Today, the delivery van arrived after the session time however the team rolled up their sleeves and got stuck in, unpacking, sorting, and repacking a HUGE food donation delivery, in record time. .

That title got your attention right?!

Lambeth GG were back at it last night as a smaller (intimate?) group of us gathered down at Loughborough Farm to help Heather with the Orchard.

The evening kicked off in different fashion with Katie having to make do with Chuck Taylors instead of her running shoes, Tilly bravely running straight from work to hit a cheeky 15km for the evening and AA Yianny setting off from base on a solo run - most importantly the weather was perfect and we all made it down successfully!

On arrival Heather met us with garden forks, shovels and wheelbarrows and that meant we were in business, heading over to the orchard to help clear a pile of (we were told) Sticky Willy nettles and drop them on the compost pile along with some woodchip.

The best thing about the vening was not only learning some new names for plants but also receiving a lesson on composting - every day is a school day as they say - so we left not only happy doing some good but also a tiny bit smarter. (Not hard I heard someone say....)

So that was that, task completed and Heather very happy and keen to book in another session so we all set off and headed home for a well earned ice cream / dinner!

Thanks team and see you next time :0)

5 bin bags of weeds filled for Ms E

Today, three Goodgymers assisted the regular volunteer team at Vauxhall foodbank with unpacking, sorting, bagging and packing food donations in preparation for the shop on Friday.

The crew was back last night meeting up at Papa's ready to head out and meet Annick and Jean over at the Brixton Allotments.

First up a very warm welcome to Jordan who was joining for her first Group Run with the Lambeth team - great to have you with us Jordan!

Fi joined us and we set off on a nice bright run round to the back of HMP Brixton and then on to the allotments, arriving just our walkers Marie-Noelle and Paul were striding up.

Our tasks this evening were to remove the broken greenhouse which was locked in an embrace with a tree that had grown around it, lots of weeding and clearing, rolling up some old carpet and laying down some new and moving the patio table over to the dancefloor which we had previously helped to lay last year!

By 8pm we had completed all the tasks (surprising our hosts) and were ready to set off but not before Annick had shared a beautiful bunch of forget me nots, some leek and baby kale all pulled straight from the ground and ready to be cooked up that evening.

Huge thanks to all and we look forward to seeing you next time - roll on summer tasks!!

Set out into the sunshine with the company green team to clean up the riverside nearby