The Annual General Meeting of Cumann na bhFear will take place at 7.30pm on Thursday January 4th.
Venue: Unit 1b Sandy Road Business Park.
All Members invited but please ensure that annual membership fee is up to date.
Crafts & Skills Courses at the Men’s Shed
The Cumann na bhFear (Men’s Shed) on Sandy
Road is becoming a very popular venue for a range of weekly arts, crafts and
traditional skills courses and workshops.
Subjects range from making fireside
accessories at a blacksmithy session to producing bat/bird boxes at a
woodturning workshop. The latest addition to the Cumann’s programme are Art
classes mentored by JJ McDonogh.
The courses are available to male and
female members. For details on the annual membership, contact Felicity at felicity.gillespie@gmail.com
Weekly Woodturning & Metalworking evening sessions
Wood-turning and metalworking workshops are the first in a new series of regular weekly activities at our recently re-opened premises.
Wood-turning takes place on Tuesday nights from 7pm until 9pm when members can make their own creations using two lathes and tools provided by the Shed.
Metalworking activities are held every Thursdays from 7pm.
For further information please contact Felicity at felicity.gillespie@gmail.com.
Wood-turning takes place on Tuesday nights from 7pm until 9pm when members can make their own creations using two lathes and tools provided by the Shed.
Metalworking activities are held every Thursdays from 7pm.
For further information please contact Felicity at felicity.gillespie@gmail.com.
INTRODUCTION
The Cumann na bhFear volunteer group is
modeled on the Australian Men’s Shed movement with the addition of female members and a strong community,
social inclusion and heritage ethos in recognition of the interests of the membership.
Individual Respect:
To respect fellow members by being at all times helpful; supportive; and by not using foul, racist, inflammatory, abusive, insulting or derogatory language towards others.
regards to the delivery of programmes:
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The primary role of the group is to encourage retired, working and
unemployed men and women of all ages to help each other develop, learn and/or teach
skills and crafts that can benefit themselves and the wider community. There is
a focus on the provision of practical skills whose existence was endangered by
a modern society where the ability to make or repair everyday items was been
devalued. Hence the members provide courses and workshops on traditional Irish
heritage crafts such as woodturning, woodcarving, basket making, blacksmithing, drystone walling, beekeeping as well as
other areas of benefit including cycle maintenance, electronics, soldering, panel beating, metal fabrication and furniture restoration.
Cumann na bhFear has developed close working and heritage links to the Ballinfoile Mór Community Organic Garden and the Terryland Forest Park project.
Cumann na bhFear has developed close working and heritage links to the Ballinfoile Mór Community Organic Garden and the Terryland Forest Park project.
Premises
The premises of Cumann na bhFear is a single story building consisting of a metal & fabrication workshop; a carpentry workshop; a meeting/classroom; a kitchen; a toilet and an office.
Key Guiding
Principles
Skills sharing:
To encourage co-operative
learning, mentoring and vocational skills development.
Social Heritage:
To preserve and promote traditional
Irish crafts and skills through a
series of projects and educational courses.
Natural Heritage:
To undertake environmental
enhancement projects that will help protect biodiversity and increase public awareness
of the importance of indigenous flora and fauna.
Sustainability:
To promote recycling,
repair and restoration.
Community:
To help men to contribute to
local communities and through the group’s endeavours to support local residents
of all ages, abilities and backgrounds to work together in improving the
quality of life of a neighbourhood; to take individual and collective
responsibility for endeavouring to fulfill this vision. Individual Respect:
To respect fellow members by being at all times helpful; supportive; and by not using foul, racist, inflammatory, abusive, insulting or derogatory language towards others.
Partnership:
To recognise and develop the
special working relationship that the group has with two neighbourhood projects,
namely the Ballinfoile Mór Community Organic Garden and Terryland Forest Park.
Social Inclusion:
To honour commitments to
various agencies withregards to the delivery of programmes:
- HSE Health Promotions: Promote positive mental health and camaraderie among members especially those who are vulnerable or isolated.
- CGVEC: Deliver a range of community education courses and encourage learning and skills acquisition among members.
- Galway City Partnership: Promote social inclusion and equality as values within our community.
- Galway City Council: Members acknowledge the significant contribution that City Council has made in the provision of a leased premises in the Sandy Road Business Park. Members guarantee the shed is run in a manner that is transparent and fair with respect for one another.
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