Our first evening task since the clocks changed, and it felt like a real treat to start in daylight!

Five of us set off in Welling for a spot of letterbox leafleting to promote the Community Hospice's Mini Marathon, a major fundraising event for them.

Splitting into two teams we covered both sides of the roads in parallel, and posted a stack of leaflets between us. Let's hope they result in some bookings.

By the end, we’d clocked just over 3km between us each. Not bad for an evening’s walk with a purpose.

We'll be doing the,same again next week, but in Bexleyheath. Join us if you can - we'd love to have you along.

The grand finale of Discover Welling's Tour of Welling saw us hitting the high street for a litter hunt.

Our Fab Four met up with the Discover Welling team, staff from McDonald's and two local residents, then headed off in different directions to tackle hotspot areas where rubbish had collected.

In a moment of chance Khai was passing on the bus and spotted our GG red tops, so he hopped off and joined us for a bonus task credit. That's the power of GoodGym, and we unexpectedly the Fab Five!

You never know what you'll find on a litter pick, but a lonely baby's dummy 👶 provided useful inspiration for this report's title!

After an hour we piled up the filled bin bags and posed for the traditional group photo, just before the rain started. Perfect timing for us all to head home - with Khai getting back on the bus - after a job well done.

So that's a wrap for out part in the year's Great British Spring Clean. Same next year? Count us in!

Screenplay for a morning of GoodGym volunteering at the Community Hospice...

FADE IN

A quiet, peaceful garden. Birds chirp. A gentle breeze rustles leaves. Sun is shining.

A series of planters in front of the building, overlooked by windows from one of the wards. While the rest of the planters have plants and flowers, one is just full of soil.

A group of eight GoodGymers enters the frame, with Jason, Head Gardener. Chatting and laughing.

On their first ever task Debby and Chris are settling right in.

CLOSE UP

Gloved hands grabbing shovels.

PAN OUT

Rhythmic shovelling. Soil is emptied from the planter into big bags.

A white layer of polystyrene is revealed beneath the soil. Shovelling becomes careful, considered so as not to break its surface and release the white beads.

Careful hands lift the thick polystyrene sheets out and take it to the bins.

Scissors slice through a sheet of weed membrane, shaping it to line the planter.

The original soil is shovelled back into the planter.

TIME LAPSE SEQUENCE

A chain gang forms:

• One group shovels fresh soil into trugs

• Another ferries them in wheelbarrows

• Another tips soil into the planter

• Hands press down to compact the surface.

• The barrows return.

Repeated until the planter is completely filled.

Teamwork in action. Effort. Energy. Chatting. Laughter.

PAN OUT

The team steps back.

The planter is restored, renewed. Ready for new blooms.

CUT TO GROUP SHOT

Smiling faces. Job done.

TITLE CARD:

2026: A SPADE ODYSSEY

SUBTITLE:

GoodGym will return

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