to set up a workshop that will help with the theatre and other projects around the town. Watch this space for developments.

Yesterday 3rd April, the Men’s Shed visited the Northern Gateway comprising of the ECO Station (former Fire Station), the Exhibition House, The Stables behind the ECO station and the former LLoyds Bank. We were accompanied by Jo Utting from EHDC and given options on any of these sites, as well as working with the Phoenix Theatre on their offer of land on which to place our workshop.

We’re now spoiled for choice, and we have to apply for an expression of interest, which will be done.

Some views from our previous sheds

Like No 9 busses which only occur every blue moon, we have had three offers of help in the last two weeks, from differing and unexpected sources. Please keep in touch to find out what is happening in the Bordon Men’s Sheds world.

We have also had an offer from the Phoenix Theatre to build a new shed on land behind their building. EHDC have also offered 4 other venues, part of the Northern Gateway, to assess whether one of them would fit our needs.

We have created a Go Fund Me account and asked for donations from the Tantum Trust and Bordon Lions International to further expand the building of the new workshop and to install solar panels. We shall also be applying for local councillor grants. So all in all we are looking in good shape for proposed and future funds; if they all come in to fruition!