Linda
Redbridge
TaskForce
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Weekly Group session - meeting at Hainault Station
Meeting Place: We will meet at Hainault Station - go to the left after exiting the station and we'll meet there, unless it's raining then we'll meet inside the station. There will be place to store bags and a bike in a safe(r) place at the station but don't leave valuables.
What to bring: Please bring suitable weather clothing, gardening gloves and head torch..
Task: TBC
As usual, you're encouraged to walk, run or cycle to the session!
Redbridge
Weekly Group Session - meeting at Wanstead House
*Meeting Place: * We will meet at Wanstead Community House. There will be place to store bags and a bike in a safe(r) place but don't leave valuables.
What to bring: Please bring suitable weather clothing, gardening gloves and head torch.
Task: TBC
As usual, you're encouraged to walk, run or cycle to the session!
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Get your docs checked
Document checks are required to run to help older people.
This doc check:
- will take you less than 15 mins.
- is a chance to meet your local trainer.
- is a good time to get some training and fitness advice if you're new to running.
- is before a group run, but you donβt have to join the run if you don't want to.
You can find out more information here
Any questions, please get in touch with dbs@goodgym.org
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Helping Single Homeless Charity Clients with their allotment project in Ilford
ONLY MISSION VERIFIED (GOODGYM DBS VERIFIED) MEMBERS MAY ATTEND WEDNESDAY SESSIONS.
There are lots of jobs from weeding to planting and general maintenance of the site. ! More information about the charity and project can be found here: Single Homeless Project and here: Greenhouse Project.
This is a London-wide charity working to prevent homelessness and help vulnerable and socially excluded people to transform their lives. Their GreenHouse sessions help people reduce isolation and build confidence from being part of something.
TASKS: There are multiple projects on site that we can help with, we have been asked to keep fruit trees free from weeds and well watered, to weed and water the flower beds, which the clients then maintain with sowing and growing variety of wildflowers and help keep paths clear from grass and weeds. If you have hand-forks, trowels or even a large gardening fork, do bring it in:)
TOOLS: Bring gardening gloves, warm and waterproof clothing depending on the weather.
PLEASE NOTE- THERE IS NO ACTUAL POSTCODE FOR THE ALLOTMENT ENTRANCE IT IS AT THE BOTTOM OF GORDON ROAD BETWEEN STAINES ROAD AND LOXFORD LANE. WHAT THREE WORDS = ///rings.charmingly.tones
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Litter Picking, Cloche Clearing and Eaves Dropping
Its always good to be greeted by the Task Owner and clients of the SHP Project. Today some of the group were sitting round the garden table joining in with the Big Garden Bird Watch while others were tacking the never ending weeds.
As an added bonus we were joined by one of GGR's finest Peter who was busy foraging for rubbish from the minute he walked in the gate finding everything from motorcycle accessories (from close by vandalised vehicles) to discarded bits of plastic furniture.
We turned our attention to putting up a notice asking people not to fly tip at the corner of 'our' shed, Peter, Lorena (Task Owner) and Chris (SHP Volunteer) then cleared the cloche of old bedding which involved ingenious use of long sticks and litter pickers in case there were any discarded drug user needles ππ³ Safety First π. We also made plans for moving the planter out of the green house and the shelves from the cloche into the green house. There was a little debate about if an old rusty wheel barrow was suitable to be up-cycled as a planter. Last minute SHP Client Trevor arrived and did a quick fix on the eaves of the shed so they reached the guttering to the water tanks...maybe a bit too quick...note to self, check for leaks next visit. π¬
Before we left Linda and Peter took a look at the vandalised vehicles and Pete took details to report them as we had seen local school kids tempted to pull more bits off them.
Over all it was an enjoyable session quite a bit got done and even more planned for future sessions.
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