Post Tagged with: "Men’s Shed"

FUNDING of €28,000 in funding has been made available for 14 Men’s Sheds groups across Kerry, including the Tralee mens shed group. The initiative will see grants of €2,000 provided to over 400 Men’s Sheds nationwide to assist them with running costs such as electricity or insurance bills. The Kerry […]

THE Irish Men’s Sheds Association has launched a new manual ‘Your Shed & Dementia’ aimed at raising awareness of the condition, as well as offering advice for “Shedders”, their families and carers on supporting a member with dementia. There is an estimated 941 men living with dementia in Kerry, while […]

A TRALEE man raised thousands of euro for two great causes after a marathon swim a couple of months ago. Ger McDonnell from Clogherbrien swam from Locke’s Beach in Fenit to Mucklough Rock and back, a distance of 18km, on September 14 with funds raised going to Tralee Mens Shed […]

ALMOST €20,000 has been allocated to Kerry groups under Men’s and Women’s Shed Fund. Awarded under the Community Enhancement Programme which is funded by the Department of Rural and Community Development, the groups to benefit are; Waterville Men’s Shed €2,004 Tralee Men’s Shed €1,200 Listowel Men’s Shed €1,200 Ballyduff Men’s Shed €1,300 […]

  A KERRY Men’s Shed group has just won a national award thanks to it’s creative entry in a competition. At the 2017 Fisherman’s Friend Shed Series competition, held at the National Maritime Museum in Dun Laoghaire, KC Men’s Shed, based in Castlemaine, has been awarded the top prize, taking […]

THE work that goes on at Tralee Men’s Shed has been well documented. The centre up near Tralee Mart in Cahersleee is a place where men can go to work on different projects, have a game of pool or darts, enjoy a cup of tea and a chat and much more. In a new […]