Even Alin
36 year-old Hackney resident, looking to do good while running :)
Hackney
TaskForce
Doing good since February 2020
40Good deeds
79runs
62cheers
TaskForce achievements
2
Community Missions
listed
1
Group Runs
back marked
3
Walking Groups
led
6
Run reports
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18
Run reports
photographed
Tower Hamlets
Cutting it vine
All six runners turned up, popped their protective gloves on and got to work pruning and trimming many an overgrown bush in Patriot Square. The task seemed pretty daunting especially as “wild”, “jungle” and “overgrown” had been banded about, but with Clair, Simon, Even, Stephen, Emma and Jessica poised and ready with secateurs it was soon whipped into shape and looking much tidier than before.
Margaret seemed impressed by the speed and overall enthusiasm displayed by each and every GoodGymmer.
Having finished the mission, we headed to Stephen’s balcony to join Cleopatra and Sherlock for crisps, hummus, Tangfastics and Prosecco. We all seemed to agree that heading to the Town Hall hotel for breakfast or a Michelin starred meal is a must.
Special shout out to Ivy who joined following her 7k run with Achilles International.
Thanks to everyone who joined and put in such a great effort.
Tower Hamlets
Victoria Park: Run, Chat and Pick (and move gravel!)
Join us for our first Group Run of 2021!
We're heading to the vast outdoor space of Victoria Park together, where the grateful Rangers team will task us with a 'litter hotspot' mission-and-a-half.
A new, small task has been added to the litter-pick: a group will be moving a large pile of gravel, and distributing it over the park...
Come and kickstart your fitness routine for the week, as we meet beforehand to run, or walk-and-jog, our way to the activity...
What you need to know
We'll be meeting inside the Royal Gate East entrance to the park, opposite The Royal Inn on the Park.
After hello's and need-to-knows, we'll divide into two groups to head to our task:
Those who want to walk/walk-and-jog will join Area Activator Laura, to enjoy a leisurely route across the park.
Those who would wish to enjoy a slightly longer run will join our Chris B for a more scenic route to the task.
- We will be working with the Parks team on every aspect of health and safety, so rest assured all bases will be covered. We will also be bringing spare gloves, hand sanitiser and anything else we consider necessary!
Hackney
Hackney City Farm
We will be getting our movement back on this week!!
Meeting next to Old street Station (outside Shorditch Fire station) ready to run/ walk or cycle. Alternatively meet at Hackney City farm at 7:10.
We will be moving 2k to the farm where we will get stuck into some epic GoodGyming!!
After a solid physical task we will aim to do a little fitness blast in Shorditch park. Before we move back to Old street for those who that works for.
Spaces are limited (due to task) so if you are unable to attend please remove yourself from the sign up list. Hope to see you on Tuesday!
Joel
Tower Hamlets
Pruning the green corridor
You’ll be helping the local community and stalwarts over at Partriot Square by donning your protective gloves and getting busy with a pair of pruners.
Task: Hedge pruning to 150cm or feel free to use Emma as a reference for “shoulder height”.
As mentioned by Margaret, things have grown a bit wild of late and “throughout the pandemic the hedge has climbed to a hight that can feel inhibiting to People using the Lane. If it can be brought to shoulder hight users would feel more comfortable. The area needs a lot of maintenance and with this job done it will free us up to concentrate on many of the other tasks.”
We'll meet outside the town hall hotel and the path/lane we'll be clearing is directly at the end of the road.
Following completion of the task, we’ll head for a knees up on Stephen’s balcony nearby so bring a drink with you.
Hackney
Picking Pesky Plants at Pearson St Playground
After a few drop outs to today's Community Mission, four fantastic GoodGymmers got to work pulling out weeds at Pearson St Adventure Playground.
Armed with gloves, wheelbarrows and garden forks we made light work of the nettles, bindweeds and other overgrown weeds. Ivo's expert horticultural knowledge led to us spotting a dreaded sight: Japanese knotweed. Without the adequate means to remove this weed, we notified the task owner.
We continued for an hour enjoying each others company. It turned out we had a diverse group from all different areas: Ruby from Waltham Forest, Even from Hackney, Ivo from Tower Hamlets and Dharmesh from Redbridge. Even speedily collected up the tools at the end and the task owner was very grateful.
We also discovered it was Ruby's 50th good deed. Congratulations Ruby, black tee inbound!
It was great to spend time with you all. Until the next time!
Next week will be the final session at Pearson St Adventure Playground, so don't miss it!
Hackney
Hackney City Farm!!!
Please note that this community mission has been cancelled.
The long awaited Havkney City Farm task!!
Hopefully the first of many, varied and impactful Community Missions either the amazing Hackney City Farm!!
This week we will be helping to replant a hedge boarder around the farm! Vital to get the Farm fully operational again.
A team effort needed to hit some strong digging, soil shifting and hedge planting to create the new improved farm hedge boarder!
Would love to have you along for the effort!! Please sign up come along and have fun!!! Places are limited so please remove yourself from sign ups if your availability changes. On the night meet Ken from the farm at the from gates before going to get stuck in!
Hackney
Helping Hackney Play! Pearson Street Adventure playground
An amazing new collaboration with Hackney Play helping to get the some of Hackney’s important youth facilities ready for a busy summer holiday!
The incredible staff at Hackney Play need our help with some proper GG style tasks, we will get stuck into weeding, jet washing, clearing, raking and any number of physical tasks!
There will be some gloves but please bring your own if you can.
A great opportunity to make a big impact on the young people of Hackney’s Summer fun so please sign up and come along!
Spaces are limited to please unregister if your availability changes.
Hackney
Why did the GoodGymer cross the playground? To get to the other slide.
Homerton Grove Adventure Playground is a fantastic play area, which in normal times can accommodate up to 100 young people. Our initial job this week was to shovel a huge pile of woodchip into wheelbarrows and spread it below a zipwire.
First task accomplished, we turned to woodchipping the area under a swing, where kids will also slide down the climbing frame. At this stage, we were assisted by two playground users: a quiet but strong father, and his young son. Even also woodchipped a third area.
GoodGym is also of course about exercise, so Emma and Kim took a turn on the high swing, while Even organised a post-task walk, which happened to lead to the Elderfield pub. So we took refreshment there, discovering we all like Arlo Parks, until Emma had to hurry home to feed her favourite cat.
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