Background
The Men’s Shed movement started in Australia. The movement grew fast as a social and workshop environment for men of all ages from 18-90+ who found themselves retired, out of work, and/or with disabilities or just plain bored. They had time on their hands and the Men’s Shed movement was born.
The Men’s Shed concept has proved exciting and useful.
IDMS Development
IDMS was set up when a group of men decided that they wanted to have a Men’s Shed in Inverurie in 2014. In the first instance, with no permanent premises, we met up at the old Community Centre.
Inverurie and District Men’s Shed was registered as a not-for-profit charity , SCIO SC044965 on 2-July-2014, being duly constituted with a board and members.
With help and encouragement from Aberdeenshire Council, we applied for grants and a successful application for a Community Asset Transfer provided us with our premises at Unit 19, Harlaw Way, Inverurie. After extensive works carried out by our members, the building was converted into a workshop to house woodworking and metalworking equipment and also a clean room and craft area.
Thanks to funding from the NHS Grampian Endowment Small Grants Fund we bought two portacabins in 2016 and converted them to provide a social area, a kitchen and toilets along with the provision of disabled facilities.
IDMS provides not just an escape but a place to meet other men, enjoy social company and either pass on their own skills or learn new ones.
Being operated by the members themselves gives the incentive to make the IDMS a success. There is no one in charge; the members run the charity by a board of trustees and all have equal say.
So IDMS is a community within a community and becomes part of the larger social structure, designing and making, for example, fences, park benches or memorials. The men decide, based on the skills they have, what form these community projects take.
Board of Trustees
Inverurie and District Men’s Shed (IDMS) is a registered charity and is run by the members themselves. There is no one in charge. All have an equal say.
The Shed is run by a Board of Trustees who have been elected by the members.
One of the main aims of the Board is to ensure the provision of a friendly, welcoming environment for men to congregate.
The responsibilities of the Trustees include:
ensuring that the charity fulfils its charitable purposes and
looking after the charity’s assets.
The Charity Trustee duties under the 2005 Act set out a broad framework including the legal requirements that all charity trustees must work within.
Further details relating to the Trustees can be found within the Constitution.
Members are eligible to join the Board of Trustees.
The ‘Trustee Application Form’ is available to download as an Adobe Acrobat PDF document.
To view the ‘Trustee Application Form” in Adobe Reader PDF format, you will need Adobe Reader.
You can complete the Trustee Application Form and send it to us, either by personally delivering the application form or by post.
Download the ‘Trustee Application Form’ in PDF format
IDMS Constitution
IDMS Constitution
The ‘IDMS Constitution’ is available to download as an Adobe Acrobat PDF document.
Download the ‘IDMS Constitution’
IDMS Privacy Statement, Disclaimer and Terms and Conditions
IDMS Inverurie and District Men’s Shed Privacy Statement (Dated 06-May-2026)
We do not share your information with third parties unless legally obliged to do so.
Personal information is only available to the Trustees and Supervisors of Inverurie and District Men’s Shed with the exception of Members’ email addresses which are available to all members.
We are not responsible for the content of external websites.
Inverurie and District Men’s Shed is a member of the Scottish Men’s Shed Association (SMSA).
Shed Membership is for existing Men’s Sheds or Shed Developing Groups, and offers a wide range of support and benefits.
Individual Shed Members also have access to SMSA documents and policies compliant within Scottish Law, so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel when starting your Shed.
As members of the Scottish Men’s Shed Association, the following documents are relevant to Inverurie and District Men’s Shed and apply to its members: