Men’s Sheds across Ireland, funded by Healthy Ireland collaborated with Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) on how they could support their communities in grief. Whether that was to create a physical place to take grief and loss within a community, or to have a place to go to help with processing grief or to remember someone.
The Men’s Shed in Lismore, West Waterford pondered IHF’s questions and invitation to create such a space with a response that was both poignant and practical. Joe Tobin, their chairperson and well-known postman in the area had recently died.
His role in their community delivering post for many years inspired conversations about writing to those who have died. Through their discussions and the magic of creative thinking, the idea of the Lismore Postbox was born; a sturdy green post-box was made, affixed to the gate, and now has pride of place at the entrance to the Lismore Men’s Shed.
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