Carla Washbourne
Brighton
Organisations Carla Washbourne has pledged to support
3Good deeds
3runs
1cheers
Brighton
Clearing out a hallway to prepare for major works
This week three really great organisations are joining forces to make something great happen!
The Brighton Table Tennis Club have joined forces with The Real Junk Food Project to create a junk food cafe in the hall next to the BTTC. And of course the third great organisation is us!
We'll be helping them clear the hall to prepare it for some major building works.
This is an indoor task so please bring a mask and I'm sure we can find something to do outside for anyone who is uncomfortable working inside.
Meet at Victoria Statue at 6.15pm for a 6.30pm start.
Brighton
Under a night Sky Scrapers
What a perfect evening for Goodgym, cold but crisp and still and although a bit cloudy the light of a full moon added to the atmosphere. And it was great to welcome back Abi, Davidand Tabithawho have all missed the past few months due to dodgy knees, backs and hearts!
Our task was to help Stuart from the Palmeira & Adelaide Garden Fund group keep on top of all the work that needs doing in these lovely and well used squares. Council cuts means that there just isn’t the people power to do all the work, and groups like this really make a huge difference in keeping our open spaces tidy.
Our efforts tonight focussed on the northern most part of the square (oval?!) around the floral clock I discovered that the clock was installed to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II so it’s not surprising that it no longer works!
We scraped all the grass that had spread from the side it should be to the side it shouldn’t, sweeping followed scraping, shovelling and bagging followed sweeping and in about 45 minutes the job was done. Lots of passers by thanked us for our efforts, it’s always good to know that we are appreciated.
A quick fitness session of lunge variations followed before we went our separate ways into the night.
Brighton
Helping out in Palmeira Square
Palmeira and Adelaide Square Garden Fund are a group of local residents who are making a real effort to inject a bit of 'community' into their community!
The Square is well used by residents and the local neighbourhood. We will be focusing on weeding beds in the floral clock area.
Meet at The Peace Statue at 6.15pm for a 6.30pm sharp start of the run/walk. Fitness session will follow the task on the prom.
Carla completed a community mission. Instead of watching TV or lying in bed, Carla was out there making their community a better place to be. For making that choice they have earned the community cape.
Brighton
Meal Deal
A soggy sandwich, a packet of crisps and a fizzy drink for a few quid? No, you’re alright thanks.
A couple of hours weeding and spreading muck in the rain for a vegan curry? Now you’re talking, that’s my kind of meal deal!
Luckily 7 other Goodgymmers are of a similar mind so despite the rain we headed to community pub The Bevy to help them prepare their fruit and veg garden for spring by weeding around the raspberries and spreading manure. Yes it was raining but no we didn’t care and the food we were given as a thank you was very much appreciated by all!
Brighton
Get The Bevy veg garden ready for spring
The Bevy is brilliant! It’s a community owned pub that is so much more. It hosts a number of community groups and during lockdown it turned into a meals on wheels service.
This Saturday they are hoping to get a few locals along to help get the veg garden ready for spring and have invited us to join in.
Jobs include weeding fruit bushes, digging out old raspberries & mulching with manure.
I'll be doing Bevendean Down parkrun first and heading straight there so come along from 9.45am. The session will end at 12.30 when The Bevy will supply you with a meal as a thank you! Please drop in when you like and stay as long or leave as you like!
Brighton
Planting trees with the South Downs Eco Cooperative
We'll be planting tree 'whips' (very baby trees) alongside other volunteers with the South Downs Eco Cooperative near the Devil's Dyke. I suggest wearing or bringing along some wellies and wet weather gear - but don't let that phase you! While we may get rained on, we'll be sure to have fun with this rewarding experience. We are also requested to bring along our own spades if we have them. Although I've listed the task as being for two hours, you can leave early, or stay later as I think the volunteers will keep going until all whips are in the ground. Hope to see some of you there!
Carla is a now a fully fledged GoodGym runner. They've just run to do good for the first time. They are out there making amazing things happen and getting fit at the same time.
Brighton
Tree to a Good Home
Another year, another night of ferrying festive firs to their final resting places. Winter pulled out all her tricks - newly freezing temperatures and treacherous wet leaves (hope your knee isn't too bad Rachael) but of course, GoodGym prevailed. Welcome to Rosie andCarla
Meeting at Hove Peace Statue, we split into teams, each covering a section of lovely Hove. Everyone sped off in different directions, armed with Tara's intel on the best areas to find the abandoned trees (including a suspiciously close former collection point that particularly benefited one prolific team).
Some dragged and some hauled their hard-won booty to the collection point, and in the end about 50 trees were added to the pile. We finished with a brisk seafront AMRAP session won by a super keen Jay Overall, a great start to the year!
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