As the Welling Sparkle Christmas Market drew to a close, three of our GoodGymers were on hand to help the organisers, Discover Welling and CC Events, with post-event tidy up.

But first, there was time for a little festive fun! We met up at the Sparkle, and clambered aboard the giant inflatable sleigh for a group photo with the Discover Welling team. Cheesy smiles all round as we tried not to sink any further into the sleigh!

With our team photo sorted, we set off along the High Street, taking down the lamp post stickers and posters that had helped promote the Sparkle. Walking promptly, it was a good way to boost out step count for the day!

It was great to play our part in helping wrap things up after the celebrations.

At GoodGym, we love getting out into our local communities, meeting people, supporting local events and tackling those little jobs that make a big difference. Our missions are a great way to get active, meet new people and do something positive for the places we call home.

Fancy combining a bit of exercise with doing good in your community? Come and give GoodGym a go. There's always another mission around the corner! ❤️

Two of us were with Discover Welling this afternoon, helping visitors enjoy some good old-fashioned fun with a festive twist at their stall at the Welling Sparkle ✨️.

We spent a fun hour looking after two retro fairground games: Roll-a-Coin and Leap-Frog. But this wasn't quite the Leap-Frog you might remember! In a special Christmas makeover, the challenge wasn't to land a frog on a lily pad, but to get Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer down the chimney! 🦌🎅

There was plenty of fun to be had as visitors of all ages tried their luck and tested their skills.

The money raised goes towards helping Discover Welling fund the town's Christmas lights, so every coin played helped bring a little more festive sparkle to the town.

It was a lovely way for us to be involved in a wonderful local event, meet people and support the team behind Welling's festive celebrations.

Volunteering with GoodGym sees us taking part in all sorts of things. Sometimes that means getting stuck into a practical task, and sometimes it means helping Rudolph down a chimney!

Fancy having fun while doing good? 100% Come and join us! ❤️

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!