14 Month Streak
Wed 27th Mar at 6:00pm
Oxford Report written by Anwen Greenaway
A huge pat on the back everyone: we made it through the winter! The clocks change this weekend and it'll be return of light evenings from next week.
Ovada are a non-profit gallery space with limited funding and a small staff team. Car park hire is a key source of income that enables them to run events, exhibitions of socially engaged work, and an education programme where they offer a number of subsidised and bursary places.
With only a small staff team it is hard to keep on top of maintenance, so they called in our GoodGym flash mob to get their car park area ship shape.
Bundled up against the spring showers we litter-picked, shifted rubbish out for collection, weeded, and pulled up nettles (achieving the first nettle stings of the year).
In the hour before the light faded we got the area looking a lot better and less nettley. Now we just need some dry weather for the mud situation to improve!
Wed 20th Mar at 6:00pm
Oxford Report written by Anwen Greenaway
We have eyes and ears everywhere, and this week it was Axelle's turn to direct us to the litter hot spots of West Oxford. After a pleasant jog the back route to our rendez-vous point we exchanged podcast recommendations as this weeks ice-breaker. For your listening delight here are the GG Oxford Top of the Pods:
Then on to the more serious business of clearing up the trash. It's always quite interesting the different litter we find in different parts of town. This is an area full of retail parks, so although we picked up the usual food detritus we were surprisingly low on booze cans and bottles this week.
Welcome to GoodGym Andy! Always a joy to have Django the pup along, and glad to have made Botley a little safer for his paws.
Wed 6th Mar at 6:00pm
Oxford Report written by Anwen Greenaway
Altogether now, to the tune of The Teddy Bears' Picnic
If you go down to the woods today
You’re sure of a big surprise
If you go down to the woods today
you’d better take plogging supplies!
For all the trash that ever there was
Is gathered there for certain because
The woods are where the litter bugs go to hang out
Litter pick time for GoodGymers
The GoodGym crew are having a smelly time tonight
Watch them pick up clothes and cans
On a litter pick in the Magdalen Wood
See them hunt for all the trash
They love to clean it up
They never leave any thing behind
Then plastic and bottles are bagged up and dragged out
And left for the truck to remove
Cos it’s home time for the GoodGymers.
Tonight's oddest litter finds:
A toy helicopter, 4 shopping baskets, sunglasses, a coat.
Wednesday 28th February
Anja completed 25 good deeds with GoodGym.
Anja has already done 25 good deeds with GoodGym. Instead of doing anything else, they've used their run to go and help people that need their help; digging, lifting, scraping, clearing, planting and weeding. Stuff that makes this a better place to be.
Wed 28th Feb at 6:00pm
Oxford Report written by Bethan Greenaway
A gaggle of Goodgymers assembles atvthe Rose Hill Community Centre this evening for potentially the quickest task we've ever done.........
35 pairs of trainers were paired and packaged up ready to wing their way to Jog On for redistribution and/or recycling.
New litter bingo cards were made (including dubious art work and riddles) ready for our OxClean litter pick next week.
Cake was consumed, chats were had and Ben was garlanded with the garland of joy for his 100th Good Deed!!
A small group of us then headed out into the, thankfully not rainy, night for a 3.5 mile trot.
Sat 24th Feb at 10:30am
Oxford Report written by Anwen Greenaway
South Oxford Adventure Playground have a small patch of woodland at the edge of their site. It is currently fenced off and inundated with brambles. They would like to be able to take the fence down and allow the kids to access the whole area, but the brambles need to be got under control for that to happen.
In an hour and a half we made great progress on removing brambles; raking. lopping , and piling them up outside the fence line. One more session before we get too far into the spring and the woodland should be a lot safer as a play area.
Wed 28th Feb at 6:00pm
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