Three GoodGymers, Jana, Emily and Marie – met at Raleigh House, New Malden, and got straight to work giving the outdoor space some much-needed TLC.

Emily and Jana started by tackling the weeds on the patio, while Marie arrived shortly afterwards and immediately got stuck in clearing weeds from between the paving stones. Jana then turned her attention to the flower beds, pulling out plenty of persistent bindweed to help tidy the borders.

With everyone working hard, the hour flew by, and we left the patio and flower beds looking much neater. Now all that's needed is some much-needed rain after the recent hot weather to help the plants recover!

To round off the task, Jana brought some refreshing watermelon to share, while Emily treated us to some fizzy refreshments. We hope the Stay Well residents enjoy spending time in their tidier outdoor space!

This evening the 2 of us met to water this lovely colourful plot again as the heat carries on. We had some curious onlookers probably wondering what we were doing with their playground source. It was good to see, like goodgym members they all work together to support each other, this was shown when others arrived to provide a shield from the swell of the boats. Mission accomplished on both sides.

Rachel, Emily and Sabir went to RAK's event to spread the good word about GoodGym and to invite others to join our group.

We met lots of interesting people and other stalls.Thank you, RAK!

Brite Box is moving offices and needed hands to move items from their unit to the Save the World van. Emily and Rachel helped carry things down the stairs with the other volunteers from Voices of Hope and the job was done within half an hour. Well done team!

Tonight was all about watering as the heatwave continues to keep everyone and the plants hot and thirsty.

Having located the handle for the water carriers and extra buckets Dave, Luke, Claire and Jonathan headed to the river to fill every bucket, wheelbarrow and watering can in sight.

Wheelbarrows loaded with water were wheeled over to the GoodGym flowerbed for watering all the plants to keep it looking colourful and keep them going for a few more days.

Meanwhile the water carriers were taken to the community garden and emptied into the waterbutts. As fast as they were filled they were emptied for watering all the vegetables.

By the end it was a slick operation emptying the water carriers into buckets and into the waterbutts.

In between all of this Tom and Laura managed to give the compost heaps a good turn as well.

Let hope we get some rain before our next visit.

This morning, bright eyed Farzeen and myself arrived to water the goodgym flower bed to help the plants in the battle against the heat. They are helping each other by grouping together as a team, as long as no arghy bargy comes between them they will be there to fight another day 😀