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and from in the mendip district in somerset has just 28000 residents but it boasts an extraordinary health services network run by doctors and dedicated locals. today a few of them are paying a visit to the men's shed. it's a workshop designed to combat social isolation. men often find it harder to admit they're lonely than women. patrick abraham started the project 2 years ago. if you put 12 men over 65 in a room and said talk to each other about your life your relationships your health and your aspirations 6 will leave the room immediately and the other 6 will sit around the walls and say nothing if you throw a broken little mother in there and say hey guys fix that within 2 hours that will know who knows what other is a skills they have who they are and then names and everything else. the longer people are socially isolated the tougher it is for them to reintegrate that's how it was for even williams after a long stint living in australia he returned to frome 2 years ago. although his sister lives here he's had trouble meeting people in my file so i'm a bit on the you know like a group