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Kash signed up to a community mission.

Sun 1st Feb at 10:00am

Burying Christmas 🎄🪦 A new path at South Ealing Cemetery - woodchipping session!

Repurpose Christmas trees to improve the local cemetery and green space

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Kash signed up to a community mission.

Sun 8th Feb at 8:40am

February at Acton Junior parkrun 🦺 + Coffee ☕

Get children active and having fun on a Sunday morning

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Kash signed up to a community mission.

Sun 15th Feb at 8:40am

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Fri 23rd Jan at 6:00pm

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Wed 21st Jan at 6:15pm

🙌🙌🙌 Optional 1-Mile Run + Setting Up a Cold Weather Shelter ❤️❤️❤️

The American International Church's cold weather shelter helps 16 Londoners each and every week - you'll be making sure things are ready and inviting for the evening's guests :)

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Kash went on a group run

Tue 20th Jan at 6:45pm

We shall fight in the alleys and in the streets, we shall never surrender.

Ealing Report written by Kash

On a windy Tuesday night, six GoodGymers came together for an (unintentional) Winston Churchill-themed litterpick. Little did they know about what they'd find in South Ealing, where they ran from Ealing Broadway. Armed with litter pickers and bin bags from their allies, LAGER Can, they were determined that they would fight in the alleyways and on the streets, and they would never surrender.

The GoodGymers' main enemy was rubbish dropped along the alleyway splitting the South Ealing Cemetery into two, but, under a cover of leaves, the group found things that were hardly classified as litter. Next to a small collection of pots and vases, Conor found a bust of Winston Churchill, and Harvey discovered a toy British Bulldog! Or was it just a pug?

Rather than cigar butts, the team kept finding single-use vapes, which Churchill would surely disapprove of. Neither would he endorse the cheap beer cans and four laughing gas canisters which Harvey carried out of the alleyway for collection.

Walking through a lane of birches raised some questions about the white sheet-shaped deposits found in abundance on that stretch. Some GoodGymers would have sworn that it was paper (which, according to a quote often attributed to Churchill, was the enemy of action) or even wallpaper. Others, maybe better versed in dendrology, explained it was bark from the birches and didn't need to be collected.

The battle against litter ended on South Ealing Road, at the first available bin, where it was appropriate to leave two blue bags of collected mess. Those who hadn't tried it ahead of the group run had the last chance to taste Maria's home-baked coconut puffs that she brought today - what a treat! Having accomplished the task in about half an hour, half of the team ran back to Ealing Broadway to either catch a bus or a train or... run back to South Ealing.

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Kash went on a mission

Mon 19th Jan at 7:00pm

Look, ma, no handles

Ealing Report written by Kash

Sevan and Kash usually take a break from GoodGym on Mondays, but for Ms K, they've found a space in their calendars and visited her in the evening, after work.

"Happy New Year!", Ms K welcomed the GoodGymers.

In fact, the two saw Ms K for a mission on New Year's Day to build a bed. Since then, the lady's bedroom underwent quite a transformation! The wardrobes have been filled, chairs brought in, one of the walls repainted, and rugs covered the floor. Most importantly, the bed, which Sevan and Kash had started building, had been finished with some help from Ms K's friend. It was great to see the room usable, and a proper place to sleep for Ms K already functional. The only thing missing was the wardrobes' doors.

Sevan was hoping that attaching the hinges and hanging the doors on the two wardrobes would be pretty easy. And it was. The surprising part had nothing to do with the hinges, but the door handles. There were no holes to screw them in! As it turned out, to attach the handles, one had to drill holes in the doors - in IKEA furniture, can you believe it? Electric tools were a no-go at a GoodGym mission, so the duo focused only on attaching the doors to the wardrobes. They left the drilling for Ms K's friend, who was coming to visit the following day.

"We actually finished this mission well ahead of allocated time", Sevan triumphed.

Finally, with the wardrobes' doors closed, Ms K's bedroom looked like a proper bedroom. Well, maybe except for the handles!

