Crisis at Christmas mission!

Good! Layed some carpet tiles and flooring and moved fridges! I don’t have any group photos so if anyone can share?! Here’s one from my journey home instead!

Additional report from Hilary

Back again at the Crisis Christmas Warehouse last night with a wide range of GoodGym area representation - Camden, Islington, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and even as far away as Barnet. It's lovely to have folks from the different groups come together (if perhaps a shame you can't always tell who everyone is due to fairly extensive face maskage...)

This evening, task owner Richard set us to work on three different things. One team got creative with some floor tiles, making a pleasant working environment for volunteers who'll be helping with some of the donations coming into the Warehouse and providing a welcoming area when those donations are dropped off. I know from personal experience that it's harder than it looks to get those floor tiles lined up, so well done team, the pattern looked great.

Another group helped with some of the areas in the Warehouse that'll be used to store donations. The Warehouse itself is a bit on the dusty side, so this meant laying out a plastic flooring that will then be kept clean (shoes off! ... or more likely shoe coverings on) for the donations. Well done on not trampling more dust all over them. Between the big areas of black plastic and the patterned floor tiles, this part of the Warehouse now has something of a dance floor vibe.

A third team were tasked with moving some donated fridges to various parts of the Warehouse where they'll be needed. Quite a few hands went up quickly for this job, but that was probably before we found out we'd have to carry a couple up a flight of stairs... In the end, many hands made light (ish) work, but we had a bit of fun getting them standing up in one of their locations. Some problem solving skills came to the fore and we were able to get them in place without ruining any ceiling tiles or breaking the glass fridge doors in the process.

All in all, great work and lots more to do, so look forward to seeing you folks again at the sessions coming up.