{"id":5945,"date":"2026-03-20T16:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=5945"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:51:18","slug":"south-woodham-ferrers-mens-shed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=5945","title":{"rendered":"South Woodham Ferrers Men\u2019s Shed"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5945\" class=\"elementor elementor-5945\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1f298f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f1f298f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9404bdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9404bdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"238\" data-end=\"537\">Sir John recently visited the South Woodham Ferrers Men\u2019s Shed, a community hub that provides friendship, discussion and creative opportunities for local residents. The Men\u2019s Shed has become a welcoming space where people can come together, share skills and strengthen community connections.<\/p><p data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"863\">During his visit, Sir John met with John Bevan, the Chair of the organisation, to discuss a potential move to new premises and explore fundraising opportunities that could help the shed expand its reach. The conversation highlighted both the challenges and the exciting possibilities for growing this vital local resource.<\/p><p data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"1193\">Sir John expressed how inspiring it was to meet those who dedicate their time and energy to building community spirit. He praised the Men\u2019s Shed for creating a place where people can connect, learn, and contribute to their neighbourhood, and emphasised the importance of supporting initiatives that bring communities together.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir John visits South Woodham Ferrers Men\u2019s Shed, meeting Chair John Bevan to discuss new premises and fundraising, learning firsthand about the organisation\u2019s work to foster friendship, creativity, and community spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5945"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5954,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5945\/revisions\/5954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}