2022
Social Activities & Trips
August 2022
On one of the hottest days of the year, we held our annual Summer BBQ at Fawcett's Field for Members and their Partners. Whist the cooking was done outside, most of the members and their partners stayed inside Fawcett's Field Clubhouse as it was cooler.
September 2022
About 30 members and their partners made their way to Amberly Museum, Sussex. Some drove, some caught the train and a few even made a short break out of it and stayed overnight near to the museum. We had a great time dodging in and out of heavy rain showers.
December 2022
The annual Christmas Dinner and Dance for Members and their Partners was held in December
Community & Shed Projects
March 2022
Our 'Shed' has been involved in making items for the Ballard Lake Woodland Walk including "Fairy Doors and Windows", Chainsaw carved giant toad stalls a bench and lecterns to show a map of the walk
June 2022
Once again after selling all the items that we had made for the Easter Extravaganza, the members started again and
August 2022
August's Bee Fayre is always a great event and this year was no different. We again had lots of people that came to chat with and to find out more about what we our Men's Shed is about and this was another opportunity to sell items made at the shed which goes towards building our new purpose made shed.
November 2022
Remembrance Sunday was a remarkably warm and sunny day for November, and this had encouraged a large crowd to surround the memorial. 10 Members of New Milton Men’s Shed joined the possession to the War Memorial.
Our wreath bearers were Percy Pink, Arthur Clements, and Harry Walters with Percy laying the wreath.
April 2022
Storm Arwen caused the Lions Christmas Fayre to be postponed and rescheduled for Easter and whilst we were able to sell most of what we prepared for Christmas, our 'Shedders' started making more items to sell at the Easter Extravaganza
July 2022
Clive Lawrence received a call for help from the YMCA New Milton Nursery, they needed a new 'wellie rack' for their toddlers and and pre-school children (2 to 4 years old). So Clive went to investigate their requirements and this resulted in Clive and Alan Bishop designing and making 2 welly racks, each able to store up to 18 pairs of wellies.
The photographs below are of the work in progress and and the final finished painted items installed at the nursery.
October 2022
Last year Stephen Higgins created a spooky Halloween Walkthough to raise money for Oakhaven Hospice, who had cared for his grandfather a couple of years ago and raised over £800 as a thank you for all the care and support that they had provided.
This year, Stephen approached us for help to make it bigger and spookier and to hopefully raise even more money for Oakhaven Hospice. A team of ‘Shedders’ went over to Stephen’s house and together with his parents helped to create a new spooky Halloween Garden. The team had a great time and luckily the rain held off for most of the time there. Stephen’s Halloween Walk through smashed the £800 from last year and raised over £1,300 this year. This looks like it will be an annual event now and so we are looking forward to helping out next year
