29 GGers ran 5-10k to help Abbey Community Centre and Skip Garden!

Welcome along to newbies Ellie and Jenny, plus welcome back to second timers and regulars!

This week was all about big numbers for the Camdenites:

1. Frances Powrie hit an amazing 300 Good Deeds - FP has been smashing missions and group runs for over three & half years and she is an amazing part of GG! Well done!
2. Equally as GOOD Chris Howson has now hit a 60 month streak for group runs, that's 5 years in a row! Wow!
3. Long run this Saturday from Wandsworth to Croydon on the Wandle Trail - more details here
4. Social on Thursday 4th October at Islington Townhouse - News, IPOM & More - details here
5. Sofia 2019 here and for race suggestions for 2019 please see the form here.

Skip Garden Report:

21 of us headed to Skip Garden, it's been a while since we've helped Global Generation with their work but it was great to be back under the pretty lights and amongst the skips, bees and chickens.

Harvest Festival prep!

Our task was to be heavy lifters, a group of four lifted ten huge heavy bags of soil, a bookcase and a planter from a storage cupboard to the back entrance. Meanwhile the main group formed a chain gang to move logs, crates and more from one location to another for storage.

After finishing up we headed to the canals for some running and then everyone smashed a time trail around Granary Square! Everyone smashed it!

Abbey Community Centre Report:

A team of 9 headed north via Primrose Hill on a speedy mission to deliver leaflets for the wonderful Abbey Community Centre, based near Kilburn, about their older persons services and community cafe.

The brilliant Brent Trainer Pritesh was on hand to lead the gang around town - great job!

Please note someone left a John Lewis suit & suit bag in the Living Centre - please contact me if that's you

Sign up next week here when we'll be helping Sheltered housing and Coram Fields.

PB out

28 GG Camdenites ran between 5-10k to help Abbey Community Centre and Ashdown Crescent Sheltered Housing

Lovely to have you all along! In the news this week:

1. People from Camden, Islington and all over the GoodGym world are meeting this week for our annual shindig to discuss the future of GG. If you have any feedback or suggestions please forward them onto me.
2. July's Long Run is this Sunday from Finsbury Park - see full details here.
3. There is a mission this Saturday helping to setup the Queens Crescent Community Festival - sign up here.

Sheltered Housing Task:

18 of us headed north to Kentish Town and beyond to help the amazing Sheltered Housing. Over 40 residents are housed and receive care through this fantastic organisation. The work we do makes a huge amount of difference, enabling people to use the garden more freely.

Our tasks were as follows:

• A general sweep up of the area, importantly including the decking which is going to be hosed down and varnished this week.
• Planting and watering the garden area.
• Clearing weeds and cutting back plants etc
• Laying new paving stones down

Over 30 minutes we made a huge impact and everything was looking top notch. While Chris and Katherine grappled with getting a hose over the wall, we took a group picture and sent off the first group to run home.

With a lovely down hill run home, the air got cooler and we were back in no time :)

Abbey Community Centre Tasking:

Pritesh led a team of 9 over Primrose Hill and beyond to help Abbey Community Centre - a fantastic local centre which works to help both the young and old in the community through various projects.

After a steady 5km the group got to work watering the garden, weeding and cleaning some trays which will be used for the local book club/exchange. George revealed some special skills by putting together some cake stands in record time before joining the gardening work. Nice work guys!

Sign for next week here, please look out for where we will be meeting.

PB out.

27 Goodgymers ran 6km and helped Kentish Town City Farm

Welcome along to newbie - Ramon

This week we returned after helping Kentish Town City Farm prepare for May Day celebrations last Wednesday. Our job was to basically pack up everything we put up last week.

Many hands make light work!

A team of 13 were tasked with emptying and putting down the marquee. This involved team work, clear instructions from Chris and no one getting stuck underneath as it came down.

The rest of the crew packed up two gazebos and carried down 12 hay bails, stocks, scarecrows and everything else that was up there.

Once we were done Frances put me in the stocks and everyone fed the goats.

Last but not least we wanted to say a huge well done and congratulations to Sophie Hedges for hitting her 300th good deed. Fantastic!

Nice one! Come back next week when we have three tasks!

PB out.

Wow 42 of us helped Kentish Town City Farm last night with their May Day celebrations!!

Thanks for coming everyone, one of our biggest groups for a while! Welcome along to Tom and Katy whose first time it was last night.

In the news this week:

1. It's the GG Monthly Social TONIGHT down in south London (Bromley) - go along for puns, fun and Pritesh!
2. The GG Olympics is on the 30th June and Camden want a big team out there to keep our trophy! Gonna be awesome :)
3. A huge well done to Sophie Hedges who is hitting 300 Good Deeds - this is seriously awesome and whole lot of good over the last 5 years!

Woah last night was pretty cool, there was so many of us that we had to split into two groups on our way up there, with Chris leading the longer group along the canal. Everyone bloody loves the farm so much as Frances said if you are having a bad day, seeing a goat makes you happy!

Kentish Town City Farm is Camden's touch of countryside, they are having May Day Celebrations on the weekend so we came to help set up. After being greeted by a big pig we split into the following groups:

Poo people: Led by Captain Poo (Thomas Samuels) a group of 10 shovelled and moved lots, lots and lots of poo from one site to a more accessible pile for the farmers - with Rosie and Sophie leveling it out.

Shit just goat real

Good movers: A team of 15 people lifted and carried 20 straw bales, 10 tables, 10 chairs and plenty of other things to be used for the activity area on the weekend. Good carrying!

Marquee Crew: Another squad of 20 people put up the marquee, this is a centrepoint of the celebrations and used for face painting and more! Getting the right poles in place and working as a team was key.

Well done all, over 40 minutes we made a huge difference and then got to chill with the goats, cows, sheep and more. After saying out goodbyes we hoof'ed back to base...

Thank you all for coming - we are back next week to unpack everything we just put up - sign up here.

A massive thanks to Rosie and the team for the capes, brownies and cards! Here's to the next 300 Good Deeds :)

PB out.