30-07-2025
Expo set to help men's physical, mental health
Taieri Blokes Shed members will promote good health at an event next month. PHOTO: SAM HENDERSON
An event next month will be an opportunity for a wellbeing pit stop.
The Taieri Blokes Shed is hosting a Men's Health Expo on Saturday, August 9.
Taieri Blokes Shed member Ian Miller said the event was an opportunity stay on top of wellbeing.
"Because men don't talk about their own health very much at all."
The event, from 9.30am-1pm, at Mosgiel Presbyterian Church, will feature stallholders from a range of organisations.
"We have got about 14 or 15 different health stalls where the individual can talk one-on-one."
Men will be able to explore health services such as hearing tests, blood pressure checks, mole mapping, podiatry and medical bracelets.
They will be able to find information on Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis, diabetes and prostate cancer and learn about receiving support for mobility, mental health and grief.
"You can go and visit each stall holder and talk to them on what you think you might have a health issue on."
Mr Miller said the Taieri Blokes Shed, as part of the shared Menz Shed movement across the country was built to help men's health and wellbeing.
"It is for retired men, or mainly retired men, to have somewhere to go, have fellowship, talk about things, create things."
The movement had a renewed focus on promoting men's health, Mr Miller said.
The event is an opportunity to get information from stallholders about health concerns and is a chance to learn about the next steps to stay on top of wellbeing. The day will also include talks by New Zealand First MP Mark Patterson and Helicopters Otago owner Graeme Gale.
