With the annual Poppy Appeal now over, we headed to Welling High Street to help Discover Welling take down the poppies from the lamp posts.

We were joined by two local councillors and soon got the hang of releasing the reusable cable ties, carefully packing them and the poppies into bags so they can be stored safely and brought out again next year.

As the poppies came down, we replaced some of them with posters showing designs by local schoolchildren for a new bespoke Christmas light for the high street. Discover Welling ran the competition for a second year, and we loved seeing the winning entry, Sammy the Star, glistening beside the Welling Cannon as it started to get darkp.

Our final job was to put up the Merry Christmas banner around the cannon and decorate the tree trunks in the raised planters at the other end of the high street.

It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas!

It was lovely to have Melvin with us for his first GoodGym task - we hope to see you again soon!

Friday night saw six fabulous GoodGymers head to Days Lane Primary School to help with their annual Fireworks Night, and what a busy, sparkly evening it was!

Sarah, Johnny, Fraser, Rich, Jacqueline and Priya were ready to lend a hand and help Days Lane Parents Association make the event a success.

Jacqueline kicked things off at the school gate, directing excited visitors towards the entrance and helping to collect payments. A very important job, especially when everyone is eager to get inside and enjoy the fun!

Then it was all hands on deck at the Glow Stall, always a firm favourite with the youngest fireworks fans. And when we say busy, we mean BUSY BUSY BUSY! 🌟

Glow sticks, flashing wands, glowing swords... If it lit up, the children wanted it! Our GoodGymers were selling at full speed, keeping the queue moving and making sure the little ones were suitably illuminated for the big fireworks display.

Who knew selling glow sticks could be such a workout? Forget the gym, we were practically doing retail cardio! 💪😂

A very special shout-out goes to Priya and Jacqueline, who joined us for their very first GoodGym task! 🥳 What a way to start! We hope we haven't scared you off with all the excitement, and we're absolutely delighted to welcome you both to our friendly GoodGym Bexley community. ❤️

A massive thank you to all six GoodGymers for giving up their Friday evening to support the school and help make the event such a success.

Fancy joining the fun?

GoodGym isn't just about running or getting fit. It's about meeting lovely people, supporting local causes and making a real difference in our community. And occasionally, selling more glowing swords than you ever thought possible!

👉 Check out our upcoming sessions and come along. Whether you're a GoodGym regular or completely new, there's always a place for you.

Come for the good deeds, stay for the good company! ❤️

This evening we did some crafting!

We gathered in The Nags Head pub in Welling, laden with rolls of colourful Christmas wrapping paper, scissors and rulers, and set about measuring and cutting out strips for paper chains. We then wrote jokes on them, ready to be sent to young people on CAMHS wards over the festive season.

This was all for a wonderful charity called CAMHS For Christmas. And in case you were wondering about the jokes, they were all supplied by CAMHS, with strict instructions not to add any of our own!

Of course, you'd like to hear some of them, wouldn't you?

What do you get if you cross Santa with a detective? Santa Clues!

What do Santa's little helpers learn at school? The elf-abet!

What's green, covered in tinsel and goes "ribbet, ribbet"? A mistle-toad!

We hope the jokes will make everyone chuckle (or groan) as they turn the strips into paper chains. We certainly enjoyed reading them as we copied them out!

It was a lovely, chilled hour of chatting, crafting and volunteering. Such a nice way to spend an evening.

It was also great to have Pam with us. Congratulations on completing your first GoodGym task!

Next week will be something completely different as we make our monthly visit to Holy Trinity Lamorbey Primary School. Can't wait to find out what they have in store for us - come along and join the fun!

Three of us GoodGymers were at Crossness Pumping Station museum this morning. After observing a minute's silence for Remembrance we got kitted out in hard hats and safety glasses before getting busy in the spectacular Victorian engine hall.

Our tasks were to dust and wipe down some of the ornate ironwork on the ground floor, and polish one of the brass handrails high above on the level where we were side-by-side with the tops of the giant beam engines.

The brass took some serious elbow grease to remove decades of tarnish. In an hour we'd only tackled a small section, but what a transformation! A big thank you to Yee, part of the wider team of Crossness volunteers who worked alongside us, bringing the handrails back to a glorious shine.

Afterwards we enjoyed hot drinks and a lovely chat in the museum's punily named Ness Cafe.

Restoration of the huge engine hall and the surrounding Crossness site is an ongoing project that will take years to complete, and it's all being carried out by an amazing team of volunteers. We're very happy to be playing our small part in preserving this wonderful piece of history.

If you'd like to join us next time, we'll be back on Sunday 13 December and we'd love to see you - sign up here.