Sheds Ballarat East Community Men’s Shed

Ballarat East Community Men's Shed

Name: Ballarat East Community Men's Shed
Address: 730 Eureka Street, Ballarat, VIC, 3350, Australia
Telephone: 03 5332 4400

Opening hours

Mon 1pm - 4pm Tue, Wednesday & Thursday 9am - 3pm Sat 9am - 4pm

About our shed

About Us

Ballarat East Community Men's Shed is a community-based, non-commercial organisation that is open to men. Men's sheds provide a place where men can feel included and safe. The aim of men's sheds is to improve the health and wellbeing of their members.

Members of Men’s Sheds come from all walks of life - the bond that unites them is that they are men with time on their hands and they would like something meaningful to do with that time.

Members of our Shed can participate in a range of activities. The shed has extensive facilities for woodworking, fitting and machining, metal fabrication, picture framing, car maintenance and gardening.

Come along and talk to a mate.

BECS also offers sessions for women in art, woodwork and metalwork.

Shed Activities

Woodwork, metalwork, music, art

Find us

Contact

Lynton Roberts

Address

730 Eureka Street Ballarat, VIC 3350

Get Directions

Phone

03 5332 4400

Website

www.becs.shed.org.au

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Positive impacts

Camaraderie

— "I've found a great group of mates"

Mateship is an important pillar of every Men’s Shed – first and foremost the shed is a place for men to knock about with a group of like-minded mates.

Community

— “I give back to the community”

Men’s Sheds are vital community investments delivering programmes and activities that foster community spirit and contribute to building a more inclusive Australia.

Health & Wellbeing

— “My health and wellbeing is better because I'm a Shedder”

Many shedders experience improved mental health outcomes. Men (and women) involved at their local Shed report increased self-esteem through participation and learning new skills; de-stigmatisation of experiencing mental health and de-stigmatisation of prevalent social issues related to mental health.

Watch — More than just a shed

The Australian Men’s Shed Association (AMSA) is the national service provider supporting more than 1,200 Men’s, Women’s and Community Sheds and is recognised as one of Australia’s largest male-based community development organisations.

AMSA was established in 2007 by a collection of Australian independent community-based Men’s Sheds to represent, support and promote the Men’s Shed movement. It was founded on the principle of sharing information between sheds and those communities wishing to establish and operate a Men’s Shed. It acts as a central hub for information exchange.

Facts & Figures

1,200+

Sheds

Men’s Sheds across Australia (that's more Men's Sheds than Macca's restaurants!)

12

Countries

More than 2,500 Men's Sheds operate in 12 countries

30

Years

The first Men's Shed was established in 1993 (Goolwa, South Australia)

50,000+

Australians

More than 50,000 Australian men participate in Men's Sheds