Paul Salman
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Paul Salman signed up to a group run.
Tue 24th Nov at 6:45pm
Assist volunteers with maintaining a lovely green space for public enjoyment
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Paul Salman went on a training session
Tue 20th Oct at 9:55am
Barnet Report written by Paul Salman
Yoga talk
Yoga encourages Three-dimensional Movement.
Much of our lives are spent moving our bodies in only one direction. Whether we’re sitting on a chair, flexing our neck up and down to look at screens or moving between floors by going up and down stairs, we’re drastically limited in our range of motions. Our bodies were designed to move in 3 dimensions, yet modern life forces us to largely move in only one. yoga helps to encourage a variety of movements..
Paul Salman went on a mission
Fri 16th Oct at 12:00pm
Barnet Report written by Paul Salman
George and I were asked to help clear a garden so a single mother could enjoy it with her son. The space had become overgrown and overwhelming. Using loppers, shears, and rakes, we managed to clear most of the area, placing the cuttings at the back of the garden to compost. By the time we finished, the trampoline was accessible and the garden ready for use. It felt daunting even for us, yet it was deeply satisfying to complete the task.
Paul Salman went to a social
Wed 14th Oct at 6:00pm
Barnet Report written by Victoria R (she/her)
On Wednesday evening, George, Paul and Victoria headed to the Phoenix Cinema to join local community members for a screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing, an event that GoodGym Barnet helped bring to life.
The People’s Emergency Briefing is designed to be shown at community screenings, encouraging conversations between local residents and highlighting how much people within these communities care about the climate emergency. This screening sold out, bringing a full house together for the climate conversation.
Several Barnet-based community groups, including Barnet Friends of the Earth, Finchley CND, Chipping Barnet Foodbank, Barnet U3A and many more, attended the screening and took part in discussions afterwards, sharing their reactions to the film, their concerns about the climate emergency, and ideas for addressing the challenges ahead.
Afterwards, much of the group headed to The Bald Faced Stag for drinks, further conversation, and a bit of community building. George and Victoria even shared their thoughts to help Dave McCormick - who compered the event with Silvana Kohon - write a report on the event for The Archer.
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Fri 16th Oct at 9:33am
Thank you, Victoria, for this report & for the record, I have written to my MP as requested. Here is that letter.. Dear David, I recently attended a packed screening of The People's Emergency Briefing at the Phoenix Cinema. The evidence presented by leading experts was compelling and deeply troubling. The discussion afterwards showed just how moved people were, but also how uncertain we are about what to do next. For several years, through GoodGym Barnet, I've been involved in improving our local green spaces, planting trees and helping establish Tiny Forests. I've watched young trees struggle through drought, sometimes die, and seen volunteers do their best to keep them alive. It's a small example of the much bigger environmental crisis we're facing, but also of what communities can achieve together. I remember watching a news report many years ago in which scientists agreed on the seriousness of global warming. I thought this would be a turning point, almost like a declaration of a national emergency, demanding fundamental changes to how we live. Yet the next day, life simply carried on as before. The longer we delay, the harder those changes will become. I'm now at a point where I'm prepared to accept that my own consumer habits and lifestyle may need to change significantly for the greater good. During Covid, we demonstrated that society can make extraordinary collective changes when necessary. Of course, there are consequences for businesses, employment and people's livelihoods. These must be understood and addressed fairly. But surely we have to start having that honest national conversation. We need leadership that sets an example, listens to different perspectives and acts with humility, transparency and urgency. Not more political point-scoring or promises that everything can continue as before. Will you support the call for a government-led national emergency briefing, presented by independent experts, and help begin an honest public conversation about the changes we need to make? Many of us are already doing what we can in our communities. We need to see the same commitment at a national level. Kind regards, Paul Salman
Paul Salman signed up to a mission.
Fri 16th Oct at 12:00pm
They will be able to safely access garden/nature without needing carer's to go into the community with significant increase in improve their health and wellbeing.
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Mon 12th Oct at 9:45am
Barnet Report written by George Ttoouli (he/him)
Another fun start to the week, Paul, Gus and I rocking up early. But the Brent Cross traffic had the lovely delivery team from Volunteers on Wheels stuck at a crawl and they only arrived just before 11am. Undeterred, we went at it double time, running trolleys down the ramp, unloading the van and pushing things back up to the shop team to sort. And then we were done, though I stuck around for 15min more to help move some produce into the stores.
This week we saw: leeks, potatoes, butternut soups, smoothies, bottled and canned drinks, mushrooms (inc. mushrooms growing on mushrooms, which had to be discarded but were a nice ecological novelty!), sweet potatoes, soda bread and a lot more I missed in the speed. Some of it will be going in stores for their big first birthday party celebrations this Wednesday, so they can give things away as raffle prizes and have extra on hand for the increased visitors. We'll be popping along around lunchtime!
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