Tonight’s challenge called for seamless coordination, serious pedal power, and plenty of footwork.

The action kicked off with bulbs being delivered by bike to three strategic rendezvous points across the borough, packaged and ready for distribution.

As darkness fell and the evening drizzle set in, the hardy volunteers split into smaller teams. Armed with map pins/addresses, and bags loaded with brown paper packages, we set off on foot to make the drops.

This mammoth logistical feat may only happen once a year, but it’s always a firm favourite for clocking up extra steps while covering plenty of ground. Despite the murky weather, spirits stayed high, every delivery was completed along with a bunch of good deeds.

Well done, team - Merton is going to look fantastic come spring!

Another great cleaning session clearing up after the lunch service at the homeless drop in centre run by Faith in Action.

Our trusty trio of Jade, Chris and Zahrah (big welcome back from your travels!) soon got stuck in to the table wiping, chair stacking, surface sanitising and floor mopping.

We soon had it under control, leaving no signs that a wonderful lunch had just been served to a host of hungry people.

A team of GoodGymers headed to John Innes Park today expecting to tackle the tricky job of digging out some bamboo. A change of plan meant a slightly less exhausting hour as we instead got stuck into weeding flower beds, which were in need of a good tidy-up.

It just goes to show that at GoodGym, you have to be ready to go with the grow!

From alkanet to dandelions, and a few things we couldn't identify, the team dug in to help get the flower beds looking much neater, helping to make John Innes Park bloom a little brighter.

For Monday's group session, we were deployed across Merton's Community Fridge and Morden Baptist Church for a multi-front mission!

Working with strict tactical coordination (especially in the limited storage space), our three squads executed:

📦 Operation Storage: A military-precision evacuation of the shelves. The space was cleared, swept and scrubbed in controlled phases before items were strategically redeployed back into formation; a masterclass in spatial logistics.

💄Donation Sorting: Interception of a massive influx of makeup, systematically categorising items including lipstick and nail polish and boxing them up ready for the Christmas distribution period.

🧽 Kitchen Recon: Cleared drawers and shelves, scrubbing every surface to leave things fresh and inspection-ready ahead of an upcoming wedding.

Mission accomplished - a swift, highly organised operation that left the space deeply grateful. Well done team and welcome to Camila, Sarah, Usaama, Su and Robert on your first GoodGym session. We hope to see you again soon.

We headed over to Faith in Action to lend a hand with the post-lunch cleanup, stepping in just as the busy meal service wrapped up.

Our team got straight to work clearing tables and chairs before getting stuck in with a thorough mop of the hall floor. It’s always brilliant to know our help makes a real impac, this time giving the wonderful staff and dedicated volunteers a well-deserved breather. After being on shift for most of the day, our clean allowed them to finish up early or tackle their admin while we took care of the heavy lifting. Another fantastic session in the bag, leaving the space spotless and ready for next time. Well done team.