"Shed Research Development Group" – Growing the Capacity to Support More Older Men

2025

Relevance to our scope/purpose for being.

To design ways to help older men to join a Shed, gaining benefits for themselves, their families and their communities. Relevance to our purpose:

• Negotiating health issues.
• Diverse, inclusive communities.
• Participation in community and social life.
• Liveable spaces and places.

Funders & supporters (internal and external)

University of Auckland's Co-Create Centre for Ageing Research. Men's Shed New Zealand.

Team members

Richard Wright, John Parsons, Kathy Peri, Gary Cheung, Chien Ting, Lana Chisholm

Outputs and outcomes (impact)

2 PhD scholarship proposals