I recently contributed to a thoughtful podcast for a series called ‘Common Ground’, produced for an international audience via an organisation based in Greece called TOPOSOPHY.
If you are interested in how communities are dealing with loneliness around the world, including through Men’s Sheds, you might like to listen and share with others. ‘From little things, big things grow’. What follows is the podcast blurb and a link to listen.
‘How can urban spaces support the mental wellbeing of a community? What might a morning spent gardening do for someone’s happiness? And how can the simple concept of a shed bring people together? In this episode, Robin Hewings – Programme Director at Campaign to End Loneliness UK – breaks down how the built environment impacts our wellbeing, author and academic Barry Golding chats to us about the phenomenon of Men’s Sheds in Australia and Philip Nichols CEO of Spitalfields City Farm in London explains the benefits of community gardens’.
Barry Golding 