With all the talk of Social wossname and user interaction and the like, I thought I would find other ways of you sheddies getting involved with readersheds/shedblog and of course Shed week, currently you can just Contact me using the standard form and I will try and answer your email, or post on the Forum or even follow me on twitter, no that’s posh.

But I saw this post on a great blog called makeuseof, It promotes a new tool that allows you to create a suggestion box on your blog, that allows quick feedback from your users.

Skribit

is a user-generated content suggestion application for blogs. Effortlessly assemble what your readers really want to hear.

anyway the widget is in the righthand side of the blog, and below, so give it a go, click on the Question and post something.

so be gentle and tell me what you want! maybe you want to promote your shed or your event during shed week or even just say hi or ask a shed related question.

Once people have voted for the Questions I will promote the most popular as a post on the blog and try and and answer it for the sheddie.

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I missed this the other day, but Age concern are following the lead on the succesful Austrailian Menshed schemes, according to the BBC.

Age Concern Gloucestershire is about to begin its newest project in the Forest of Dean aimed at men aged over 55.

The “Men in Sheds” scheme will see men giving their time and skills to refurbish donated hand tools.

The Southampton-based charity Tools for Self Reliance will then send the refurbished tools out to Africa.

The project also needs men with administrative and marketing skills. The first “shed” will open later this May in The Mews, Mitcheldean.

“This is a unique opportunity for older men to use their skills and enjoy a social activity and help others,” said Linda Shepherd of Age Concern Gloucestershire.

Old hand sewing machines will also be reconditioned if available.

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