1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,520 S1: We heard a rumor this morning from home is where 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:05,480 S1: the heart is that a WA men's shed has won 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:08,640 S1: a National award for Community Impact, and we've tracked down 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,879 S1: that shed already. Mike Murphy is with the Cockburn Community 5 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:15,240 S1: Men's Shed, I believe. Congratulations are in order, Mike. Good morning. 6 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,640 S2: Good morning. And yes they are. Absolutely. Well, then. 7 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,599 S1: You are the winner of the Community Impact award. What 8 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:22,439 S1: does all that mean? 9 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,440 S2: Um, we are the winner of the Community Impact award 10 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:31,160 S2: from the Australian Men's Sheds Association, which is the federal body, obviously. 11 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,120 S2: But we also won shed of the year, which is, uh, 12 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,520 S2: the overarching. Yeah, I know. Yeah. Oh, wow. Yeah. There 13 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,880 S2: are 1200 sheds in in Australia, and we won the 14 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,159 S2: National Shed of the year award for being obviously the 15 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:46,239 S2: best shed around. 16 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:47,960 S3: Yeah. So what does that, what does that mean? What, 17 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:49,400 S3: what makes the best shed? 18 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,440 S2: Um, well there were four categories you could enter in 19 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,000 S2: under and we entered under the Community Impact Award, which 20 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,880 S2: was basically sheds doing great things in the community. Uh, 21 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,559 S2: the Cockburn Community men's shed, there's a whole bunch of 22 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,920 S2: things in our local community and for our local community. 23 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,399 S2: And for example, we have had students from the local 24 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,380 S2: high school, the local primary school where we have the 25 00:01:14,420 --> 00:01:17,619 S2: uni people in from the local university doing a health 26 00:01:17,620 --> 00:01:22,020 S2: and nutrition thing yesterday where they gave us bananas and yoghurt. Um, 27 00:01:22,060 --> 00:01:27,140 S2: we are a registered activity provider for work with the dole. Um, 28 00:01:27,180 --> 00:01:31,380 S2: we have interactions with people overseas. We send stuff to 29 00:01:31,420 --> 00:01:35,060 S2: the Philippines. Um, and we're working with a mob, uh, 30 00:01:35,060 --> 00:01:37,980 S2: who are trying to improve the health and wellbeing of 31 00:01:37,980 --> 00:01:40,259 S2: people in India at the moment. That's just to name 32 00:01:40,260 --> 00:01:41,380 S2: a couple very diverse. 33 00:01:41,420 --> 00:01:42,940 S1: How many members have you got, Mike? 34 00:01:43,620 --> 00:01:47,660 S2: Um, at last count, 107. Right. That goes up and down. 35 00:01:47,660 --> 00:01:51,140 S2: It generally increases throughout the year. And then our membership 36 00:01:51,140 --> 00:01:53,500 S2: fees come due on the 1st of June and we 37 00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:56,020 S2: lose a few. And then throughout the year we go 38 00:01:56,020 --> 00:01:56,540 S2: back up again. 39 00:01:56,580 --> 00:01:58,460 S1: Right. And men and women or just men? 40 00:01:59,100 --> 00:02:01,220 S2: Just men. Okay. We're just a men's shed. 41 00:02:01,260 --> 00:02:03,980 S1: Okay. And when you look at what you do, what's 42 00:02:03,980 --> 00:02:06,860 S1: the age group looking at doing that type of work? 43 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:10,419 S2: You have you have to be over 18 because you 44 00:02:10,419 --> 00:02:13,419 S2: have to be an adult. And other than that, we 45 00:02:13,419 --> 00:02:18,780 S2: are primarily a retired guys shed. Okay. Not exclusively. We 46 00:02:18,780 --> 00:02:20,419 S2: have a lot of fly in, fly out guys. We 47 00:02:20,419 --> 00:02:23,980 S2: have guys who can't work for whatever reason. Um, we 48 00:02:23,980 --> 00:02:26,790 S2: have a few veterans who come along. 49 00:02:27,669 --> 00:02:29,590 S3: And do you make things in there? I always thought 50 00:02:29,630 --> 00:02:32,190 S3: Men's Shed was where blokes got in and made things. 51 00:02:32,990 --> 00:02:35,829 S2: Oh they do? Yeah. Yeah. Um, every shed is run differently. 52 00:02:35,830 --> 00:02:37,950 S2: So what I tell you about our shed may not 53 00:02:37,950 --> 00:02:40,030 S2: be true about the shed in Esperance or the shed 54 00:02:40,030 --> 00:02:44,150 S2: in Kununurra, but our shed is primarily a woodworking shed. 55 00:02:44,150 --> 00:02:47,470 S2: But we have a huge metal workshop as well. And 56 00:02:47,470 --> 00:02:50,030 S2: the guys come along and they either make something for themselves, 57 00:02:50,030 --> 00:02:53,150 S2: their family or friends, or we give them something to 58 00:02:53,190 --> 00:02:55,190 S2: make and there's something to make. Could be something for 59 00:02:55,190 --> 00:02:57,989 S2: the local high school. We made a couple of big 60 00:02:58,030 --> 00:03:00,310 S2: table tennis tables for the local high school that they 61 00:03:00,310 --> 00:03:02,990 S2: wanted a big steel base on it so nobody could 62 00:03:02,990 --> 00:03:05,310 S2: remove it on the weekend when they weren't there. Yeah, 63 00:03:05,350 --> 00:03:09,830 S2: we've done ice cream carts for the local old folks home. Um, 64 00:03:09,870 --> 00:03:13,070 S2: you know, so we do lots of things for the community. 65 00:03:13,110 --> 00:03:15,390 S1: Good on you, mate. Congratulations. That's when the shed of 66 00:03:15,389 --> 00:03:18,630 S1: the year. All those sheds around Australia. That's amazing. Uh, 67 00:03:18,669 --> 00:03:20,710 S1: enjoy the celebrations, Mike. Good on you. 68 00:03:21,350 --> 00:03:22,150 S2: Thank you very much. 69 00:03:22,190 --> 00:03:24,950 S1: Good on you, Mike Murphy there. Coburn mentioned I've been 70 00:03:24,950 --> 00:03:26,269 S1: to a few mentioned. It's good. Good. 71 00:03:26,470 --> 00:03:27,510 S3: It's got a great idea. 72 00:03:27,550 --> 00:03:30,030 S1: There's quite a few now that have women that actually 73 00:03:30,030 --> 00:03:32,950 S1: go to the men's shed as well. That probably changed 74 00:03:32,950 --> 00:03:35,710 S1: the way that the sheds were designed originally. It's up 75 00:03:35,710 --> 00:03:37,430 S1: to each shed to work out what they want to do.