Tara Shanahan
Goodgym trainer for Brighton. A running obsessive since 2009 now spreading the running joy by coaching. Have run marathons, prefer 10ks!
Brighton
Area Activator
Doing good since May 2017
248Good deeds
2,152runs
2,564cheers
Brighton
Whip It!
After most of us had taken part in East Brighton parkrun we joined a group helping Park Ranger Lindsey plant 53 tiny trees or whips.
Step one was driving a stake into the ground with a mallet, followed by using a tool to make a small hole, planting the tree and tying the tree to the stake.
Now we just have to sit back and wait for a few decades and then we will be able to see a little wood that we planted!
Brighton
January parkrun meet up
Every month we meet up together and run or walk a park run. We are spoilt for choice in Brighton and for January we will be at East Brighton.
We are also doing a tree planting community mission in the park afterwards which you can sign up for here.
Brighton
Helping out in Hanover & Elm Grove ward
We'll be making a visit to help out Cll David Gibson and local residents look after the neighbourhood in the Hanover & Elm Grove area.
Expect graffiti painting, litter picking and/or weeding.
Meet at Victoria Statue at 6.15pm for a 6.30pm start for the run/walk. Fitness session to follow the task on The Level.
Brighton
Clearing out a hallway to prepare for major works
This week three really great organisations are joining forces to make something great happen!
The Brighton Table Tennis Club have joined forces with The Real Junk Food Project to create a junk food cafe in the hall next to the BTTC. And of course the third great organisation is us!
We'll be helping them clear the hall to prepare it for some major building works.
This is an indoor task so please bring a mask and I'm sure we can find something to do outside for anyone who is uncomfortable working inside.
Meet at Victoria Statue at 6.15pm for a 6.30pm start.
Brighton
Under a night Sky Scrapers
What a perfect evening for Goodgym, cold but crisp and still and although a bit cloudy the light of a full moon added to the atmosphere. And it was great to welcome back Abi, Davidand Tabithawho have all missed the past few months due to dodgy knees, backs and hearts!
Our task was to help Stuart from the Palmeira & Adelaide Garden Fund group keep on top of all the work that needs doing in these lovely and well used squares. Council cuts means that there just isn’t the people power to do all the work, and groups like this really make a huge difference in keeping our open spaces tidy.
Our efforts tonight focussed on the northern most part of the square (oval?!) around the floral clock I discovered that the clock was installed to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II so it’s not surprising that it no longer works!
We scraped all the grass that had spread from the side it should be to the side it shouldn’t, sweeping followed scraping, shovelling and bagging followed sweeping and in about 45 minutes the job was done. Lots of passers by thanked us for our efforts, it’s always good to know that we are appreciated.
A quick fitness session of lunge variations followed before we went our separate ways into the night.
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