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Nelly went on a group run

Wed 20th Mar at 6:30pm

La grenouille 🐸 et le triton

Southwark Report written by Sam Lefevre (he/him)

On International Day of Happiness and French Language Day, Sam welcomed in Elena, Paulin, Isaac, Lindy, Katy, Nelly, Maria and Daryl into Old Spike Peckham for another group run. After his intro speech, his ice-breaker question was to do with one of the social dates...he chose to ask what everyone's favourite French word is:

From "Boh" to "pittoresque" and "bissou" to "oo la la", we had all your stereotypes and intriguing French words.


What's flyering in french?

With this being one of our longer runs, Sam opted to skip the warm-up and head to Galleywall Nature Reserve as it is a 4k run each way. We started off fast to avoid the people on Rye Lane before feeling the humidity on this warm muggy night. We all made it to the Nature Reserve just after 19:15 to find Eddie welcoming in Phil, but we did not notice until after Eddie gave a list of jobs/tasks that Sander had already arrived and was cracking on with transporting leaf mulch. Yet, we had more people than tasks, but luckily Sam had flyers from Library of Things to distribute to the neighbourhood around Surrey Quays. Staying with Eddie in the Nature Reserve:

  • Emma, Elena, Lindy, Maria, Nelly, Phil and Sander stayed behind to collect leaf mulch, saw wood and put in wooden pole signage firmly into the ground.
  • Whilst Daryl, Isaac, Katy, Paulin and Sam ran off to deliver the flyers using the 40 minutes to tackle the estates near Surrey Quays Overground.

Upon arriving back at the Nature Reserve close to 20:00, Sam noticed those at the Nature Reserve had already been done with their tasks about five minutes prior, so without further waiting he took a group photo and they said their goodbyes to Eddie, Elena(who lives closeby), Emma, Phil and Sander.

We ran back to Peckham at a slower pace as most of us were tired and the humidity was still in the air. Once we arrived back at Old Spike at 20:30, Sam opted out of a stretch and told everyone left to stretch at home.


Thank You to all the GG-ers

A personal thanks from me to all those who came out last night! Eddie always appreciates our time at the Nature Reserve to help fine tune the area and we got a shoutout from Library of Things on Instragram too. Thank you to Maria for backmarking the runs to / from Galleywall Nature Reserve.

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Nelly signed up to a group run.

Wed 20th Mar at 6:30pm

Group Run: Back to the Nature Reserve [Spring edition] 🌱

Helping the Nature Reserve with their re-development project and get the site ready for Spring

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Nelly went on a group run

Wed 13th Mar at 6:30pm

Mulch to do, so little time to do it in!

Southwark Report written by Sam Lefevre (he/him)

Opening up Old Spike Peckham with not just one key, but two as Old Spike had a break in a few weeks ago and Sam had to get a spare key for the second lock.

As our regular runners came in, it was great to see Tony come and claim his second good deed. Slowly everyone trickled into Old Spike in Peckham and as 18:45 arrived, Sam promptly went through his usual GG intro speech, but formally introduced himself (which was weird...). Afterwards, his ice-breaker questions were to do with a host of social dates including Pi Day, World Sleep Day and St. Paddy's Day. Firstly, everyone had to answer what their favourite pie and how many hours of sleep they normally get before Sam started a word association game with things to do with Ireland (with the added touch that what was suggested couldn't be used again).

There were all sorts of pies from steak and kidney to apple pie. The average hour of sleep everyone got was 7-8, but quite worrying some got less than 4 whilst others overslept...From Guinness to Whiskey and Shamrocks to potatoes, our Ireland word association game didn't prove difficult at all!


Getting ready for bed and a corporate group

After a quick warm-up in the alleyway, Sam led the group through the backstreets of Peckham and up Chadwick Road (the hill) and down towards Denmark Hill. Arriving at Thorlands Gardens slightly late, we met Simon who was filming us running in. We also met James and Jessie at the task, as they opted to walk and run to the task, respectively.

