Derby

Community mission

Rubble rubble

4 GoodGymers made their way to help the Derby Womens Centre in Derby.

  • Ashley
  • Naomi Hope
  • Ellen S
  • Amy Stone
 
Saturday, 21st of May 2022
 
Led by Naomi Hope

Today we helped Derby Women's Centre clear their garden, which was full of rubble, old furniture and overgrown weeds. The garden is going to be redone in June, so our job was to remove the rubbish in preparation for the renovation.

We welcomed Amy 👋 to her first task, joining Ashley, Ellen and Naomi to make a super strong team.

With weeds waist-height and rubble everywhere, we knew we had our work cut out for us! We immediately slipped into our roles with Amy on weed digging duty, Ellen and Ashley shoveling rubble into the wheelbarrow and Naomi carrying anything that wasn't nailed down! The skip soon filled up, but determined to use every inch we kept finding small gaps to squash more into, and took a bag of recycling home with us.

This was a physically demanding task, but much better than a weight lifting session or HIIT class as it had the added bonus of helping a brilliant charity that provides such important support for women in Derby.

Thank you to our superstar volunteers for all the muscle power today ... I think it'll be a restful afternoon for us all! ⭐

Report written by Naomi Hope


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