We welcomed Oliver who was brought by his mum, Patritzia. We had a lovely chat with mum who is Italian and they moved recently from the Midlands. Hopefully we will see them again. From Showroom we (6 runners) ran to Maltravers Street and met up with David with all his tools, gloves and bin bags. We got to work cutting back , pruning and picking litter, and just like a magic trick, the litter and pruning had all gone and cleared away! We finished up with taking all the bags of rubbish and loads of big stuff that were dumped by either builders or workers. Then treats in the form of popcorn and protein bars were distributed before running back to The Showroom. Patritzia came back to the showroom to meet up with Oliver. She was very chatty especially to James who was encouraging her to join us for future tasks. But she has Back problems and was showing us photos of her as a ballerina when she was young. What a treat seeing all her wonderful photos. More treats in store for future tasks.

Although this is Sheffield Goodgym's shortest run, it packs a tall - but enjoyable - task. The common thread project, held at the coworking space on Union Street, is flooded with clothes donations of all kinds, from accessories to baby clothes to jumpers and skirts. We joined other volunteers helping the project by sorting clothes into specific piles to later sort into charity packages ("is it a top or is it a dress?!!"). Aided by some coffee and biscuits, we got through the adult clothes quickly and then moved on to sorting the kids clothes into age order. Overall, the task was very fun and it's great to see a noticeable difference and think towards all the people and projects these clothes will be helping in the future

10 Goodgymmers met up at The Showroom Cinema. Sharsm welcomed everyone. A big Welcome to Lesley who we have not seen for a very long time. He says he will start coming more often now that he is back in Sheffield. We all ran up to meet up with Craig who was waiting for us at the junction of Cricket Inn Road and Maltravers Road. Craig then explained to us the main task of 'Litter Picking' and gave us tools, gloves, bin bags,etc...We all then split up in various directions and worked in pairs. There were lots of rubbish including cans and bottles which made the bin bags heavier than expected. Altogether we collected 13 Full Bin Bags. Gerry then gave us biscuits as a treat. Thank you Gerry and she also ran with us from the Showroom and back again with us. A great team with cooperation, chats and worked hard. Thank you all who supported this organization.

Met up with Jess and over 20 women volunteers. Jess gave us a briefing and explained to all of us if our various roles and responsibilities. She made everyone welcomed and gave us teas, coffee, juice etc with loads if fruit. Then we also met Nick who is the chef/cleaner. etc, etc and we met him before here. We heard from Jess that altogether there were 107 people signed up and paid in advance. We then had a wonderful lunch of jacket potatoes, wraps, lots of salad and healthy fillings, including a vegetable chilli, tofu and other healthy stuff as well . We then were served with various puddings and custards and baked cookies and flapjacks too. When the doors opened at 1pm a bunch of people came in and the stewards welcomed them in and checked their online list of people booked. I and some other volunteers were runners showing people where to go and also taking stuff up and down the stairs.. The lifts are only used for the goods. Altogether it was a very enjoyable, friendly and successful afternoon.

The rain held off for our uphill run to Arbourthorne Community Primary School, who were preparing their beautiful grounds for a horticultural show on Wednesday (there's even going to be llamas there!). A few of us grabbed some scissors and foraged for the last flowers left from the Summer for the children to make into little bouquets, which apparently they really enjoy and get to take home and keep afterwards. We "sampled" some of the fruit in the trees as we went, including crispy apples. Adrian and Ewan cut some willow plants for the kids to weave into wands. Arbourthorne Primary School have created areas of sustainable resources such as the willow plant, which can also be seen put to use in other areas such as a dome shaped den that we tidied a couple months ago. And even after the storm we had a few days ago, there is always watering to be done. Some GoodGymmers took on the task of watering the plants and flowers in the polytunnel - luckily the water butts were full! Angela very kindly shared some fruit from FoodWorks with us. Foodworks is a community action project in Sheffield working to reduce food waste and make wholesome meals accessible to everybody. Good luck in the horticultural show!