We’re building
a shed in Derby!
What sort of shed? Who is it for? Can you be involved?
Follow our story and see how you can be part of the
most exciting community venture for Derby in 2026…
Find out more about our Partners and Supporters here…
Our Story so far…
You may have heard of the Men’s Sheds movement (click on the picture to find out more about that). In late 2024, following that lead a group of people in Derby decided they would like to set up their own ‘Shed’ in the Oakwood area. It wouldn’t be just for men though, the idea was that our ‘Shed’ would be inclusive; men and women, young and old – in short anyone who wanted to be involved would be welcome…
Get involved with our shed…
Connect
There are several ways you can get involved; ask to join our Facebook group, come to one of our regular monthly meetings, join in one of our ‘pop up’ events or meet with us at local events in Derby.
Converse
We encourage all our members to get together, chat, learn, and exchange knowledge and skills
Create
Our shed will be a creative space. Primarily a workshop but also somewhere to perhaps just meet and engage in a range of crafting or hobby activities.
In the Autumn of 2025, Oakwood Neighbourhood Shed managed to secure a partnership with Leisure United, who offered us a potential site, next to their sports facility on the Old Racecourse in Derby.
The Old Racecourse is next door to Derbyshire County Cricket Ground and we are excited to start planning the site for our new Shed there. It will take planning, finance and effort to realise our ambition, but with your help we hope to get there during 2026.
Click on the logo image or button below to see our plans for the project…
Latest News
Read about all the latest adventures we are having getting our Shed up and running. Click on a story title to read more…
Our Second Pop Up
February 14, 2026
Our Second Pop-up event of the year has proved a popular. Twelve Shedders Came along to the pop up on the 31st January, and we welcomed some new members as well as our regular contributors. Things went really well and we are already planning our 3rd pop up for the 28th February . Fortunately the
Freeze a Jolly good Fellow !
January 13, 2026
Saturday 10th January ’26 was a beautifully bright winter’s day but bitterly cold. Still, several of our shedders braved the cold for our first pop up shed of the year. Soon we had shrugged off the ice and snow as the sawdust really started to fly ! by the end of the day we had
Shedders “go to pot”
January 8, 2026
27 Dec 2025 Thanks to our friends at AGE UK Derby, We got an invite to take part in this year’s British Senior Snooker at the Vaillant stadium . We set up our stand and got quite a few enquiries, we even got the chance to explain what shedding was all about to the producer