St Andrews Men's Shed

A new shed in a new location

Work has started on the new shed!

We have been granted planning permission to erect a new Shed at Craigtoun Country Park.

We have been given a redundant farm building by a local housing developer – Scott Wallace of Wallace Homes

Many thanks to D-Mac Tanks and Construction from Cupar for erecting the frame. 

We are looking for help to install sheeting on the sides and ends, and with the concrete floor. 

If you think you can help, please let us know by using the  contact page

This new building will be much larger than our current container based one and will allow us to develop a large workshop, coffee bar, computer room, kitchen, and disabled toilet.

If you have the time, could you drop us a letter of support addressed to “To whom it may concern” to help us with our fund-raising efforts. Please send via the contact page.

For more information please go to our JustGiving site at https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/sams

St Andrews Men's Shed Garden Project

St Andrews Men’s Shed are grateful to the Old Course Ltd and Duke’s Golf Course for allowing us to establish a gardening project on a redundant part of the Duke’s Golf Course.  

The allotment garden will be adjacent to the Service Yard at Craigtoun Park and eventually will have growing beds, polytunnel, orchard and wood store.  We have already had a polytunnel donated from a local firm and 2 fruit trees.

The members will greatly benefit from the therapeutic benefits of working outside and as part of a team. No doubt lots of tea and coffee will be drunk around the campfire whilst putting the world to rights!

Donations and Grants to the Shed

Past Captain Peter Ferguson presented Henry Paul from St Andrews Men’s Shed

with a cheque for £2000 donated by The New Golf Club.

A defibrillator on site

St Andrews Men’s Shed recently reached out to the community for funding for a much-needed defibrillator for their site at the Botanical Gardens. Within hours, a local resident whose husband is a Men’s Shed member, came forward and offered the full purchase price as a donation.  This exceptionally kind and generous person was Helen Spence. St Andrew’s Men’s Shed invited Helen to their recent open day to see the newly purchased lifesaving equipment in its new home.

The shed is fortunate to have a qualified First Aid trainer amongst the membership, and the picture below shows him demonstrating Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at one of our regular training sessions on the use of the defibrillator.

Made by members

We are a group of men, usually but not always retired, looking to fill our free time usefully.

Where and when do we meet?

We meet on  Tuesdays and Thursdays at the shed;

Tuesday

Morning (0930-1230) – General session

Lunch 1230-1300 provided

Thursday

Morning 0930-1230 – General session

Lunch 1230-1300 (bring your own)

You can find us in the St Andrews Botanic Gardens at the rear entrance beneath the viaduct.

Enter via James Street and turn right into Wallace Street. Turn left, and continue past the brewery and under the viaduct.

The Shed is 50m on the right-hand side.

Wednesday walking group

We meet at Craigtoun Park for a wander around the park and a coffee at the cafe when we are finished walking!

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10am start and we meet in back car park by the new Shed

Come along to all or part of the whichever day you are interested in

There's always something to do!

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