Visit to Wanneroo Mens Shed

Wanneroo Community Mens Shed Visit

Bruce Wright, Greg Fletcher and Garry Mason visited the Wanneroo Community Mens Shed (1/31 Creative Street, Wangara) on Friday 1 October 2021 and met with Des Abbot(Chairman) and Gavin McIntosh.

The building is wholly owned by the Wanneroo Mens Shed and accommodates, wood working, computer repairs, computer refurbishment for sale and the recycling of computer parts and materials (sold to various recyclers for income for the Shed).

It is a two-story factory unit with reception area, office, computer workshop, woodworking area, computer parts recycling area, toilets, lunch room, First Aid and bed area as well as garaging for their own truck on the ground floor.Upstairs is the administration area, meeting area, and storage on the mezzanine areas. 11 car parking bays are included on the property.  There is also a chair lift on the stairs for those who require assistance.

Membership is approximately 80 with 50 to 60 regular attendees.

Woodworking is undertaken on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and computer related activities on Tuesdays and Fridays.  This is to address the dust conflict issues between woodworking and computer work.

They reinforced the very high importance of establishing and maintaining a very close contact with Federal and State Government Local Members as well as Councilors of the Local Government Authority.  

They also reinforced the need to establish close relationships with various building material suppliers, particularly to aid in the building fitout and renovation requirements.

Dr Anne Aly (Federal Member for Cowan) is their Patron.