Kate Holmes


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Mon 18th Mar at 6:45pm

Peel or No Peel?

Richmond Report written by Lucy Hill

We were back at AFC Heatham House on Monday night. One of our regular group tasks, we would often visit to help do all sorts for the local youth club, which supports children and young people in the Twickenham area. Danielle the youth leader often gets us doing all sorts, from attacking bindweed to clearing cupboards and tonight we waited to see what mystery mission we had in store!

The kitchen had been donated a load of food, including lots of fresh fruit and veg. Sadly, fresh fruit goes off quickly and our job for the night was to prepare the pickings so they could be frozen and then easily used for meals in the future - tasty curries, apple crumbles, banana cake…

We set up a production line, with T, Kate and Rebecca doing a peely great job at taking the skins off the orchard fruits; followed by a right pair with the pears of Sam and Liz, who were on chopping and bagging duties. Elsewhere, Adam and Pippa had a ketchup as they sliced juicy tomatoes. All of this was pear-fully overseen by Lucy, who as always had gone a bit bananas with the puns and then punny with the bananas.

Meanwhile, Steph, Chris and Suze were helping clean a serving station which had been living in a cupboard downstairs for some time. They apple-y got their hands dirty scrubbing down the metal and glasswork, til it was almost good as new.

Another grape job done by GoodGym Richmond at Heatham House, and doesn’t it peel good! Danielle thanked us for our ripe food work, and we left down the apple and pears to head off back home!

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Mon 18th Mar at 6:45pm

Helping AFC Heatham Youth Centre to prepare for an event

Preparing for an open day for young people with additional needs

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Kate Holmes went on a group run

Mon 11th Mar at 6:45pm

A Rosie between two thorns

Richmond Report written by Anita (she/her)

As it was the second Monday of the month, tonight’s GoodGym Richmond Group Run headed out from the Tap Tavern to Buccleuch Gardens on the Thames Path where we have been planting and maintaining The Three Pigeons Plot, and The Arcade Rockery.

Foxglove Angel lady Rosie was the star of tonight's group run, winning her GoodGym wings, celebrating her 100th Good Deed.

Rosie showed us how GoodDeeds should be done by planting out foxgloves that we had grown from seed last year, exhibiting dock-banishing superpowers and demonstrating stellar star-jumps. But it was a team effort and the positive attitude was infectious. Have a look at the 'before and after’ photographs.

A big turn out and a lot of hard work from everyone saw amazing results in a short time: white foxgloves planted that should flower in early summer; docks banished from the lawn next to The Three Pigeons; the steps and hardstanding at The Arcade swept and de-mossed; the monstrous pampas' at The Three Pigeons cowed; the planters in front of The Arcade weeded; Lavender and Stachys pruned at the Arcade rockery; and a self seeded Verbena at the edge of The Three pigeons relocated to somewhere more suitable.

A fantastic Richmond GoodGym Group run and a great GG Richmond social in the Tap Tavern afterwards, celebrating Rosie’s centenary. Thank you everyone.

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Tue 12th Mar at 10:32am

So sorry I missed it!!

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Kate Holmes signed up to a group run.

Mon 11th Mar at 6:45pm

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Kate Holmes went on a group run

Mon 4th Mar at 6:45pm

Are we Susan, or are we dancer?

Richmond Report written by Liz (She/her)

Big congratulations for member Susan who hit 100 tasks, a 4km run, a gardening task AND cake, it was a busy Monday evening for GoodGym Richmond!

Starting at the Tap where Susan was adorned with the celebratory wings and presented with the group card, the group went through a warm-up before heading down to the riverside to cross the bridge and head to St Christopher's.

At the home, the task was to give the front area of the large building a cleanup, something we are very familiar with! The group set about trimming hedges, weeding and sweeping leaves, as well as discovering a very dead Christmas tree that was chopped up to fit into the garden recycling bin and give space for Spring growth in the beds.

The task was completed with a lovely range of cakes that Susan kindly brought along to share, so many that we left some for the young people at the home to enjoy too!

A final run back to the Tap finished off the evening well. Congratulations Susan, 100 complete!

Join us next week for our monthly trip to our sponsored riverside plot, as well as more celebrations, this time for Rosie's 100th!

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Mon 4th Mar at 6:45pm

Helping maintain St. Christopher's Children's Home

Looking after the property at this local children's home

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Kate Holmes went on a group run

Mon 26th Feb at 6:45pm

A very secret lemonade drinker!

Richmond Report written by Liz (She/her)

A speedy run, keeping to the well-lit roads of Richmond, took the group to Petersham Common to meet task owner Ken.

Ken had plans for us to dig a new drainpipe into the footpath, as have done in previous years. But while preparing that day, he decided that it was the perfect spot to create a new microhabitat by allowing the water to drain into a new pond. That meant the pond needed digging first, and that meant very carefully taking out the protected native bluebells in the pond area so that they could be planted safely elsewhere in the common. (Ken is licensed to dig native bluebells, this can't be done without a license).

They are young plants in this area and their bulbs are only small. Each one required careful digging out with a trowel to prevent cutting it off, and the more we looked, the more there were! The group worked not only on delicate removal but simultaneously on their deep squats and ankle mobility to stay so close to the ground!

Further workouts included digging the perimeter of the pond and moving the shifted soil in the wheelbarrow. This is why we call it keeping fit by doing good! As an extra added bonus, Rosie made a lucky find by digging up an original ceramic R Whites bottle!

At the end of a good session of digging, Ken handed out Lindor chocolates which were just the boost needed for the run back to town!

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