Martin Corrick obituary

My father, Martin Corrick, who has died aged 80, was a novelist and teacher: writing and social justice ran through his life, including in the fields of adult education and governor training, and in setting up the Gosport Men’s Shed. He was aware of local deprivation and that, with his own feelings of depression and isolation, led to the setting up of the Shed in 2013, to provide company and activities for men. An Isle of Wight film-maker, David George, made Better Shed Than Dead about it in 2014.

It took hard work and negotiation on Martin’s part in the early years, and it is now a Gosport institution, with 170 members, and has helped to start other men’s sheds. Its yellow T-shirted members appear at every local event.