Yianny

GoodGym Lambeth

LambethGroup run
Rich
Adam West
Tilly Baker Mortimer
Katie Allan
Ben Margerison
Yianny

๐ŸŒฟ Weed Finished What We Started: The Edge-ucation of St Matthew's ๐ŸŒฟ

Tuesday 27th October

Written by Yianny (he / him)

We headed out in dry, crisp conditions to help Tom from Lambeth Parks finish what we started at St Matthew's Peace Garden. Peace, quiet and a LOT of weeds. ๐ŸŒฑ

The task was simple: edging, scraping and bagging up the grass and weeds from the paving. This time we had ALL the tools, including half moon edgers, shovels and brooms, while Adam turned up tooled up with hand edging tools. ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Absolute edge lord. ๐Ÿฅณ

Ben, Katie, Tilly, Jo, Adam, Rich and Nicole (who may or may not have joined the task on her broom and made it a full bouquet of volunteers ๐Ÿ’) really did dig deep, and we left the paving looking so sharp it could cut. Nothing was left to chance, or to moss. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

A lovely evening for a run, with fun friends to share it with. Tilly brought baked goods to console our AA, who lost his namesake in Bake Off. Incredible as ever, Tilly, you absolute whisk-taker. ๐Ÿง Another great task well done! ๐Ÿงฐโค๏ธ

It was also the end of month social, and we put our pub quiz winnings (a voucher, no less) to good use with a karaoke night. ๐ŸŽค RJ made his debut in his shiny new GG shirt, looking fresh off the press and ready to belt out a few tunes. ๐Ÿ‘•โœจ What happens at karaoke stays at karaokeโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜‰ but wonderful scenes were had. ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿพ

Until next time, GoodGym Lambeth: thyme to go and lawn-ch ourselves into the next task! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ

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LambethCommunity mission
Nehal Ashish Shah
Brenda SMITH

Making a Splash at Vauxhall Gardens!

Friday 23rd October

Written by Brenda SMITH (She/her)

Despite the pouring rain, two Goodgymers braved the wet weather to help out at the Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre foodbank. Rain or shine, our commitment to community doesn't stop! Spirits remained high, especially when we met a customer rocking the ultimate waterproof setup, complete with a brilliant, handmade newspaper hat. A wonderful reminder that a bit of imagination and resourcefulness can brighten even the gloomiest Friday afternoon.

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LambethCommunity mission
Charlotte Clowes
Nehal Ashish Shah

Sorting the rice

Wednesday 21st October

Written by Charlotte Clowes

I got on well today I was there for a couple of hours Just the two of us

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LambethGroup run
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Adam West
Fi
RJ Jimenez
Tilly Baker Mortimer
Ben Margerison

๐ŸŒง๏ธ Flyer Than Ever: Leaflet It Rain! ๐Ÿ“ฃ

Tuesday 20th October

Written by Yianny (he / him)

We headed out in a light drizzle with our friends from Holy Trinity, and it turned into one of our longer runs as darkness fell. ๐ŸŒ† Nobody was dampened (spirits, that is). ๐Ÿ’ฆ

Tonight was prep for our screening of the People's Emergency Briefing in a few weeks' time. We pounded the pavements and flyered the neighbourhood to get locals excited and signed up. Honestly, we really did leaflet it all out there! ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ“„

Tonight's flyers-in-chief: Ben, Tilly, Jo, RJ, Fi, Adam and Nicole ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿพโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ

A lovely evening for a run, fun friends to share it with, and Tilly's baking (incredible as ever ๐Ÿฐ) gave us a post-run treat to cake home... Another great task well done! ๐Ÿงฐโค๏ธ

See you at the next one (it's the social btw!). Bring a brolly... or just embrace the drizzle! โ˜”

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LambethCommunity mission
Nehal Ashish Shah
Brenda SMITH

A Helping Hand at Vauxhall Gardens Foodbank

Friday 16th October

Written by Brenda SMITH (She/her)

GoodGymers joined the brilliant core team at Vauxhall Gardens Foodbank, helping to serve and support the local community. With over 100 customers coming through, it was another busy session and a real team effort.

Distribution runs from 12 noon to 3pm, and itโ€™s a huge job, so we ideally need volunteers who can stay for the whole session. If youโ€™re free on one of the upcoming days, or have flexible working and can spare a few hours, your help would be very much appreciated.

Every extra pair of GoodGym hands really does make a difference.

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LambethGroup run
Adam West
Fi
Dan
Michael Welsh
Ben Margerison

๐ŸŒฑ Fence-ational! Weed Be Back for More at Windmill Gardens ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ

Tuesday 13th October

Written by Yianny (he / him)

Another week, another crew of Lambeth legends lacing up for good! ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ We set off from Papa's and ran to Windmill Gardens, where the weeds had clearly been plotting a takeover. ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

Our heroes Ben, Michael, Jo (who led the session โค) Dan, Fi, Tilly (who baked!), Rich, RJ and Adam rolled up their sleeves and got stuck in. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ There was weeding (we really got to the root of the problem ๐Ÿชด), manual work (we nailed it ๐Ÿ”จ), and general sprucing (we left the place looking trashy in the best possible way ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธโœจ).

Special shoutout to Dan, who dug so deep we think he found Australia. ๐Ÿฆ˜ Fi and Jo tackled the tasks like they owed them money ๐Ÿ’ธ, and Ben, Michael and Adam had to share a teeny tiny pumpkin which didn't turn into a carriage. ๐Ÿงฐ

Hats off to the whole team for being absolutely un-fork-gettable. ๐Ÿด๐ŸŒป Waterworks allotments is looking thyme-lessly gorgeous, and the community will love it! โค๏ธ

Same time next week? We'll be there, ready to turnip and make a difference! ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿ˜‰

#GoodGymLambeth #FitnessWithAPurpose ๐Ÿฅฐ

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