What a night!

We had a years best attendance with 16 people joining us over the course of the evening.

We started out with two tasks. The majority of us headed to Peckham Rye's Tiny Forest. There we helped weed around the small trees, making sure they have the best chance to grow. We also cleared out any litter we found as well.

Emma led a smaller group to Traid in Peckham to help with changing their clothes over.

We then headed to Peckham Bowls for our monthly social, where we were joined by Andrada and Anna B. We played an hour of bowls, including a pizza break. Well done to Emma and Rosalind and Chloe and myself for winning the bowls in the competitions.

Finally, we headed to the Ivy House, managing to squeeze in between tables to watch England win 4-2!

Last Wednesday we went to Red Post Hill area to do some more flyering for GROAD.

First to arrive at our meeting point was Denzel, followed by Sam, Nelly, David, Steve and James. After a quick warm-up, we ran together to Red Post Hill.

Once we arrived, I gave out the leaflets and we split up into pairs and (after some confusion) I divvied up the roads that we needed to flyer. Daryl and Gemma arrived soon after. By the time Isaac arrived, I had very few leaflets left...!

After we'd finished the leaflets, we managed to all find each other again, and we ran back to Old Spike. Great work team!

We met at Old Spike on a hot May evening before heading out for a warm-up. Our route took us through Peckham Rye Park and over to Nunhead Cemetery, where we were welcomed by the volunteer team and set to work litter-picking around the grounds.

The cemetery was especially beautiful at that time of day with the evening light coming through the trees. By the end of the session, we’d collected four bags of litter before heading back to Peckham to round off the evening with sundowner drinks at Frank’s rooftop bar.

5 good gymmers ran to Kelly Avenue Park to help Tracey prep the area for a big delivery of mulch. Digging 2 pits was quite the work out but Tracey kept us energised by generously handing out biscuits! We'll be back in June for part 2!

We enjoyed a lovely, sunny run over to Old Alleynian Rugby Club. Once there, we got stuck into a few tasks for the evening, including sweeping the astro, scraping paint, and planting sunflowers 🌻. To round off the session, we had a fun game of touch rugby. As it was Ian’s birthday, we also got to celebrate with some well-earned cake before heading back.