A grave undertaking - clearing grass to create a wildlife meadow on Halloween

Seven Goodgymer's headed to a sunny Waterloo Park, to help the 'Friends' group with raking and removing grass, before they spread wildflower seed later this year.

The task involved raking, forking and aerating the soil to give the wildflower seed the best chance of thriving next year.

Due to the size of the area the design features spirals of wildflowers all across the field. We were then treated to some homemade scones and cake from the Friends of Waterloo Park and sat enjoying the sunshine and admiring all our work.

The park had a veil of mist over it which was appropriate on Halloween ! 368 people arrived early many in spooky costumes, as Timekeeper it was quite scary seeing them cross the finish line!

It might be a rainy day, but that didn't stop 17 GoodGymer's arriving at Norwich Foodbank.

Norwich foodbank supports local individuals and families through the provision of emergency food supplies. Nutritionally balanced emergency foodboxes can cover an individual or family’s basic needs for 72 hours: the critical time gap before other support services kick in.

Tonight there were a range of tasks. - Unpacking and organising cartons of milk, hot dogs & 'Savers' tomatoes into crakes. - Labelling and moving crates around the warehouse. - Checking dates and weighing items ready to be packed into food parcels.

Always a popular task, and great to see the 'before' and 'after' amounts achieved in an hour! Shout out to Robert for completing his first GoodGym session!

Good news - we will be returning again next month for more warehouse Jenga.

Eight Goodgymer's headed to Mousehold Heath, to support the Warden Will with clearing some areas of gorse. Pockets of gorse had started to take over as it had been thriving in the warmer winters, so this work supported habitat creation.

The weather was slightly blustery but it was a lovely autumn day to be helping on the heath. The session was also supported by two canine coaches Emmy and Tess who were there ensuring we did a good job.

Today one Goodgymer braved the damp and blustery weather to help Mr N with his front garden. He has limited mobility so really likes looking out on his roses as it supports his wellbeing.

Grass and weeds were pulled up which had started to limited the growth of some of the plants and the roses were cut back ready for next year. He had struggled to find someone to help him with his garden and was delighted with the result.

Hey there, a nice short run to Mr J this morning, who has a lot of weeds growing through his gravel. The lawn struggled in Summer so we elected not to mow, but just do some weeding on the high areas.

It all went well and Mr J was very happy.