Lead Partner: University of the Highlands and Islands (academic)

Scotland: SCVO (voluntary)Ireland: CAWT (public)

Faroe Islands: Board of Public Health (public)

Project Idea: Community Sheds

My friend’s garden shed…An imagined community shed…

A community space for… …woodwork; metal work; traditional crafts; cooking; arts projects; gardening……talking; relaxing; feeling valued; feeling supported; being informed……linking with the community….

1. Spread the word and exchange the learning on the Shed approach2. Facilitate the development of Sheds in the NPP area3. Enhance the evidence base of the benefits of a Shed approach

Reconceptualising rural services:1. Preventative health (physical and mental) benefits

through Sheds.2. Employability through Sheds.

Sheds can reach people that havetraditionally been absent from community initiatives and volunteering activities.

Project Co-ordination (UHI)Shed Development C0-ordination (Partners)Local Development Work (Partners)Community ActivistsCommunity Residents