Goodgym Area Activator for Cardiff & the Vale, I believe in the transformative power of running & the Arts
0 Month Streak
0 Month Streak
95 Month Streak
Cardiff
📍Glassworks, Westminster Bldg CF10 1AG
Help the growing space provide food for those in need
Tue 29th Apr at 6:20pm
Cardiff Report written by Michael
Yes..... There is something about Imy, she has wings.....
Of course the celebration called for the finding of the old fairy wings, which Imy wore with 'pride'
We made our way to our task tonight, painting the never ending railings. Perfect weather for painting though, and a new beautiful jogging route along the river, much better than the Winter option.
We did a bit of extra time tonight, doing 40 minutes volunteering, whilst chatting about the upcoming birthday celebrations of goodgym, Llion and the Welsh language songs from our resident Eisteddfod favourites, Imy and Andrew.
Join us next month as we celebrate community gardens and on the 20th May we have our 8thbirthday
Get your wings...
Mon 28th Apr at 6:15pm
Sun 27th Apr at 9:00am
Cardiff Report written by Michael
A shout out to all that came today, they were in dire need of volunteers this week. Michael spotted this early and gave a shout out on the WhatsApp group, and then again on a night out at the Musical Rave.
Our 6 volunteers helped to get to the number allowing the event to go ahead.
A great turn out for the event with a whopping 169 runners on the course. 23 first timers and 41 new PBs.
A coffee and a chat afterwards before heading away for another week.
Join us Tuesday for some rail painting... Get signed up here
Tue 22nd Apr at 6:20pm
Cardiff Report written by Michael
With what looked like a potential rainy Tuesday again, we were worried that we may not achieve our goal this week......
Michael, our resident weather man kept a watchful eye on the Met Office App and assured everyone that the rain would not be coming in until 20:00...
We met at our usual place and split into our two groups of runners and walkers, everyone was meeting at Cwtch Together tonight to begin with. The runners were the first to arrive, just in time to meet with Flo who had made their own way to the task to donate their old dolls for use at the charity play group.
Michael said Helo to Jon, who was meeting us tonight in place of our usual Sarah. We quickly got the tools out to help with the garden. Michael meandered around the grounds, before briefing Flo who was taking ownership of the task tonight at Cwtch. There were some brambles starting to come through, as well as some 'Lords & Ladies' (Arum maculatum) popping up so the strimmer was needed to remove these, especially the 'Lords & Ladies' before it goes to seed in Autumn and spreads anymore.
Once the walking group arrived, we split into two groups for the second task. We bid farewell to Emma, Emma, Flo and Neda who were going to take on the Cwtch task.
Heading over to the Grange Medical Practice were, Michael, Aimee, Emily and Llion. We were greeted by Chris from Grow Cardiff, we had been here just 2 weeks earlier (read all about that here). Tonight's call was to get the soil delivery into the raised beds...
Straight to work, we were digging soil from a bag straight into the beds on one side, whilst emptying another into wheelbarrows on the opposite side. Some strange conversations as Michael suddenly burst into song with a rendition of the theme tune to Poddington Peas..'Why' I hear you ask.... we still don't know.
This was a great workout with some heavy lifting added in once the bags were empty enough to lift straight into the raised beds. A great day this week with two tasks completed (3 with Flo's donations), thanks to all for joining in.
Join us next week for some fence painting fun, sign up here
Loading...