# GAINSBOROUGH MEN'S SHED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1205087
- **Other names:** GREENER GAINSBOROUGH
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Oct. 5, 2023
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1205087


## Contact

- **Address:** 17 Stirlin Place, Willoughton Drive, GAINSBOROUGH, Lincolnshire
- **Postcode:** DN21 1NF
- **Phone:** 07300869422
- **Email:** gainsborough.mensshed@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.gainsboroughmensshed.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people particularly but not exclusively men aged 18 or over and women, within Gainsborough from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society through the provision of facilities in which they can meet jointly or individually to undertake creative, physical or recreational activities, learn or pass on skills and knowledge and support each other socially. for the purpose of this clause 'socially excluded' 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).2. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR INDIVIDUALS IN GAINSBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

**Activities:** We provide a safe, welcoming space in Gainsborough where adults can meet, reduce loneliness and improve well-being. We offer creative, physical and recreational activities, opportunities to learn and share skills, and social support for people experiencing isolation due to age, ill health, bereavement, unemployment or financial hardship.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Lincolnshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £12420 | £8407 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Ian Burgess — appointed Nov. 16, 2023
- Nigel Bowler — appointed Oct. 5, 2023
- Sandra Kemp — appointed Oct. 5, 2023
- Sheila Goodall — appointed Oct. 5, 2023