Our June Monday visit to our sponsored riverside plot and we were blessed with a lovely still evening after heavy rain. Chelsea met us at the Tap to run with GoodGym for the very first time, welcome Chelsea! A good stretch and an intro later, we headed off to the riverside with a steady jog towards our lock-up at the arcade.

The grass was dry enough to use for our fitness session: a mix of squats, kicks, walk out push-ups and lunges; a bit of extra oomph before getting stuck into weeding and dusting the arcade, finishing off with a run back into Richmond and a final push up the hill!

We will be back next month for more summer care of the area, and our big 10th birthday!

We made great progress at the 3 Pigeons Plot. It was amazing to see how much had changed since our last visit just a month ago, with lots more plants now in flower.

We got stuck into weeding, both in the borders and the lawn, and we also did a bit of litter picking to help keep everything looking its best.

It was also great to welcome Helen to her first task with us. Her plant knowledge was much appreciated and definitely came in handy!

We'll be back at the 3P’s again on Monday to carry on with a few more jobs. Please come along and join us if you’re free!

Last summer we headed to INS to prep and paint their garden furniture and today we did the same again after the last sat was sadly stolen from the garden.

With six chairs and a large table to do, it was great to have many active hands to scrub, wipe and paint them black, looking as good as new when we were done!

A huge welcome to Mersa for the first time, ans a thank you to task owner Sarah who always welcomes us warmly and was keen to celebrate Volunteer's Week with us.

A beautiful warm morning welcomed 4 GGers from Richmond for a task of sprucing up the Greenwood Community Centre off Hampton Hill high street.

We were shown the tools and task focus by task owner Graham and we got to work. New joiner Esther and JP focused on weeding the front area including car park, while Suze and Manuela did an astonishingly quick job of weeding the side passageway.

We started sweeping up and found to our surprise that we were able to fill 2 black bin liners, grabbing the last few straggling weeds as we went.

A great job done and a big warm welcome to Esther - we hope to see you again soon!

A good 4km of streets covered to deliver leaflets for the Richmond CVS Volunteer fair happening this Wednesday. Lots of time for chatter while keeping active and doing good!

Six GGers turned out for our quarterly Richmond Furniture Scheme visit.

This included Jenna , attending Richmond Furniture Scheme for the first time, three keen cyclists, one walker and a runner.

Once we recovered from our various exertions the challenge set by Volunteer Co-Coordinator Lucy to clear the assembly point of furniture including a puzzling draws set and shelving.

The fan was started and we edged closer by moving the shelving piece by piece and by the end of the challenge, the assembly point was all clear.

We made it!