# SOMERSET LEVELS AND MOORS SHED

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1182815
- **Other names:** BRIDGWATER MEN&#x27;S SHED, SLAMS, SLAMSHED, THE BRIDGWATER SHED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 5, 2019
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1182815


## Contact

- **Address:** Canal Workshop, Canal View, Unit 18, Hamp Industrial Estate, Old Taunton Road
- **Postcode:** Bridgwat
- **Phone:** 01823 400355
- **Email:** info.slamshed@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.slamshed.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PERSONS LIVING IN BRIDGWATER, ITS ADJACENT TOWNS, VILLAGES AND THE ISOLATED RURAL COMMUNITIES OF THE SOMERSET LEVELS AND MOORS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OLDER MEN, PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A VENUE (A &quot;SHED&quot;) OR VENUES (&quot;SHEDS&quot;) IN WHICH THEY CAN MEET AND JOINTLY OR INDIVIDUALLY UNDERTAKE AND SHARE CREATIVE, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THEIR CHOICE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE &quot;SOCIALLY EXCLUDED&quot; MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

**Activities:** We provide an accessible, safe, secure, sociable and inclusive workshop space and related facilities, where members can participate in woodwork and craft activities within the limits of their own abilities; sharing and learning informally from each other.   We support our local community by undertaking projects of community value.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Disability
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Geography

- Somerset





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Gerald Swayne |  | Aug. 10, 2021 |
| Peter J Smith |  | May 26, 2022 |
| Stuart Harry Jackson |  | June 30, 2020 |



