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John Shirley

John Shirley

Tower Hamlets

GoodGym Tinnie-Blowing finalist 2020


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Doing good since March 2015

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Camden

🌳🌳🌳 60 Active Minutes in Nature in Chalk Farm! 💚💚💚
🗓Tomorrow 6:30pm

📍Charlie Ratchford Court NW1 8FA

Join us to support the wonderful Green City Projects team at Charlie Ratchford Court in Chalk Farm!

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John Shirley signed up to a group run.

Wed 10th Dec at 6:15pm

💌 💌 💌 Spreading the FoodCycle Word in Camden! ❤️❤️❤️

We'll be helping a wonderful community -based and sustainability-focused charity :)

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John Shirley signed up to a community mission.

Wed 17th Dec at 6:30pm

🍁🍁🍁 Final Task of 2025! 60 Minutes Collecting ALL the Leaves at Cecil Sharp House! 🌲🌲🌲

Join us for 60 active minutes helping this wonderful community-maintained green space :)

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John Shirley went on a community mission

Sat 15th Nov at 11:00am

Saturday Morning Community + Coffee :)

Camden Report written by Alex Murtough (he/him)

7 GoodGymers added good deeding and coffee to their Saturday mix!

There are three flower beds on Camden Square that are now cared for by the local community.

Two are already filled with rich colour while one is getting ready for shaping.

And it was this latter bed that caught our focus this morning.

Hannah joined us on their second good deed (welcome!) and Maria traveled over from West London (welcome!), and they joined our regular Camden crew of Imogen, Helen, Jackie, and John.

We grabbed spades and forks and dug deep into the earth to lift a hefty pile of weeds and roots.

After 60 minutes of work and conversation, we left a tidy space and headed out for coffee :)

Thank you, everyone! Here's to next time!

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John Shirley
John Shirley signed up to a community mission.

Sat 15th Nov at 11:00am

🌳🌳🌳 60 Minutes of Pulling Thistles in Camden Square! 💪🌳

Join us for 60 active minutes helping this wonderful community-maintained green space :)

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John Shirley went on a training session

Thu 13th Nov at 7:50am

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Wed 12th Nov at 6:15pm

Kentish Town + Eight Hands Making the Lightest Work! ❤️❤️❤️

Camden Report written by Alex Murtough (he/him)

8 GoodGymers made a wonderful difference in Kentish Town!

We took a visit to one of our usual haunts last night.

Nestled in a corner of a cul de sac — away from the usual bustle of Kentish Town — is a very special sheltered housing scheme.

With a winding garden full of seasonal delights, this group got to quick work yesterday evening!

❤️ Alex, Sam (on their first good deed — welcome!), and Steve transformed a weed strewn vegetable patch into a perfect image of fresh soil ripe and ready for next year's planting :)

❤️ Gary and John started off by weeding one flower bed... then two... then three! And then they turned their quick hands to raking and sweeping, making everything better by the minute :)

❤️ Caitlin and Jackie visited a resident's garden and made the swiftest and most efficient work of the fallen leaves, gifting this space back to the very grateful resident :)

Thank you, everyone! Here's to next time!

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John Shirley
John Shirley signed up to a community mission.

Mon 15th Dec at 7:00pm

THE BIG MONDAY NIGHT TASK: Painting and gardening on the Parkview Estate

Come and join this dedicated team, as we head back to the Parkview Estate to see Des for a variety of tasks around the gardens.

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John Shirley
John Shirley signed up to a training session.

Thu 13th Nov at 7:50am

Track and Towpath - Mile End Park Workout

Early morning intervals accessible for all!

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John Shirley
John Shirley went on a community mission

Mon 10th Nov at 7:00pm

The Great Cranbrook Rake-Off

Tower Hamlets Report written by Emma Jones

On a dark and damp Monday evening, GoodGymers gathered at Cranbrook Community Centre - fresh back from weekends as far-flung as Liverpool, Hertfordshire, Rye (in Sussex, not the bread), Argentina(!), and of course, Newham.

Cranbrook’s lovely garden had been completely overtaken by soggy, slippy leaves - turning paths into skating rinks and corners of the garden into no-go zones. Armed with two rakes, a broom, and plenty of optimism, we set to work, clearing and sweeping until the place looked recognisable again. John even spruced up the community notice board, ready to display this season’s offerings.

We joined forces with the brilliant Janet and Eileen, who’ve been helping out at the centre for “over 20 years – I’ve lost track, it’s been so long!” Eileen had previously vowed not to come once it got dark, but the lure of GoodGym proved too strong, and she ended up getting stuck in herself.

After an hour of raking, sweeping, and gathering, the paths were clear, the leaves were bagged, and the community garden was once again safe for all the local groups who use it.

We rounded off the evening with some Alfajores that Caterina had bought back from Argentina (soft, crumbly South American biscuits sandwiched with dulce de leche), although Janet and Eileen, in true east-end fashion, insisted on calling them Wagon Wheels - and to be fair, they weren’t entirely wrong!

See you all next week 🍂

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