Rachel Henry
Area Activator at GoodGym Greenwich. I love community and getting to know all the great initiatives and people that make it what it is!
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Doing good since September 2020
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📍Woolwich Elizabeth line Station, Dial Arch Square, Major Draper Street SE18 6GD
Get fit and do good in Greenwich
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Rachel Henry signed up to a group run.
Wed 2nd Dec at 6:45pm
Rachel Henry signed up to a party.
Wed 2nd Dec at 8:00pm
Celebrate a year of doing good with great company, festive cheer and a well-earned drink (or two)!
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Rachel Henry went on a group run
Wed 21st Oct at 6:45pm
Greenwich Report written by Rachel Henry
Last night, 12 of us gathered at Charlton House before running or walking our way to Charlton Manor Primary School for an evening of community spirit, paintbrushes and several spiders.
After a short run, some of the runners met up with our walking crew at the school, who were already armed with paintbrushes and getting stuck into freshening up the walls of the Mary Seacole classroom. No hanging about here!
Meanwhile, another small but mighty team tackled the lost property cupboard. We made some decent headway, sorting the mountain of mystery belongings into different crates and uncovering what felt like a thriving spider community along the way.
As they say, many hands make light work, and with everyone mucking in, we got plenty done.
Thank you everyone - we'll be back later in the year to give the outdoor equipment a fresh lick of paint, so watch this space!
Coming up
🌳 This weekend: Alongside our usual parkruns, we've got two lovely community missions:
🌱 Spreading woodchip on the woodland walk at Horn Park: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/spreading-woodchip-on-the-woodland-walk-at-horn-park
🐾 Helping clean up at the Old Blue Cross Pet Cemetery: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/clean-up-at-the-old-blue-cross-pet-cemetery-4b4c6df7-1980-40e8-ab7b-12ef394e39b9
🏫 Next Wednesday: We're heading to Woolwich for a run to help out at Glyndon Community Centre: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/helping-at-glyndon-community-centre-fe52fe5b-49c1-4ed6-a817-a3de5d46ff9a
🌿 Next Saturday: Join us for a group run to Mycenae Gardens for some garden maintenance: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/maintenance-at-mycenae-gardens
Until next time, wonderful people! 👋
Rachel
Rachel Henry signed up to a community mission.
Sat 21st Nov at 11:00am
The Oasis Community Garden is now well established and enjoyed by the locals and wildlife and has improved the run down area
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Rachel Henry went on a group run
Wed 14th Oct at 6:45pm
Greenwich Report written by Rachel Henry
Well what a night, and what a pun! All credit to Ivar of course, who struck GOLD with that one and set off a tirade of puns in the whatsapp group.
Some walked and some ran to the task - with two simultaneous ice breakers, the best of which being "what's one thing you hated as a child that you now love?"
On arrival we split into teams - an indoor and an outdoor group. The innies were putting back up some gilded ceiling panels, the golden evidence of which is still on Mark's face apparently - what a great way to evidence who did the real work in that group 🤓
Meanwhile the outies pottered around the community garden, watering the beds, weeding and chatting. And Rubaina gallantly rescued me from a spider - especially glad you came back Rubaina and you can be paired with me for all future bug related tasks, thanks very much 🙋♀️
But last night was more tour that task and hey what a great way to spend a Wednesday evening than looking through the stores at the Prince Philip Maritime Museum. We checked out lots of paintings of shipwrecks and battles and portraits of lots of middle aged white men, and one woman who looked a bit taken aback to still be there. It was cool to get a peak inside and hear about some of the paintings - it's been a while since we've been in and we've had lots of new friends join us since then!
Time came to head off and then Aidyn caused some drama almost getting himself locked in (we almost did but we wouldn't have actually forgotten you, Aidyn.)
Great to see you all as always!
Coming up
There's loads going on this weekend in addition to the parkruns so come and join a session if you have some time!
Saturday:
https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/spring-bulb-planting-and-mulching
https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/remove-fence-in-sutcliffe-park
Sunday:
Next Wednesday we've got a Charlton House start and a run to Charlton Manor Primary School: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/gardening-at-charlton-manor-primary-school-e46f1ec7-a47c-4ac6-bf6f-fb36414e9c9c
Until next time!
Rachel
Rachel Henry went on a group run
Wed 7th Oct at 6:45pm
Greenwich Report written by Rachel Henry
Last night 12 of us gathered, some for the run and some meeting at the task. The sweaty ones arrived to a very prompt group waiting at Montessori House (I love our group, you're always on time - except for Ivar obviously who is always compulsively early.)
We haven't been here for a long time and have previously painted the outdoor fence which was off the cards tonight due to the rain so instead the main task was to paint the hallway. Thankfully Wendy and Mr Roger were very well prepared with the floor covered and all the rollers and brushes at the ready for us to get started. It was definitely a tight squeeze for 12 of us but we managed to organise ourselves and get the job done to I think a pretty good standard in half an hour and everyone seemed to still be friends by the end, despite a few painted rear ends 😆
Special welcome to Megan and Rubaina for your first tasks with us and hope you'll be back for more soon!
This weekend as well as the Parkruns we've got conservation at Oxleas Woods
And Hornfair Juniors on Sunday.
Next Wednesday we're at Prince Philip Maritime Museum where we'll be doing some odd jobs and gardening.
Until next time!
Rachel 👋
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