It opened 18 months ago in a small shed at the church, but quickly outgrew the building.

After a year-long search the shed has moved into an old residence building on the church premises that can accommodate all 50 of its members.

‘‘Council offered us a site but then that fell through and the church came on board and donated this residence to us,’’ Kiama Uniting Church Men’s Shed chairperson Ian Yabsley said.

‘‘We then got some grants from the State Government and local government to upgrade the building to give it suitable disabled access and that sort of thing.’’

The move to a bigger building has also allowed the Men’s Shed to upgrade its tools and work spaces.

‘‘We’ve got some really excellent machinery in here now, the kind of tools and machines that only somebody who was a tradesman might have, and that means we can do a lot of things here now,’’ Mr Yabsley said.

The Men’s Shed enables its members to work on their own projects and also help out on community projects in an inclusive environment.

‘‘The Men’s Shed is an inclusive environment, it seems that men get along and communicate better shoulder to shoulder, rather than face-to-face,’’ he said.

‘‘We probably spend a third of the time here working on our own projects, a third of the time working on community projects and a third of the time having a chat over a cup of tea.’’

Men of any age are invited to join the Men’s Shed.

The organisation is also on the lookout for new members and community projects to assist with.

The shed is open Tuesday and Thursday from 9.30am-3.30pm.