Tower Hamlets

Community mission

Egg baguettes for lunch!

1 GoodGymer made their way to help the LinkAge Plus Project in Tower Hamlets.

  • Emdad Rahman
 
Tuesday, 6th of October 2020
 
Led by Laura Williams

These short lunch missions are a great chance to return to your desk with a sense of purpose and a spring in your step.

Three egg baguette lunches and a slow 5K run (selfies take time you know). After picking up my deliveries from St Hilda’s East I met an elderly gent who thanked Goodgym Tower Hamlets for saving his dignity and keeping him sane.

Many of our seniors will be feeling disillusioned and neglected through no particular fault of anyone but as a result of the peculiar circumstances we’re faced with.

It is therefore vital that we knock, call, text, Skype, email, FaceTime and do whatever is needed to stay in touch with one another.

For many of our seniors these brief lunch visits are a lifeline.

I say this with no exaggeration at all.

#GoodGym #CoronaChronicles #TheAnfieldTourist #TheWanderingLondoner

Report written by Emdad Rahman


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Laura Williams
Laura Williams
Thursday October 8th, 2020 16:03

Anither great report, and fantastic pics!

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