A head to toe workout

3 GoodGymers made their way to help an isolated older person in Southwark.

: Sunday, 18th of November 2018

Here's what Ms S of SE22 had to say about the mission:

'They were great - it's really lovely that such young people are so willing to help. It made such a difference - they turned the bed and even got everything out from under the bed and put it back afterwards. It gave me an opportunity to see what's there, and put some things aside for the charity shop.'

Ms S of SE22, mission beneficiary

Anna, Sylvie and I met on Sunday morning in East Dulwich to help Ms T feel more comfortable at home. Since coming home from hospital a couple of weeks ago with a hospital bed Ms T had been having to sleep with her head at the opposite end to the way she wanted so our job was to rotate the bed by 180 degrees. It involved quite a bit of to and fro and moving things around but we made full use of the electric bed, raising it up really high made it so much easier to reach the things that were underneath. While we worked we had a good chat and shared a few laughs with Ms T who was very grateful that we’d been able to help her. All in all it was a very enjoyable and rewarding mission.

Report written by Beth Hoskins

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