Simon had already gathered the tools we needed, so we proceed to the "Wild Garden" to put down the tools and split the group:

  • Isaac, Lindy, Paulin and Tony were up for the mulch run as they brought over wheelbarrows of mulch for the beds where we will grow exotic trees.
  • Simon needed a trio team to clear the terrace, so that it would be ready for the corporate group to use on Friday. Andrada, Jessie and Maria swept the terrace, dragged the bags of sticks and brambles and even helped cut them down further to ease the composting method.
  • Lastly, the majority, weeded. They needed to clear the weeds from the mulch beds, so that the mulch runners could put mulch on them. This group had Gemma, James, Nathan, Nelly

Since we were slightly late within 30 minutes, we managed to take out all the weeds where the mulch beds will be and some extra in other places. Plus, the mulch running team brought six wheelbarrow's worth of mulch and team terrace cleared the terrace. Everything was all set for Friday, apart from a flat tire on a wheelbarrow.

After putting back the tools, we left Lindy, James and Paulin there before running off back to Old Spike. On the way back, Andrada and Jessie peeled off back to their respective homes.


Thank You to all the GG-ers

A personal thanks from me to all those who came out last night! Our regular monthly sessions at Thorlands Gardens is always appreciative and we got the site ready for a corporate session on Friday. Thank you to Daryl for backmarking the runs to / from Thorlands Garden and to everyone for getting stuck in.

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Nelly signed up to a group run.

Wed 13th Mar at 6:30pm

Group Run: Community Gardening at Thorlands

Tidying up this community garden as we continue with its project and vision

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Sam Lefevre
Nelly
Nelly went on a group run

Wed 6th Mar at 6:30pm

Fast Flyer 🗞️✈️

Southwark Report written by Sam Lefevre (he/him)

A different Wednesday, a different outcome.

Sam ran over from home after checking on his kitten to find a few GoodGymers waiting for him and the moment of truth....will we be allowed in Old Spike Peckham after being locked out last week? Yes we were!

Tonight, it would be a chilled session as Sam had the flyers the team had to deliver and the area where they had to flyer was only a 1.5k run away. Andrada, Daryl, David, Emma, Louise, Nathan, Nelly, Paulin and Rosalind met Sam in the warmth of Old Spike as they took time with the ice-breaker question tonight.

Sam asked: On Friday, is International Women's Day, my question:

To those that identify as "Male" or non-binary, at my work there's a campaign called "have you noticed her?". Who's a female talent that you have noticed breaking barriers? In your life or in the media (or both). To those who identify as "Female" or non-binary this year's topic is about an inclusive workforce - any tip(s) for your male colleagues to make you feel included at work? However, you can answer either or both questions - this is not gender exclusive questions.

We had a good 10-15 minute chat about noticing influential women in our lives both personally and in the media plus we gave tips on making great strides to feel more inclusive from transparency to active listening and understanding. These are just some of the tips we can take forward.

Afterwards, Paulin needed to get herself recorded for her Run Leader training, so Sam took a video of her doing the warm-up before we ventured through the streets of Peckham, East Dulwich and up Champion Hill.


Low batteries and counting buses

At the top of Champion Hill, Sam took out the GROAD flyers and assigned Daryl, Emma and Paulin as team leaders as there were three areas that needed to be targeted:

All the teams had 30 minutes to deliver all the flyers whilst Sam waited at the bus stop for them to come back. During this time, his phone died due to low batteries and he counted and did an unofficial survey for TFL - it's a well service bus stop with 11 buses coming in 30 minutes.

Everyone came back on time and Sam led the way back after as we were in a rush to start the monthly social, which was at Brick Brewery Taproom. What a great way to end the night!


