Sounds about right. The Scottish Gov has a institutional problem with men.
See the proposed mysogony bill, the public boards act, juryless trials for rape etc.
That’s such a shame. Men’s Shed are a brilliant charity.
There’s a petition in the article. Dunno if it’ll make a difference, but it’s worth a try.
Again this isn’t a problem and the SNP see no issue with this, as they’ve stated multiple times before there are no budget or monetary issues in Scotland and in fact they are so much in surplus that the SNP have their own foreign aid budget now on top of the UK one and they have expanded it recently as well as diverting funding from charities towards gaza recently too with £750,000 pledge to Gaza from the Scottish budget under the SNP.
This charity must just be mismanaging its funds as surely they cannot accuse the SNP, and therefore the will of the Scottish people of not managing money properly.
There are more important things the SNP has to focus on and fix, like the war in israel and gaza then focus on small things like men’s suicide and mental health in Scotland.
You can also donate at [https://menssheds.org.uk/donate/](https://menssheds.org.uk/donate/) Even throwing in a few quid as a one off donation will help. I’ll be honest, I hadn’t heard of this charity before but it sounds like a great cause, and it only takes a couple of minutes to fill in the petition form, even if you don’t have the cash to help out via donation. They’re hoping to hit 5000 signatures and are currently under that. We could help them get the rest of the way with not much effort.
I worked for a charity that had some cross links to the local Men’s Shed and I know how much it’s helped the guys involved combat various mental health issues, being widowed, addiction, loneliness, or just getting out the house for a bit of social time that isn’t the pub. Also a good bit of skills development, one young guy I knew got into woodworking, went onto a joinery course and (I think) is now apprenticing somewhere.
I can’t think of much in my area that could replace it that isn’t overly service based/clinical/structured/aimed at one specific issue.
Who do they care about? Not us! How long will it last ? Forever
The SNP are genuinely not interested in doing anything but talk about stuff. This is a vital charity doing vital work. Either the NHS does it or this charity gets funded. It is unacceptable to defund it.
I really don’t want this to sound like a gender vs gender thing, but it inevitably will come off as that.. I suspect if this was a women’s charity the SG would find money from somewhere.
Very shortsighted from the Government considering how fucked our mental health treatment is here. I know a guy who attends one of these meetups and it’s been a lifesaver for him after his wife died.
The article doesn’t say how much they are looking for? Probably a measly amount. And probably to help pay someone to do all the administrations and regulations the government imposes. Nowt stopping the blokes just pitching a shed and doing their own thing is there. Try and stop em.
If things here are that bad we should seriously look at foreign aid.
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Sounds about right. The Scottish Gov has a institutional problem with men.
See the proposed mysogony bill, the public boards act, juryless trials for rape etc.
That’s such a shame. Men’s Shed are a brilliant charity.
There’s a petition in the article. Dunno if it’ll make a difference, but it’s worth a try.
Again this isn’t a problem and the SNP see no issue with this, as they’ve stated multiple times before there are no budget or monetary issues in Scotland and in fact they are so much in surplus that the SNP have their own foreign aid budget now on top of the UK one and they have expanded it recently as well as diverting funding from charities towards gaza recently too with £750,000 pledge to Gaza from the Scottish budget under the SNP.
This charity must just be mismanaging its funds as surely they cannot accuse the SNP, and therefore the will of the Scottish people of not managing money properly.
There are more important things the SNP has to focus on and fix, like the war in israel and gaza then focus on small things like men’s suicide and mental health in Scotland.
Does this charity really want to get in the way of the[ possibility of an independent scotland fixing the war in the middle east and brokering peace between Hamas and Isreal like the SNP claim will happen.](https://www.thenational.scot/news/24232756.independent-scotland-could-broker-new-oslo-accords-peace-gaza/)
This charities priorities are all wrong.
I recommend people join the petition here: [https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/scottish-men-s-sheds-call-for-men-s-health-support](https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/scottish-men-s-sheds-call-for-men-s-health-support)
You can also donate at [https://menssheds.org.uk/donate/](https://menssheds.org.uk/donate/) Even throwing in a few quid as a one off donation will help. I’ll be honest, I hadn’t heard of this charity before but it sounds like a great cause, and it only takes a couple of minutes to fill in the petition form, even if you don’t have the cash to help out via donation. They’re hoping to hit 5000 signatures and are currently under that. We could help them get the rest of the way with not much effort.
I worked for a charity that had some cross links to the local Men’s Shed and I know how much it’s helped the guys involved combat various mental health issues, being widowed, addiction, loneliness, or just getting out the house for a bit of social time that isn’t the pub. Also a good bit of skills development, one young guy I knew got into woodworking, went onto a joinery course and (I think) is now apprenticing somewhere.
I can’t think of much in my area that could replace it that isn’t overly service based/clinical/structured/aimed at one specific issue.
Who do they care about? Not us! How long will it last ? Forever
The SNP are genuinely not interested in doing anything but talk about stuff. This is a vital charity doing vital work. Either the NHS does it or this charity gets funded. It is unacceptable to defund it.
I really don’t want this to sound like a gender vs gender thing, but it inevitably will come off as that.. I suspect if this was a women’s charity the SG would find money from somewhere.
Very shortsighted from the Government considering how fucked our mental health treatment is here. I know a guy who attends one of these meetups and it’s been a lifesaver for him after his wife died.
The article doesn’t say how much they are looking for? Probably a measly amount. And probably to help pay someone to do all the administrations and regulations the government imposes. Nowt stopping the blokes just pitching a shed and doing their own thing is there. Try and stop em.
If things here are that bad we should seriously look at foreign aid.