Men support

In May 2023, after its public launch in April, members gathered on the land. These photos show the land, and us starting to clear the spot we'd chosen as the site of our shed.

Some photos from March 2025

Our Shed now has (limited) electric power.

On Wednesday 28th Feb the Solar Panels were connected to all the gubbins that makes their power useable, and we switched on a light.

Next step is to wire up the Shed interior.

The advent of power would not have been possible without a generous grant from the Enabling Communities Budget of East Suffolk Council, so a BIG THANK YOU to local Councillors Keith Patience, Janet Craig and Tess Gandy.

Meeting weekly at The Land, Denmark Road

email info@northlowestoftmensshed.org

North Lowestoft Men's Shed needs a shed.

We don't care what sort of state it's in. We will happily restore a structurally good building.  A place that's in need of help suits us down to the ground.

Ideally it should be big enough to house a workshop, have some storage space and preferably some outside space, with parking or parking nearby. 

We're north of Lake Lothing, so in the north.

Sheds can be anything the members want them to be, but a shed offers a meeting place where like-minded people can meet up, share worries, pleasures and ideas.

Usually, but not exclusively, the members are retired men and possibly feeling a little isolated. They are about having fun, sharing skills and knowledge, about having a renewed sense of purpose and belonging, without the need to feel any pressure.

A Shed is about filling needs, creating a community and maybe about helping others as well

The first rule of Dad Club?  Tell any dads/partners/step-parents about it!

Being a father and supporting a birth parent is very rewarding but also very challenging.

Come and join the team to talk parenting. Share some experiences and what works for you.

John Ellerby – Chair

Joe Thompson – Secretary

Phil Lacey – Treasurer

email: info@northlowestoftmensshed.org 

Meeting weekly on site at Denmark Road (near junction with Trafalgar Street)

North Lowestoft Men's Shed actually started way back in 2019. Inspired by Pakefield Men's Shed, which we visited in Autumn 2019, we set about looking for premises. We met with community officers at East Suffolk Council, with Peter Aldous MP, and with local property owners and estate agents. We looked at many possibilities, managing to track down the owner of a shed who now lived many miles away, we talked with BirdsEye, with Network Rail. And much of that is still happening.

We had decided to go public, as it were, and along came Covid-19.

North Lowestoft Men's Shed has applied to Network Rail for the ex-Chadds, ex-Menzies building in Denmark Road.

They want to turn an unloved run-down building into a vibrant, green, community building. It was built sometime in the 1890's, so it has considerable historic interest, as well.

North Lowestoft Men's Shed think it's a perfectly sound building, ideal as a men's shed project.

Network Rail think it's only fit to demolished.