Welcome to Scott for the first time this evening! Best of luck in the Media City Half Marathon this weekend 🏃‍♂️

This evening was our monthly foodbank run, to donate spare items to Manchester South-Central foodbank to go towards food parcels. With half term next week, there is often an increased demand, so we tried to squeeze a donation in. Some items donated included:

• Tinned tuna 🐟
• Tinned spaghetti 🍝
• Tinned veg 🥕🥒🥔
• UHT milk 🥛
• Rice 🍚
• Rice pudding
• Pasta sauce 🍝
• Tinned soup 🍲

We covered ~4.8 km in total, making our way through Hulme to the donation point at the big ASDA. On the way back, we had a quick tour via Man Met University and a loop near Manchester Central Convention Centre.

Hazel and Ben were up bright and early to volunteer at parkrun.

Hazel marshalled at Bramhall Park event number 823. 381 people took part with 42 volunteers enabling the event to take place.

Ben delivered the first timers welcome and marshalled at Fletcher Moss event number 283 where 403 runners and walkers completed the muddy course. 26 volunteers helped out in total.

Welcome to Hannah for your first GoodGym Manchester session! Great to meet you and hope to see you again soon.

This evening was our monthly Monday evening litterpick 🚮 with a stroll towards some of the green spaces in Ardwick to clear up any rubbish 🗑

With Vimto Park relatively clear, we found lots of bottles and cans on the A6 path opposite the Marriott Hotel. We also found

• a broken umbrella 🌂
• laughing gas canisters
• a pair of glasses without lenses
• a baby's dummy

After admiring a well made dead hedge, we made our way back through a residential area, circling back towards the city centre. On the way we found some interesting underwear and sleep mask, plus a collection of plastic forks 🍴

In all, there were 7 full refuse sacks filled, all reported to Keep MCR Tidy for collection. Job well done on a chilly evening.