3 hardy young people enjoying the great outdoors on a cooler morning than of late. well done young Jack still enjoying volunteering even though he has finished his DOE but still comes every week along with Dad Stephen, keeping the Goodgym spirit, a new recruit when you're older Jack

Despite some rain early this morning it was still hot at 08.15 when Frankie & i arrived for volunteering. Thank goodness most of the 274 people brought extra hydration with them. Alina, Emily, Brad & Stephen R were the Goodgymers finding their way around Catton while Frankie & I were on Token duty & wow it was hot!

GoodGym Norwich is 9! That's a whopping 9194 Good Deeds in 9 years!!

Tonight 16 GoodGymers ran and cycled to Mousehold Heath for a conservation task followed by a celebratory picnic!

With the sun shining, Will lead us to the area of the heath in need of some work. We got stuck in pulling up bracken, to allow other species of plants to grow, particularly heather. This helps to improve pollination and biodiversity.

In an hour we had cleared the area of bracken, with the difference before and after clearly visible! Shout out to Tondi who attended his first session.

Then it was time to party! With hot & cold drinks, blankets full of food and homemade treats, we stayed until there was little left over. We also had a chance to say thanks to Steven for leading this great group for 8 & a half years!!

4 young people racing each other day including a tourist from Gorelston juniors who is trying to reach 25 different junior parkruns, who enjoyed our course very much. liz was enjoying volunteering at Eatin juniors, Emily & Brad along with junior Fletch enjoyed Waterloo Park Juniors Volunteering on their 25th Parkrun Volunteer credit.

phew it was hot! but 390 people still turned out to run/jog/walk around the park. it was very difficult in the heat for volunteers also, except if you were in the woods which was cool. Roisin found a food way to carry all the equipment needed for the Church Street turn by using her cycle to transport everything, she even cycled up the pathway, well done it was a great balancing act.

4 GoodGymer's met up on a bright and sunny Saturday morning to help with a local community group Stepping Stones Project.

The task was to spruce up the communal access and green areas.

The group wasted little time and got stuck in weeding and tidying. It was a great effort and nice to see the flower beds and borders , particularly the lavender looking healthy.

There was also time to weed around the building edges to improve the aesthetics and upkeep.

Afterwards Bobby and Johnathan went for a big breakfast to celebrate their work!