Barts and Crafts

14 Goodgymers helped their local community in Tower Hamlets
Moona
Ritchie Xavier
Lobo
Aine Hester
Heather
Fiona M
Rohan
Johnny
Grace Tribe
Laura Williams
Sarah Morrison
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Tower Hamlets

Monday 6th March 2023

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Aine Hester
Aine Hester

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Fiona M
Fiona M

REPORT WRITER

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Laura Williams
Laura Williams

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Report written by Laura Williams

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  • Teams were divided into two this evening, for a fantastic couple of activities at the Royal London hospital.

  • We were joining the Barts Volunteers team, to help assemble activity packs, and distribute surveys.

  • Tonight's report was written by Task Force members, Áine and Fiona (who also came up with tonight's pun).

Writes Áine, "Laura and Richard gathered a GoodGym gang of 9 to head to the 7th floor and the Paediatrics ward. The group split into pairs and after a quick intro from Richard, each pair had a chat with a patient and their family to get some feedback and fill in a form. This process is essential so that the Trust can gather feedback from all of their patients.

The conversations were wide ranging and interesting: Simon even recruited one dad to join GoodGym. We covered all wards on the 7th floor in good time, (including a detour to retrieve two GoodGymers from 7D) with the group managing to return safely with completed surveys to our arts and crafts comrades for a final group photo."

Writes Fiona, "Downstairs the activities group worked diligently to put together small craft packs, which can bring a smile and help patients to feel calmer and pass the time, particularly during longer hospital stays. The group also made up packs of food- themed communication cards. These are a vital tool at mealtimes for patients for whom English may not be their first language, or for those who have difficulties with hearing or speaking.

All this was accompanied by an epic soundtrack of film songs, provided by the Barts team, to motivate us through. Top points go to Sree and Mona who were strongest at guessing the artist and film!"


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John Shirley

Tue 7th Mar 2023 at 10:20am

Sounds great. See you next week

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