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Kash signed up to a community mission.

Sat 7th Mar at 4:00pm

Help wrap-up after the Ealing Animals Fair 🐈🐾

Help pack away the fair which raises money for various animal charities

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Kash went on a community mission

Sun 18th Jan at 2:00pm

Whack-a-pole

Ealing Report written by Bryon Chan

A mild January sunday afternoon saw a large group of volunteers meet by the Pear Tree Park cafe for some tree planting. The trees were, you guessed it, different varieties of pear trees.

A lot of work had already been done in an earlier session, but that still left digging, pile driving fence posts into the ground, spreading compost and mulch and finally applying a protective cover. There were a couple of unfortunate mishaps, including someone who planted 6 trees in one hole and a bucket that didnt survive the attentions of an excited dog. But overall it was a very successful and satisfying bit of community action - one that will hopefully bear plenty of fruit for years to come.

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Richard Spencer-Smith

Tue 20th Jan at 9:37am

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Richard Spencer-Smith

Tue 20th Jan at 9:44am

The afternoon session at Pear Tree Park saw the Trenching Spade Queens, Freya and Kash, digging for Australia, and the Stake Driver Kings, Bryon and Sevan, hammering home their points. Meanwhile, James, the Jack of All Trades, helped wherever help was needed. Thanks so much, Brilliant Ealing Goodgymers!

Kash

Tue 20th Jan at 9:48am

And Richard, the Ace of Keeping Things Running Smoothly to complete the deck!

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Kash went on a group run

Sun 18th Jan at 10:00am

Whack-a-hole

Ealing Report written by Kash

The recently established Pear Tree Park was named by children from a local school, drawing inspiration from Perivale, where the green space is located. Perivale, in turn, can be loosely interpreted as “a valley of pear trees”. Wouldn’t it be appropriate then to have some eponymous fruit trees in Pear Tree Park - let’s say, fifty of them?

On a Sunday morning, five GoodGymers met in a café in Pitshanger for a 2km run or walk to the place that had once been a golf course, now transforming into a vibrant, green space for everyone. Steph Ducat, Zuzanna, and Kash ran through Pitshanger Park, past St Mary’s Church, while Devi and Sevan walked a different route, with the Brent Viaduct and Sixty Trees Lane as the main landmarks. Harvey ran directly to the task and met the rest of the team at the Pear Tree Bistro.

In the afternoon, Pear Tree Park was going to host a family-friendly pear tree planting volunteering session, and the organisers grew in confidence, seeing six pairs of GoodGym hands, keen to help with digging ahead of the event. Richard from Ealing Greenwayers and Diana, the bistro owner, brought spades and wheelbarrows, and marked on the grass where the holes were expected to appear.

Digging techniques and hole shapes varied from person to person. From Harvey’s perfect squares, through Steph's pizza slices, to Sevan’s and Kash’s whole round-style pizzas. Topsoil with the grass was systematically wheelbarrowed away, in case it contained traces of weed killer, thanks to its golf course past. The deeper the spades went, the more rocks they encountered, and digging became tougher.

Devi, who chose Pear Tree Park as her first GoodGym session, faced the demanding task head-on, excavating and wheelbarrowing soil like a pro, and even choosing more digging over a coffee break. What a determination! That said, we can safely report that Devi had been socialising and caffeinating with us earlier on, and is great to have around for a chat. Welcome Devi!

In 90 minutes, we got just a bit less than half of the required holes dug, which proved to be a great advantage as a starting point for the afternoon event!

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Jack

Mon 19th Jan at 4:08pm

great work all!

Richard Spencer-Smith

Tue 20th Jan at 9:12am

Ealing Goodgym are too modest! They were the backbone of the morning and afternoon events with their indefatigable energy and expert know-how. In all honesty, all 50 trees only got planted within the time because of their hard work, dedication and quiet encouragement for the drop-in volunteers. They deserve a million medals each!

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