The Henfield Community Shed
Welcome to the Henfield Community Shed where everyone is welcome!
The Henfield Shed is fully operational and working from Small Dole.
Unfortunately the charity had no option but to move from Henfield
in September 2024, as we were unable to secure a new location in
the village. Luckily for us, and the village community as a whole, a
local family came forward and offered us a temporary location which
has allowed us to continue to operate as we did previously. We
remain incredibly grateful to him and his wife for providing us this
lifeline.
The Henfield Shed has been active since December 2017 and since
this time we have been very lucky to be able to operate from two
High Street locations. This allowed members of the village and the
wider community to drop in and bring jobs and repairs into us. Since
then we have repaired and built literally 100’s of projects for you,
local organisations and other charities. I am pleased to report that
since our move out of the village we are still very active and pick up
work via Facebook, the internet, phone, email and our presence in
the Repair café, that runs from the Haven.
Please use any of the links listed below to make contact with us: we
can arrange to pick up any item for repair or take the job details and
make whatever you require.
How do we get in touch with the Shed?
E-mail: info@Henfieldshed.org.uk
send us a message via our Facebook page or our contact us page
or phone Pete Tiplady on 07933 687556.
Thank you once again for your support over the years
Pete Gumbrell on behalf of the Trustees
Become a Member
The Henfield Shed is a dedicated, friendly and welcoming meeting place where people can come together.
Help Us – Donate
We don’t receive funds from the government and are constantly fundraising to resource our activities in support of our mission.
Without the kindness and generosity of people like you, we’d never achieve our mission.
Need Help?
Have a project you want help with? We take pride in supporting our local community and work together to complete hands-on community projects.
The Henfield Shed
The purpose of The Henfield Shed is to provide a place in the community where people can come together to pursue practical individual or community interest
The Henfield Shed provides a shared space in the community where people can get together to pursue practical individual or community interests, share resources and skill-share (e.g. woodwork, metalwork and making or mending a diverse range of items), in an informal friendly environment.
The aim of the Shed is to offer a relaxed atmosphere where members can learn, and share, skills and it provides social interaction and avoids loneliness.
Most of the work we do is as a result of enquiries from local people or community organisations. If you have a practical bit of work that you need help with, then come and see us when the Shed is open between 9.30 and 12.30pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday mornings. We are situated behind Southdown Galleries in the High Street. We’ll always give you an honest opinion as to whether we can help!
If you are interested in joining or re-joining the Shed, please use the ‘Join Our Shed’ link at the top of the page, or simply visit the Shed when it is open and have a chat with us.
Some Henfield Shed facts
Number of repair or build projects we have undertaken since we opened our doors, up to December 2023 = 826. NB: this figure does not include jobs we have undertaken free of charge, or community projects
The most popular being:
Nesting boxes x 85
Hedgehog houses x 64
Swift boxes x 28
Bird feeders x 15
Bug houses x 38
Wooden hand crafted pens x 115
Almost all of these jobs were completed using recycled wood, which in the current sustainable world is a great achievement.
Number of community projects = 42
Community groups for whom we have done work:
Brownies
Free Church
St Peter’s Church
Parish Council
Corpus Christi Church
Community Partnership
Warren Playgroup
The Bowls Club
Girl Guides
The British Legion
The Bird Watch Group
Youth Club
The Haven
St Michael and All Angels Church, Partridge Green
Red Oaks
St Peter’s School
During the first Covid lockdown the Shed made dozens of NHS rainbows for the village, the proceeds for which were donated to the Haven. One of these rainbows found its way to New Zealand!
Updates
The Henfield Community Shed Christmas Lunch 2023
The Henfield Haven was host to the Henfield Shed Christmas Lunch on Tuesday.
The Henfield Shed would like to express our very sincere thanks to the volunteers of the Haven who enthusiastically turned out to staff this event in place of the paid staff who were not able to work because of seasonal illnesses. We wish them all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Our stall at late night shopping in Henfield was wonderfully busy! Thank you to everyone who supported the stall let alone all the wonderful customers coming to chat with us and buy some of our lovely things, it really helps us keep the work we do for the community going, so thank you!
