Bill Dempster and Ante Beros are valued members of our shed. They have exceeded 200 attendances and hence have the opportunity to wave the bat!
Bill and Ante 200+
Bill and Ante 200+
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Altered States WAFTA
Vincent Men’s Shed assisted the Western Australian Fibre and Textile Association in preparation for their “Altered States” competition display in the Perth Town Hall. The Shed cut threaded steel rods and MDF sheets to size for the display tables. Another interesting job.
New welding equipment
The Vincent Men’s Shed has just recently bought new welding equipment for the shed and the Vincent Men’s Shed wishes to acknowledge and thank BOC gases, ART 1 and Action Laser for their generosity and ongoing support to our shed.
100 not out!
Both Bruce Carman and Roy Boyd celebrated 100 attendances together. For some strange reason they were moved to sing the Collingwood theme song!
Cunderdin visitors
Nine members of the Cunderdin Men’s Shed drove all the way down to visit our shed as part of their ‘social excursion’ activities. A cuppa, lots of chat, a tour of our shed, showing the kinds of things we’re doing, culminating in a warm invitation for Vincent Men’s Shed to visit Cunderdin Men’s Shed anytime.
All the fun at the Fair
The Shed manned a marquee at the Hyde Park Festival. Our aim was to make ourselves known to encourage new membership. As a bonus we received about $350 through sale of goods made by shed members. Adam Price and Adam Schofield look relaxed. Roy Haagman presented Mark McGowan wit
h a pen made by Barry Adamson – for signing or cancelling big contracts!!
Communication workshop
Vincent Men’s Shed welcomed Owen Catto from the Regional Men’s Health Initiative. There was some pretty alarming statistics presented regarding men’s health outcomes compared with women’s health outcomes which made us sit up and take notice. However the main topic was “Communications” and Owen described, in a good humoured manner the differences between the way the male and female brains and communicating styles operate, illustrated by some amusing videos and slides. It kept everyone interested and sometimes squirming in their seats as they recognized their own behaviors being described. A great presentation and Owen joined us for a sausage sizzle afterwards.
“Men like problem solving alone in their Cave!”
Donation from Envision Medical Imaging
Envision Medical Imaging have made a welcome donation of $1659 to our Shed which we are using to buy the SawStop Professional Cabinet Saw.
Envision Medical Imaging is an independent Radiology practice located directly opposite St John of God Hospital on Cambridge Street in Wembley. Opened on the 15th September 2008, they allocate September as their special charity month and look to provide a donation to local organisations to assist them offer important programs to their members. For each imaging service undertaken on each work day in September, Envision donates to a charity.
The Doctors and staff at Envision have a keen interest in Men’s health – providing prostate MRI scans for patients of local urologists and cardiac scans for 90% of Perth’s cardiologists.
Visit by Tim Hammond, Federal Member for Perth
Today we were visited in the Shed by Tim Hammond, Federal Member for Perth. Tim was invited to the Shed by the Committee to see how we deliver our Men’s Welfare initiatives and to seek support to identify opportunities which may benefit the Shed.
Annual report 2016
Our annual report and financial statement for 2016 is now available via our Committee page.