Diabetes Ireland is currently taking part in a research project with the Irish Men’s Sheds Association (IMSA).

This project called “Shedding Light on Men’s Health: Evaluating the scalability of a community-based men’s health promotion programme ‘Sheds for Life’.

Kildare and Waterford are currently in the middle of their 10 week programmer where many aspects of health and lifestyle are covered by a number of stakeholder organisations.

Diabetes Ireland are highlighting the risks for Type 2 Diabetes and steps to take to help prevent this condition with the sheds.

For further information on the Irish Men’s Sheds Association (IMSA), please see http://menssheds.ie/shedsforlife/