We made our way to our monthly Foodbank clean up in the evening sun to be met by a very young family of birds in the air-vent. The team got stuck in, giving the reception area a thorough clean and vacuum whilst the rest of us swept and mopped. Cleaning the foodbank is an ongoing and much needed task, with a physical element and lots of opportunity to chat and socialise too.

After a great effort a little bit of cake helped us on the way courtesy of Ella's baking skills!

Our first Monday task at the Foodbank in Stanway was shared with Girl Guides who were being shown around and were sorting packages. The three of us went about cleaning with the usual vigour. Speedy sweeping and a masterful display of mopping was a good workout to end a Monday on a high.

We hope the clocks springing forward and lighter evenings means Mondays become popular Goodgym evenings.

Tonight Goodgym was all about a little training to test out injuries...and fingers crossed, we gained a little strength and helped rehabilitate!

Our task, unfortunately, was not to be but we made the most of the time with some running and chatting about how much Stanway has grown since the 1990s and looking forward to lighter evenings!

We will return to the Foodbank at the end of March.

If you are around this weekend, come for Parkrun/coffee at Castle Park.

This month Goodgym Colchester took on the January Challenge and ended on a high at Colchester Foodbank. The double motivation of good deeds and adding to the national total of kilometers ran, gave us an extra boost...but as Frazer said, it is good to say goodbye to a long, cold, dark month.

We swept, vacuumed and mopped the warehouse to music and debated whether 70000km would be reached this evening - regardless, over 4500 good deeds is a large impact.

Bring on on February!

A chill in the air and a misty moon, waxing whilst it lights the damp October streets of Stanway. The Goodgym team stealthily negotiate their way to the Foodbank...an early Halloween task and no tricks, just a clean up treat. We spotted the signs of ghosts, ghouls and zombies in the sub-urban upside-down but Stranger Things were about to arrive.

Frazer, approaching an impressive 100 Good Deeds, and I got to work but Em must have missed the Hogwarts Express and arrived on a second hand broom still in her Hogwarts uniform! Three is the magic number and our wands were brushes and mops and our potion was mop bucket water!

Once a year Goodgym gets a little creepy, but as Ron says: "You're a little scary sometimes, you know that? Brilliant...but scary."

Three, that's the magic number (Three) Yes, it is, it's the magic number (Three) Somewhere in this Goodgym soul community Was born three: , Tav Ellaand Bob. And that's the magic number.

A work out that cleaned a whole warehouse with great people.

Triple whammy.