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Helping the Nature Reserve with their re-development project and get the site ready for Spring
Fri 15th Mar at 2:00pm
Corporate volunteering at a local community garden
Read moreSun 17th Mar at 2:00pm
Southwark Report written by Sam Lefevre (he/him)
Walking over from Edward Alleynian Club, where Sam had already sorted out donations for that venue, he met up with Diane and Bhav, who came for his first GoodGym session, congrats! 👏🏽
With plenty of GROAD volunteers in attendance, the majority of them concentrated on setting up the Open House whilst Sam brought over donations from Shed 2 before being asked to sort it out. Meanwhile, Bhav and Diane helped the team inside.
Once this was all done, as a GoodGym group, we sorted the new donations and categorised them in bags and boxes to put away in Shed 2 to display next weekend.
We were all so efficient it was all done by 15:30. Great work team.
Sun 17th Mar at 12:30pm
Southwark Report written by Sam Lefevre (he/him)
Keith met up Maria and Sam at Edward Alleynian Club's main hall to sort out clothes and shoes that had been donated to Andrea and GROAD this week.
Keith and Maria concentrated on putting up the clothes on the rail before folding the baby and children's clothes into bags. Sam took care of shoes and miscellaneous items.
The hour and a bit zoomed by as we listened to the UK top hits and got to know one another. Great meeting you, Keith and all the best with your future endeavours.
Fri 15th Mar at 2:00pm
Southwark Report written by Sam Lefevre (he/him)
This was something different from Sam's usual sessions. Nope, this wasn't a group run, community session or social visit, which are the three pillars of GoodGym. Instead, Sam was asked by GoodGym Central Team, if he wanted to lead a session on Friday 15th of March for a corporate group and knowing he could take a half day from his normal job, he said "Yes!".
Weeks in the lead up to this date, Sam had arranged the task with Simon (the coordinator at Thorlands Gardens) to host this session on behalf of GoodGym. Yet, to make sure, Sam ran over to Thorlands Gardens first to put out all the tools and make the necessary arrangements before jogging over to Oval station. Having arrived early and with just a name (Tessa) and a number, Sam waited outside the barriers of Oval station for around 20 people that might all look like they were in gear for a run or a walk. As it approached 14:00, Sam saw Two Circle employees come through the barriers and wearing his GoodGym red t-shirt he was not hard to miss. Tessa was his main contact and after waiting a few minutes for a few more Two Circle employees to arrive, Sam took them over to St. Mark's Churchyard across from the station to give his GG intro speech and to get introductions from the Two Circle team including answering his ice-breaker question, which was to do with St. Paddy's Day: "What is your favourite thing about Ireland?", yet there was a twist. Once an association with Ireland is mentioned, it can't be mentioned again...
Quickly, "Guinness" and "Irish Whisky" were gone in a heartbeat, but we had a couple of Irish in the group that did a shoutout to their family and friends.
Weed like to help out and chip along, if we can
Noticing most had coats and bags, Sam asked the group whether they would like to run or walk and they opted to walk the 1.8km journey to Thorlands Gardens. Sam led the group down Camberwell New Road to Flodden Road and then Denmark Road arriving at Thorlands Gardens just after 14:30 to meet Simon, the coordinator and two more Two Circle colleagues.
Simon and Sam talked about the journey, the vision and the tasks that needed to be done at Thorlands Gardens today. After dropping their coats, bags and using the loo, Sam split the group as such:
Within the hour, 17 Two Circles employees couldn't fault the session as they had fun, a workout, helped out a local community garden and even learnt a few tips and tricks about gardening from Simon and Sam. As for Thorlands Gardens, Simon was very appreciative that the group could come and help speed up the vision and the project of this space as at least an extra 2 - 3 hours of work was saved.
After gathering all the tools and taking a few group photos, they called it a day with 15 minutes to spare to get the group back to Oval Station.
Thank You Two Circles
A personal thanks from me to the Two Circles employees that came along to Thorlands Gardens! It was a pleasure meeting you all and thank you for getting stuck into the task. As seen from the report above, a lot was done in an hour and a bit, you really smashed through the tasks with dedication and passion, so thank you!
Wed 13th Mar at 6:30pm
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:
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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