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by defrost 959 days ago
Depends on the groups around the sheds, many seek sponsership or do some fundraising

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdws0rrfK6I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p1mQvyA7NE

others have a central interest (bookbinding | restoring ferries) and get grants based on the projects they undertake.

In the Australian rural district I'm in the local Men's Shed is more of a community shed (plenty of women using the space, doing related work, etc) with a lot of the equipment and land being pooled from the fully and semi retired who use the shed.

I have a tangential computer IT support|consult involvement, donate a bit of free time to give advice, and gave them a 48 TB NAS for pooling DVD collections of days gone by.

Also drones, gps, tractor hacking, etc.