Our Patron
Tanya Davies MP
State Member for Mulgoa
Welcome to
The St Clair and District Men's Shed
The major objective of the Shed is to advance the health and well-being of men.
We have a well equipped wood and metal workshop, providing a safe and friendly environment where skilled and unskilled men can work on a range of personal, shed and community projects.
We provide a place for men of all cultures to share their skills, learn new skills, make new friends, swap yarns or just socialise over a cuppa.
For information on our latest projects and happenings
Follow us on Facebook
About Us
The original members of 'Cecil's Place
Established as a social group for retired men in the local area, the group held informal meetings and hosted a number guest speakers, mainly about men's health and other men's issues.
This allowed acceptance of tool donations which gave members an opportunity to work on some projects to benefit the local community.
Unfortunately, the garden shed had limitations of storage space, accessibility and opportunities for bigger and more meaningful projects. It was time to find us a 'real' men's shed to work from.
On 25 July 2016, the group was renamed the St Clair and District Men's Shed (SCADMS), a Constitution was written and a committee formed. We were officially incorporated with NSW Fair Trading on 29 July 2016. Soon after, we registered with the Australian Men's Shed Association (AMSA).
In August 2016, we held discussions with CatholicCare, part of the Catholic Diocese in Parramatta about the possible use of some land on the Mamre House site to build a shed. In October 2016, CatholicCare advised us that we could move into a temporary building on their site, until we get approval to establish the permanent larger shed.
In July 2017 our local State MP, the Hon. Tanya Davies, accepted our offer to become our shed patron.
In February 2018 we were notified that we had received a grant from the NSW Government Community Building Partnership Grants program to help start to build our new shed on the Mamre House site.
In December 2018 we were notified that we had received another grant from the NSW Government Community Building Partnership Grants program to help build our new shed.
In December 2018 we submitted a Development Application to the Penrith City Council (PCC) to build our new shed on the Mamre House site.
The new shed was official opened in 2021.
Previous Projects
-
The Gardeners
Some of our members, Bob, Allan and John, were vocal about starting a vegetable garden nea...
-
Toys to Help Domestic Violence
Kelly Parker and Teresa Luccitti from Domestic Violence Service Management (DVSM) came to ...
-
Picnic Tables for Rutherglen Community Centre
Our Shed was asked to build some large picnic tables for the Rutherglen Community Centre i...
-
Christmas Tree
Mary Contacted us via Facebook, asking if we could build the pictured Christmas Tree. Dav...
-
More Emmaus Benches
Four more Buddy Benches were delivered this week, by Tony and Allan, to Emmaus Catholic Co...
-
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Old MacDonald Childcare asked us to build them 8 planter boxes in the shape of cows. Our P...
-
Balcony Seating
After quite a few months of work, Ian P completed making L-shaped seating boxes for hi...
-
Creating a Scene
Last November, CatholicCare asked our Shed if we could make a Nativity Scene for them, to ...
-
Buddy Benches for Local primary School
We made two Buddy Benches for Bennett Road Primary School. They were painted bright colour...
-
Making Myna Bird Traps
We were asked by the Blacktown City Council to make twenty Myna bird traps. These traps ar...
-
Blackboard for Penrith Council
Dave Greaves, John Webster and various other members are building a Blackboard for Penrith...
-
No Loafing Around
Ken H did such a good job with the four Picnic tables for Rutherglen Community Centre at B...
-
Scott's Rocking Chair
Pauline Attard from Penrith FACS asked us to help find a rocking chair for one of her hous...
-
Family Heirloom Refurbished
Jason, Our resident French Polisher, has refurbished this cupboard for Owen. The Cupboard...
-
Emmaus Benches
After being approached by Allan, Emmaus Catholic College ordered two Buddy Benches for the...
-
NADO Project
We made a box filled with different shaped wooden blocks for the people at NADO Penrith. I...
-
Jack and Jill Seat
At a Bunnings Warehouse BBQ late last year, a woman named Leanne Ongley from South Wentwor...
-
Holy Cross
JP Abood brought to us a large wooden cross that CatholicCare had purchased. It is designe...
-
Dolls House
We made some dolls houses earlier this year. Jean Pierre Abood, from CatholicCare at Mamre...
-
Busy Boards
Established in 1972, Playgroup NSW is the peak body representing playgroups across the sta...
