Waltham Forest

Group run

Cold hands but warm hearts on the Big Local news drop

5 GoodGymers made their way 5km to help the William Morris Big Local in Waltham Forest.

  • Tony
  • Rowena Ward
  • Katriona Goldmann
  • Sarah Whitehouse
  • Rachel Mayer
 
Wednesday, 7th of December 2022
 
Led by Redbridge runner

Five jolly Goodgym-ers (Katrina, Rachel, Rowena, Sarah and Tony) braved the cold temperatures and hit the streets of Walthamstow to deliver community news magazines for William Morris Big Local, a fabulous, resident-led community initiative that supports, runs and funds projects in the William Morris ward to make a positive difference to the area and its people.

We pounded the pavements for an hour or so, going door to door until our fingers went numb, and we covered some good ground. We all gained a bit of extra respect for our local posties, and the community news looked so interesting that we each took a copy home for a bit of bedtime reading!

Special kudos and a huge welcome go to the amazing Rachel, who moved to London a mere FOUR days ago and joined Goodgym immediately as a way to get to know people in her new community. That’s the spirit, Rachel! We sincerely hope that tonight’s chilly mission didn’t put you off, and that we’ll see you again very soon!

Well done to everyone who joined – together we made light work of our task. This was our last Wednesday group run of the year, so Merry Christmas all, and let’s hope 2023 brings some more brilliant missions our way!

Report written by Sarah Whitehouse


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Redbridge runner
Friday December 9th, 2022 13:00

Well done everyone and welcome Rachel!

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Julia (Redbridge)
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GoodGym Area Activator for Redbridge. Slow and steady runner, nature lover and community believer:)

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