A warm, sunny Monday evening, that turned a bit cold towards the end, saw GoodGym Newcastle assisting Heaton Pride with their post-event clean up around the local area.

Six GoodGymers set out from Stepney Bank Stables towards Heaton, picking some litter as we went. As usual, South View West was heavily littered. No matter how many times we pick litter up in that street, it always returns. A couple of passers-by were keen to offer thanks, which is always nice to hear.

We got to Heaton Road and The Last Resort pub a while after Heaton Pride's own band of litter pickers. Between the two groups, virtually all of the litter was bagged and binned.

Well done to Nour for reaching the mini milestone of 10 good deeds tonight!

It was a very windy morning at whitley bay junior parkrun when two goodgymers helped out allowing the young runners to run safely. I was run director and Micheal marshalled on the prom. It is always nice to see the young runners enjoying themselves and it is a great start to your Sunday!

This morning we met with Virginia and Toby from Wild Roots. It was so lovely to meet people who are so passionate about community work. Wild roots have a lot of amazing ideas of how they can further make connections within the community.

Today we weeded an area of land that is going to become a beautiful flower bed. The flowers grown in the flower beds are going to be gifted to people.

After the weeding, there was some rubble removable. The rubble contained so many different types of rock, stone, brick and glass. No hidden treasures were found today.

Virgina and Toby had kindly supplied some biscuits and some tea and coffee. It was a welcomed blessing.

Welcome back Michelle to Goodgym. It doesn't matter how long it has been everyone is always welcome.

We will definitely be connecting with wild roots again. It was a lovely session, in a lovely space with lovely people.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Today's task was helping an older lady fix her curtains which has come off the rail in a couple of places and she couldn't get them back on herself because she was unable to safety balance on a ladder to attach them back on. It was pretty straight forward for me to find the little metal peace that has come off and reattach them. She was incredibly grateful for the help and twenty minutes out of my day means she can close the curtains full again!

Our first visit to the Lighthouse Project was very interesting, as five GoodGymers completed a good deed there tonight.

We split into walking and running groups, inadvertently joining up metres from St Michael's Church, where the Lighthouse Project is based. Both groups stumbled across a film crew at the Byker Wall. Several of us walked and ran on paths and steps, part of the surrounding estate, than many of us had not been on before.

After a warm welcome from Jo, the Youth and Community Operations Assistant, we found out that the youth groups operate every weekday, while the church functions as churches are designed to on Sundays. Jo kindly offered is drinks, and more afterwards, along with bananas.

With brushes, shovels, shears, trowels and other garden tools, most of the work tonight was clearing overgrown areas on the edge of the paths and sweeping up lots of detritus. Aimee spent most of her time weeding a path behind the building.

We were so focused on the task at hand that we ended up having what was a very late finish for a Monday session. No one seemed to mind and the amount of bags filled with waste as a sign of a job well done.

The views from the church towards Gateshead made for a good photographic backdrop before we departed.

After we all went our separate ways, the first aid kit came to good use in the city centre, not for the first time. There were a large number of intoxicated people for some reason, and one lady in particular had fallen over and cut herself with a glass bottle. Fortunately I had plasters, bandages, antiseptic wipes and other things in the first aid kit to help!

This evening, three GoodGymers headed out to the streets around the Tipsy Toad with a colourful mission: delivering leaflets to spread the word about next week’s Pride events.

With the temperature giving us a proper summer workout, we laced up our trainers, loaded up with flyers, and set off to make sure local residents knew what was coming up. The team covered plenty of ground and kept a steady pace despite the heat.

By the end of the session, hundreds of leaflets had found new homes and the team had certainly earned a cold drink!