Thank You to all the GG-ers

A personal thanks from me to all those who came out on Wednesday night! It was great to be back at Old Spike Peckham. Thanks to everyone for contributing to our IWD conversation. Thank you to Steve for backmarking both runs and kudos to everyone for getting stuck in. Another warm welcome to Louise for backmarking both runs. Another great social, this time at Brick Brewery Taproom, where almost all of us enjoyed the tacos and Latin flavours as well as the beers!

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Nelly signed up to a group run.

Wed 6th Mar at 6:30pm

Group Run: Flyering for GROAD in Denmark Hill / Champion Hill + Monthly social (Bricks Brewery Taproom)

Drive awareness of this CIC (community interest company) to encourage people to donate unwanted/unused goods

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Nelly went on a group run

Wed 28th Feb at 6:30pm

Just applying the finishing touches 🖌️

Southwark Report written by Sam Lefevre (he/him)

"I'm late, I'm late, I'm very very late, hello, goodbye", like the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, Sam (for the first time in his 2.5 years as Area Activator) was very late for the group run and opening Old Spike Peckham as he was held back at work.

Arriving at 18:47, Sam saw everyone gather outside Old Spike Peckham, but to add to his woes, he found out for the first time too that whoever locked up Old Spike Peckham locked the bottom lock too, which he didn't have. Thinking on the spot, he asked the Georgian Wine Bar next door whether the run group could drop bags and coats in their cupboard room at the back. With some persuasion, the bar manager agreed. That was one less stress to deal with. Amongst all the chaos, Sam managed to introduce Tony who came for his first GoodGym session. Hooray and welcome!

The group were led by Paulin to the alleyway as she is preparing to complete her run leader training and wanted to put a practise in tonight. She did a quick jumping and squatting warm up to get us warm.

Noticing the time was approaching 19:00, Sam skipped the ice-breaker (for now) as he led from the front and Steve volunteered to backmark.


Refreshed walls

Through the backstreets of Peckham, up Chadwick Road (the hill) and down towards Camberwell, we went as we stopped in various places to re-group. We finally made it to Salvation Army Camberwell Corps. in time (19:15) as we met Valentina, Folarin, Phil and Richard who opted to walk / cycle to the task.

After taking a moment to introduce Valentina and what happens at the Salvation Army in Lomond Grove, Valentina gave clear instructions on what needed to be done after learning what we did from the first session. We had to ensure the entrance hall was clear and that there was lining on the floor before any paint could come out. There was enough tools for everyone, so picking up a paint brush or roller and sharing a paint tray, which Lucy had kindly poured out, everyone picked their bit of the wall and concentrated on applying the second coat of paint.

Having missed out on the ice-breaker poll and question earlier, Sam proceeded to ask: Since it was National Pokemon Day on Tuesday, what is your favourite Pokemon from Pikachu, Squirtle, Charmander and Bulbasaur? Plus, he threw in the ice-breaker question which was to do with "Employee Appreciation Day" on Friday: Do you have any cool perks at work that you want to share?

Pikachu won by a few votes, but Squirtle was a close second. Isaac shouted out that his company is doing the 4 day working week (more or less) as he logs off by midday on Friday. Others had flexi-working, which is almost a similar concept, but with a 5 day working week contract.

Once the paint was out and conscious that we had to clean / wash up afterwards, after 30 minutes, we managed to put on a second coat of paint and the team started to head to the kitchen to wash up the water-based paint brushes, rollers and trays.

Valentina was happy with what we had achieved and she will get one or two volunteers to touch up certain parts of the wall that needs to be touched up.

By 20:05, we had to rush off back to Peckham as like a school bus, we said our goodbyes to Adrian, Andrada, Folarin, Isaac and Nelly. After a quick stretch and having reached the Georgian Wine Bar, it was only fair that we brought something from the bar/shop, so Sam and Steve bought a lovely deep red, which was recommended. A great way to end the night!


