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Wed 5th Nov at 6:30pm
Hounslow Report written by Anastasia Hancock (she/her)
It was all about the wildlife in Chiswick tonight as we delivered information locally about hedgehogs underneath the beaver moon!
Wild Chiswick is an organisation which works to protect vulnerable animals in the area. There have been recent sightings of hedgehogs for the first time in years at Strand on the Green and Jo, who runs the project, wanted to make sure the population continues to grow. Our job for the night was to deliver information leaflets to houses in the area so they knew how to care for hedgehogs, improve their habitats and help them thrive!
We divided up into teams and, like the well oiled machine we are, started delivering the leaflets at impressive speed.
We were done before we knew it, so meeting back up with Jo, we posed for some photos under Justin Beaver. (thanks for the punspiration!)
Then it was back to the town hall for a short but sweet tabata session working our major muscle groups.
The good news? The task was very effective - Jo got an enquiry about creating a habitat before the evening was out! Amazing work.
We have a couple of weekend missions coming up. Fancy taking part in a huge bulb planting task at Chiswick House??
Or maybe some hedge care in Heston is up your street.
Either way you'll be kicking off the weekend doing something positive for your community and getting in a great work out!
Wed 3rd Dec at 6:30pm
Tue 4th Nov at 6:30pm
Westminster Report written by Anastasia Hancock (she/her)
It was fantastic to welcome Claudia to her very first task last night - great to have you join us! It was also a pleasure to have GG record breaker John back in Westminster, and to see Jacquie and Kamil for our session too.
It was our return trip to St Andrew's last night - little did we know that we'd get a task that truly put us through our paces!
The brief - move six heavy tables from the garage to the storage area. The challenge - the stairs! And not to only that, but these tables were heavy. Really heavy!
Not to be deterred, we happily shifted the bases first. This did involve some technical corner based manoeuvering but didn't pose too much of a problem.Then came the table tops! This was the true work out for the evening.
First one went up - tough but not too bad. Then the second one came and we had a stroke of luck with two gym goers willing to give us a hand. Unfortunately their good will only last the space of one journey, so the last four were left to us. Muscles engaged, we lifted, shifted and pivoted until all the tables were safely in their new home. What a test of endurance! Adrian, who runs the club was really pleased we managed the task, one that he said they would have struggled to make happen - so great work everybody.
Next Tuesday we will have another session - I"m just confirming exactly what it will be so watch this space but hope to see you then!
Wed 5th Nov at 2:02pm
Good to see you again Ana, and to meet Claudia and Kamil. That was one of my hardest ever tasks
Mon 3rd Nov at 6:30pm
Wandsworth Report written by Anastasia Hancock (she/her)
We were back at Doddington for our regular task last night and it was the second consecutive super moon session - but this time it was no ordinary super moon. It was a super beaver moon, the brightest yet this year!
We met as usual at the BAC, where we got to welcome Alice to her first GoodGym session - great to have you join us!
We did a quick warm up where we discussed dog (and one cat) breeds before heading off by the light of the moon to the garden.
As always there were plenty of jobs to do, including leaf clearing, grass pulling and hedge trimming. We divided up into groups and got to work.
The time flew by and before we knew it we just had time to down tools and do our fitness session in the square. This week it was tabata - think fast, dynamic exercises for short bursts. There were lateral leaps, there were squat jumps, there were more steps than you could count. Great effort everybody!
If you've got some time to spare this Saturday and/or next Saturday and would like to help out again at Doddington, please join the weekend sessions - it's a great way to kick off the weekend!
Next Monday we're heading to help create a mud club for under fives - plus a double celebration. See you there!
Wed 5th Nov at 12:00pm
Sun 2nd Nov at 11:00am
Wandsworth Report written by Letizia
On a fresh, crisp Autumn morning a group of GGers met at the beautiful Paradise cooperative garden for a huge task shoveling no less then three tonnes of horse manure!
After a quick chat about what connects us to nature we got on to the 'mane' task. An enormous pile of manure, two compost bins, eight GGers and one hour to complete the job. Could we do it? That was equestrian! (sorry)
We quickly organised ourselves into groups - Annabel, Letizia and Felix were super shovelers, Kamil and Igor became brilliant barrowers, Jordan raked to perfection and Jason was king of the mountain!
As Letizia put it, 'there was a good group and we got organised quickly finding a good rhythm to complete the task ahead of time.'
Amazing to see what can be achieved with many hands and some serious horse power!
A special shout out to Letizia for completing her first task and to Igor for his first session in Wandsworth - great to meet you both!
Wed 29th Oct at 6:30pm
Hounslow Report written by Anastasia Hancock (she/her)
Last night featured a collab with This Girl Can to highlight the #Lift the Curfew campaign, a mega skip challenge, and GG Hounslow becoming a media sensation - all in one evening! You can't say we don't pack it in at GoodGym sessions.
Our task was at Strand on the Green school, where the plan is to create a safe pathway from the tarmac to the field for the children. To do this the caretaker needed to clear a lot of unwanted items into a hired skip. This is where we came in!
First, we met at the gates of the school with Jasmira, from Sport England. She gave us an introduction to the Lift the Curfew initiative, which aims to raise awareness about the safety issues women face when getting active in darker months and to help reduce the barriers to exercising. This is something that we definitely support, as
Everybody has the right to run
Jasmira was there to take some footage of us hard at work - so we got to work! There was loads to shift, from heavy wooden structures, to plastic fencing, weird massive hanging baskets and even a traffic cone (a nice reminder of our student days. You can see it perched atop the skip in the photos!)
It was quite the workout, but when the skip was eventually filled we still had just a little bit more energy left for our fitness session. This week it was Halloween themed, packed with silly spooky moves but still guaranteed to work all the major muscle groups!
Shout out to Luis, Emily and Lucy who put in star turns in front of the camera. Can't wait to hear your wise words go viral.
We've got a couple of lovely missions coming up - can you help?
On Saturday 15th November we're off to do a massive bulb planting challenge at Chiswick House
On Saturday 22nd November we have the opportunity to help out at the field where Bend it like Beckham was filmed with an exciting task trimming and maintaining a 100 metre hedge!
Wed 19th Nov at 6:30pm
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