Step by Step funding

• The Health and Europe Centre
• Kent County Council (UK)
• Hampshire County Council (UK)
• University of Chichester (UK)
• Bolwerk (Belgium)
• Wattrelos Association of Community Centres (France)
• ADICE: Association for the Development of Citizen and European Initiatives (France)
• Community Center Jean Ferrat Arques (France)
• Community Centrer De Mussen (Netherlands)
• Wellbeing People UK (UK)

Observer partners:

• the UK Men’s Shed Association
• Department of Work and Pensions.

To improve the health and employment outcomes for men and women through a refreshed ‘third generation’ Kent Sheds model.

The KCC Kent Sheds programme will be combined with significant community outreach experience of other European partners to focus on, into employment and health outcomes in particular.  Work programmes include:

• focus groups to be established in communities in Kent to understand what additional activities may be wanted and additional sheds needed.
• cross-border exchanges and focus groups
• analysis of how to improve physical health checks
• asset based community development outreach initiatives in Kent.

• developing shed health champions to improve health
• digital upskilling, associated with smartphones to encourage uptake of physical activity
• developing informal employment support models to help Kent Shedders into work
• better connections between Shedders, employers and employers’ organisations across the developing Kent Shed network.

The SBS final conference was held on 8 October 2021.

• The Step by Step Men’s Shed Model
• The Step by Step Health Champion Programme
• The Step by Step Health Champion Training Slides
• The Step by Step Employment Model
• The Step by Step Employability Skills Handout
• The Step by Step Skill Builder Training Handout
• The Step by Step Digital Wellbeing Tools

Watch the video of the conference