Another gardening session for Mr S, this time tackling the remaining nettles and to aggressively chop back the hedges spilling out onto the road 🌱

With the electric chopper and some rusted, but still working, shears, I made good headway on the nettles and overgrown brambles in the garden. The hedge took a bit more elbow grease, with some thick branches and hard-to-reach sections making it tricky. However, the pavement is now much more accessible and some excess was taken off the top and sides.

Mr S was a bit under the weather but he seemed much happier and pleased with the work. Fingers crossed he's feeling better soon.

Welcome to Esteban for your first GoodGym session! 👏

This evening was a Manchester Post delivery around a residential area in Longsight. After the morning rain, we were both very thankful for blue skies and sunshine in the evening for a stroll, criss-crossing the streets in between deliveries.

300 newspapers containing local news and community events, with some residents very happy to receive some good news media! In just 75-80 minutes, we managed to deliver them all, discussing jobs, volunteering, GoodGym, running clubs, and other topics in between.

Next week we have a litter pick planned meeting in the city centre for a gentle run out to Ardwick or Hulme where known litter grot-spots exist.

Day out for Scott, Ben, and Juno at the Manchester Volunteer Fair in St Ann's Square in the city centre.

Lots of conversations and connections with those looking to get involved, making links to community organisations, and giving GoodGym a thorough introduction to the people of Manchester.

Juno earned her grub by bringing in people with her natural charm, while t-shirts, photos, posters, and flyers giving us a way to show how much GoodGym groups can help out to local groups and to overcome social isolation often becoming an issue across many demographics.

Looking forward to following up on a few new potential tasks and activities, and good to see Sam and Sanjeev briefly during the day.