Went along to Woolton Hall to help with the preparation for the Manchester Christmas Dinner for recent care leavers.

There was a bumper group of volunteers to wrap presents, set up the tables and decorations, and generally clean to prepare Woolton Hall in Fallowfield.

Good couple of hours spent.

Thank you to the 18 volunteers today!

With the festive break coming up, we had a skeleton crew at Fletcher Moss parkrun event number 276. 317 runners and walkers completed the 5 km course. Thankfully additional volunteers came along before the start.

There was a little bit of mud getting the kit out but the event itself went by without a hitch.

It was my 250th parkrun volunteering credit so made some cake for the finish area. There were lots of santas and grinches out running the course.

Welcome to Sanjeev for your first GoodGym Manchester session!

This evening, we loaded up bags 🎒 with tins and other food items needed by Manchester South-Central foodbank for their winter parcels. It included:

• tinned fruit 🥭
• tinned veg 🥕🥔
• tinned tuna 🐟
• fruit juice 🍎
• UHT milk 🥛
• spaghetti 🍝
• beans 🫘
• pasta sauce
• cereal
• tea & coffee ☕️
• mince pies as a treat

Aided by the reverse advent calendar and their list, we did a pretty good job once we'd located the donation trolley.

With a much lighter load, the jog back via a Man Met campus was a bit smoother despite the heavy car traffic.

Great to see a new face and hope to see you again, Sanjeev!

Maimoona, Hazel, and Ben helped out at the 2025 edition of the Stockport 10, a hilly 10 mile race starting from Woodbank Athletics Track.

Mai was on bag drop duty while Hazel and Ben were marshalling at positions 57 and 44, respectively.

No incidents during the race and well done to all the runners who completed the gruelling course.