Tonight 6 GoodGymer's ran to St Catherine's Church to help prepare their wild meadow.

It was the first time we have visited and Jan the task leader was delighted when she heard what GoodGym can do.

Armed with rakes we helped clear the area of dead grass, and exposed the soil in order to scatter wild flower seeds which were provided by MX Green Hearts - a movement set up to improve green spaces in the Mile Cross Estate.

After 45mins so many bags of grass had been collected we had filled the boot of Jan's car! So with the light fading we lined up for a group photo beside the words 'You Are Loved'.

There's a lot to love about GoodGym!

9 GoodGymer's turned out for a great morning at Mousehold Heath.

Cutting back Common Gorse, which is an invasive species and has been strangling the heather that grows on the heath. The Heather is a great pollinator and is essential to bees and insects thriving.

The team removed lots of Gorse, with the aid of Will’s big protective gloves and long reaching loppers. After it was removed it was laid on drag mats and taken to a big hole not far away where it can mulch down.

Everyone was in great spirits and could see a massive impact for the hours work that it took of lopping and dragging.

We will be back again in a few weeks for another task in Mousehold.

Woody and I had a productive session helping Mr A with his front garden. Mr A's strimmer wasn't working at first, so Woody got started cutting down the long grass with hedge trimmers which worked a treat! He then did a great job mowing the lawn.

I focused on cutting the edges of the grass and weeding the French drains and between the paving slabs.

Mr A was very pleased with the results!

It was a very windy morning, 7 GoodGymers ran or cycled 5km to Waterloo Park.

We joined the Friends of Waterloo Park volunteer group who meet every Saturday.

Todays task was clearing out weeds from the overgrown flower beds. After an hour it was a great to see the difference we made - check out the before and after photos!

We will be returning next month to help spread lots of wood chip. See you at the next one.