Thank You to all the GG-ers

A personal thanks from me to all those who came out last night! It was a bit of a hectic start and we managed to work out a solution to drop off our bags and coats thanks to the Georgian Wine Bar next door. I will ensure Old Spike Peckham does not lock the second lock next Wednesday. Thanks to Steve for backmarking both runs and kudos to everyone for getting stuck in. Another warm welcome to Tony and we hope to see you at another group run or GoodGym session soon. Next Wednesday will be a calm one as we run over to Denmark Hill and Champion Hill to deliver Get Rid Of And Donate (GROAD) flyers to homes and flats around there and on top of that, we have our monthly social, so why don't you join us?

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Wed 28th Feb at 6:30pm

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Nelly went on a group run

Wed 21st Feb at 6:30pm

Swiftly getting things done ✅

Southwark Report written by Sam Lefevre (he/him)

This wasn't our usual Wednesday night group run as we welcomed not just one, but three newbies: Alex, Damian and Louise came to claim their first good deed with GoodGym. Tonight was our special collaboration with Swifty Mondays running club.

Despite it raining all day, there was a dry window of opportunity, which happened to land on Wednesday evening. Our regular runners started to trickle into Old Spike in Peckham and as 18:45 arrived, Sam promptly went through his usual GG intro speech, but adding the 3 ways of getting involved with GoodGym for the newbies. Tonight, his ice-breaker snap-poll was to do with National Love Your Pet Day, which was on Tuesday. The options were: Cat, Dog, Other or Neither? There were a couple of votes for "Neither", one for "Other" (Goat) and "Dog" took the snap poll over "Cat" by a few votes. Sam even prepared an ice-breaker question that correlated with National Margarita Day (on Thursday) and he asked "Favourite cocktail or mocktail?"

Some found cocktails too sweet and opting for Gin & Tonic, there were a few saying "that cocktail with the mint..." Mojito, Manhattan and Long Island Ice Tea, but no one said Margarita until Rosalind said it at the pub.


Thank you very mulch, Swifties

After a quick warm-up in the alleyway, Sam led the group through the backstreets of Peckham and up Chadwick Road (the hill) and down towards Denmark Hill. We made a couple of stops along the way to re-group with Maria backmarking (both ways). Arriving at Thorlands on time, we met Simon, Rosalind, Jo and Vic who opted to walk / cycle to the task.

After gathering our tools needed for the various tasks from the "Walled Garden", we proceed to the "Forest Garden" to put down the tools and split the group, but not before Sam could explain the vision of this brownfield site.

There were three tasks available:

  • Lindy led a group to the mulch / woodchip depo to bring wheelbarrows of mulch for the beds where we will grow exotic trees. Alex, Damian, Louise and Rosalind joined Lindy.
  • A team consisting of the "True Swifties" - Jo, Maria, Nelly and Vic concentrated on weeding the beds as they needed to prepare this in time before the mulch movers came with wheelbarrows of mulch.
  • Alex, Daryl and Isaac continued with the woodchip path. They dug, flattened (by raking) and put a layer of cardboard and woodchip.
  • Louise was our resident photographer for the night, but also helped with the weeding.

In 40 minutes, we managed to take out all the weeds, bring eight wheelbarrow's worth of mulch and continue with the woodchip path by over 2 - 3 metres! Well done team! Maybe the extra motivation came from those Taylor Swift songs...

With the clocks hitting 20:00, we quickly put back the tools before running off back to Old Spike for a quick stretch as most of us were up for a pint (or two) at The White Horse.


Thank You to all the GG-ers

A personal thanks from me to all those who came out last night! A great collab night with the Swifties! It was lovely to meet you Alex, Damian and Louise. Hope we can do another session in the Spring/Summer. Finally, a massive thank you to Maria for backmarking on both runs. We're off to Salvation Army Camberwell Corps. next Wednesday to put on a second coat of paint in their entrance room, so why don't you join us?

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Nelly
Nelly signed up to a group run.

Wed 21st Feb at 6:30pm

Group Run: Community Gardening at Thorlands

Tidying up this community garden as we continue with its project and vision

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Sam Lefevre

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