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Donation of Nature Trail Benches to Share Discovery Centre

As part of the Executive Offices Central Good relations Funded programme, Together: Building United Communities, the cross community members of Lisnaskea Men’s Shed have constructed ‘upcycled’ green wood to make outdoor benches for the forest trails at Share Centre.

The benches are held together without any metal screws using only wood carving techniques and glue. The benches were finished in Yacht varnish to withstand all weathers.

Anne McAdam, Chairperson of Erne East Community Partnership, commented ‘that it was wonderful to see the men coming together in a shared space with a shared purpose of using fallen down trees from local woodlands to make such beautiful products for donation to a sister charity. She also thanked The Executive Office for providing the funding to develop shared spaces for men from different community backgrounds coming together in purposeful activities.’

Darragh Collins, CEO of Share Discovery Village thanked the Oak Healthy Living Centre for facilitating the donation, the products will be used by all users of Share Discovery Village, NI largest accessible residential activity centre, based on the shores of Upper Lough Erne just outside Lisnaskea.

Oak Healthy Living Centre under the auspices of Erne East Community Partnership Ltd is a registered charity and provides a range of community based health promoting/preventative programmes. As one of these programmes, Lisnaskea Men’s Shed is funded by the Executive Office and this funding is vital for the sustainability and future work of the cross community project.

Challenging times

The last 18 months have been a challenging time for us all and we cannot underestimate the impact Covid-19 has had on the well-being of our community but there are hopes of better days to come.  We have all adapted to a new way of connecting and engaging and for the last 18 months we have delivered lots of courses and support on-line, via telephone and social media platforms but we are now delighted to be able to re open the centre and start our face to face delivery.

We look forward to welcoming you all back but of course there are restrictions which are in place to ensure safety for you and our staff. Please be aware that booking is essential for all our courses along with complying with COVID safety guidelines, track and trace etc and our staff as always are on hand to help and support you in making this process as easy to use as possible.

We have responded to the growing need in our community for additional mental health and well being supports and have been able to provide therapies and other initiatives due to the kindness and generosity generated from local fund-raising events. We are extremely grateful for this support.

Micheál Mowen, Manager.