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We're back for a third time this July at the Asics London 10K in Westminster.

We’ll be operating the aid station along Victoria Embankment, across the river from the London Eye and County Hall. The task itself amounts to handing out water to sweltering runners whilst yelling encouragement in their faces - you’ll love it!

Here's a run report from the 2018 event and the 2019 one here to get a sense of what to expect.

So get your red shirt on, and come along and cheer-on the GoodGymmers competing in the race, help increase the visibility of GoodGym at this busy high-profile event, and get a little something for your trouble…

LimeLight Sports offer each GoodGym volunteer:

• A free place on an upcoming LimeLight Sports race. That's the (postponed) Hackney Half this September, the Oxford Half in October, the Hackney Half in May 2022, or the next London 10K in a years time.

• Breakfast on the day.

• Loot. Historically there's always been branded merch assigned to volunteers at the start, and finishers shirts floating about at the end. TBC exactly what yet.

Details

Times: 7.30 – 1.30 (although we ordinarily get signed-off rather before this)

Getting there: Waterloo and Charing Cross mainlines, Westminster and Embankment Undergrounds are all nearby. Be aware some buses on the North side of the river will be on diversion because of the race.

If you want to be involved, please sign-up over on the LimeLight Sports volunteer portal HERE

Any questions please leave comment below, or get in touch on daniel@goodgym.org

No pardon here as this is what we asked for...A project to work on throughout the year in Kingston.... and we got it!! So gloves on and have at it!

The rose beds at the top of Fishponds Park is the venue and as discussed with I.D Verde we are adopting them, so taking on various aspects of their maintenance through the horticultural year.

So, first Tuesday of every month, this is the place to be https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/51%C2%B023'17.2%22N+0%C2%B017'37.1%22W/@51.3881111,-0.2947332,18z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d51.3881197!4d-0.2936432?hl=en

Andrew is our friendly task owner for this one and should you need him on route then number that is best is 07890 999 314

Andrew has also been kind enough to share a breakdown of the plan for the area with me so let me know if you wish to know more and I can email you some details!!

....Voices of Hope is a local charity dedicated to community activities, designed to enhance physical and mental wellbeing. Together with the Council, Council contractor Idverde and the Friends of Fishponds Park, we have come up with an exciting plan to reinvigorate a corner of Fishponds Park, Surbiton. This will create a community food growing space, transform a redundant flower bed into a sensory garden and save an existing rose garden. The community allotment will include accessible footpaths for the mobility impaired, as well as a host of green infrastructure features and pollinator-friendly planting to improve biodiversity. Access to grant funding will be required to make all this possible and there is a lot of work to be done before it can be a reality. Once established, the vision includes involving various groups in maintaining and developing the area, with the possibility of using the food for community lunches and even supplying the local food bank. This project will complement the adjacent community orchard that was planted in January 2020 and create an attractive feature with fantastic potential for community use.

Round 3 of a community project supported by the council that needs some good ol' labour to make the difference.

This phase is the brick laying phase to put the finishing touches to work carried out on the previous task!

Those who have attended in the past have done a sterling job and the task owner is so grateful and delighted. Recognising we are not trades people and appreciating our enthusiasm he is happy for us to help with this phase which is great as I heard some of you were asking to give it a go

Space for 6 is the advice but please bring own gloves, face masks and some antibac.

Matt will be on site to meet you and best number if you need on route is 07785 715060

Sure you will do a great job and there be a chance for more thanks and mortar I imagine!

Continuing on from last Sunday's good work, we are at St. John the Evangelist again. They need hands to help finish paint the fence on the outside of the church.

Plenty of space for social distance as we work. Paint has been arranged to be left in the porch at the church already!

Should be a great upper body workout, some might say simply DIVINE!

Task owner will be Mark and if you need to contact him on the morning then 077307 99609 is the best number 😊

Bring any gloves you may wish to wear for yourself and a mask in case indoors is needed but NOTE : This is an outdoor task and no opportunity this time for indoors should it rain. I have spoken with the task owner and a meeting is happening in the church at that time so fingers crossed and some prayers of course that we see some consistent sunshine (surely it's about time!!)