The Henfield Community Shed
Welcome to the Henfield Community Shed where everyone is welcome!
Exciting News – Henfield Shed is moving!
The Henfield Shed is currently in the process of moving from our current premises in the High Street, to our new temporary location 1.2 miles away. Please note our last day working in Henfield will be Saturday 10th August.
Following our plea in July’s BN5 and on Facebook, a local family came forward to offer us a new, temporary location in Small Dole. We are incredibly grateful to him and his wife for providing us a lifeline, albeit for the next couple of years. What a great community we live in and how good Social media can be, if used in the right way. I would like to thank every one of you who took the time to post your support and to suggest a number of site locations where we could set-up our charity, all of which were investigated.
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 webpage
or phone Pete on 07770 935709.
We have been very lucky to be able to operate from two High Street location since 2017. This has 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 100’s of projects for you, local organisations and other charities. We hope moving to Small Dole will not stop this and we are in the process of working out how we can meet face-to-face again to take in work. Until we can formulate a plan, please can I ask that you use the links listed above 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.
Thank you once again for your support over the years
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 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!
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
