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Wednesday 2nd July
Emdad Rahman completed their first run in a new area.
Curious? Emdad has just run their first session in another area. For that explorative spirit Emdad is awarded the scout badge. A Scout is trustworthy
Wed 2nd Jul at 10:31pm
Amazing effort at Gale Street Community Garden yesterday - what a great session. Well done! Hope to see you at another session soon
Wednesday 2nd July
Emdad Rahman completed 25 good deeds with GoodGym.
Emdad has already done 25 good deeds with GoodGym. Instead of doing anything else, they've used their run to go and help people that need their help; digging, lifting, scraping, clearing, planting and weeding. Stuff that makes this a better place to be.
Tue 1st Jul at 6:15pm
Barking and Dagenham Report written by Steven
*“You’re keen?“
“Well, I’ve never dug before!”*
Having run Gale Street Organic Community Garden in Becontree for over 20 years, Bridget has had less time to look after this beautiful greenspace recently. Fruit trees, vegetable beds and the shed have all been calling out for some TLC….
… a call that was answered by 8 GoodGymmers last night who were celebrating GoodGym Barking & Dagenham’s very first ever session!
Huge kudos to all GoodGymmers in attendance:
🏃 De, and Claire and Steven get a special well done for coming to their first ever GoodGym session 🏃 Louise came in from Islington especially to help, 🏃 Cecilia's regular weekly running club was cancelled so we were lucky enough to them her come in from Greenwich, 🏃 Peter loved their first time digging 🏃 Emdad cycled in from Barking (watch out for his article about this session in the Barking & Dagenham Post coming soon), 🏃 Jack was on content creator duty (excited to see their first attempt at a TikTok video).
So much was achieved in just 45 minutes – check this out: 3 vegetable beds were measured and marked out and 2 trenches dug, from which 20 feet cubed of soil was removed. Very dry, hard and dusty soil. This is a huge achievement!
“I thought you were all going to chicken out and not come as it is so hot, but you didn’t! You came; you worked with good humour; I’m so impressed” (Garden owner Bridget)
“You’re a powerhouse… fun, and great energy having you guys here” (Task owner Nassaba)
Everybody really enjoyed themselves, experiencing first hand the benefits of spending time doing physical activity in nature. Soooooo much more fun than the gym. And we learnt lots about soil science from Bridget who has degrees (yes, plural) in the subject (urine does actually improve compost - this article was nearly titled "don't take the pi**")
And we’re in demand – Nassaba is working with me to plan many more sessions soon, so keep an eye out on the B&D area page of the website!
See you soon
Steven (B&D Area Activator)
NB – if you are a local not-for-profit organisation that would benefit from GoodGym volunteers to complete practical tasks in outdoor greenspaces, please contact me on steven.champion@goodgym.org
Wed 2nd Jul at 10:32pm
Amazing effort at Gale Street Community Garden yesterday - what a great session. Well done! Hope to see you at another session soon
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Thu 3rd Jul at 8:56am
Great work everyone, what a way to kick things off in Barking and Dagenham!
Thu 3rd Jul at 10:04am
Great work everyone!! Very exciting that Barking and Dagenham is officially launched 🥳 well done De, Claire & Steven on your first good deeds 🙌 (many more to come!)
Fri 4th Jul at 9:34am
What a great launch for Barking and Dagenham - nice one all!!
Tue 1st Jul at 6:15pm
Help get this community garden ready to host a summer of wellbeing activities for the community
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