GoodGym Southwark

Stuart Redfern

It's more than just a garden job

Thursday 16th July

Written by Stuart Redfern

Well, managed to get bbc iPlayer to play Evolution for my beneficiaries. Most important!

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Andrada
Emma McNally
Steve Lee

It’s Running Home

Wednesday 15th July

Written by Emma McNally

A small group of us set off from Old Spike to Kelly Avenue Park to help Tracey. We were welcomed by some refreshments which we were all grateful for on such a hot day! Paulin and I spent the session litter picking and James, Andrada and Steve helped with weeding around the newly planted trees. We started and ended the session early so we could make it in time to watch England match!

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Shamil
Paul Ho
Jerry Carey
Denzel Kessie

Nothing Can Stop Real Workers

Monday 13th July

Written by Denzel Kessie

I'd normally expect a group to cancel on me if they told me they ran a 50km trail race the day before, but the people from The Running Charity are clearly anything but normal. I took this group of super runners for a nice and easy 1.2km run to the Thames near the OXO Tower for a easy litter pick. I gave out gloves and bin bags then split everyone into groups of two. Some where litter picking at the park outside OXO Tower and the rest where litter picking at Thames beach.

This group is fitter then your average GoodGymer which meant they managed to clear their respective areas in no time. Once we took our group picture and disposed of the rubbish, all we had left was a 1.2km run back to the start point but the team had other plans. Despite recovering from a 50km trail run, they still wanted to get a longer run in so we ended up doing 5km, making the total millage for this task 6.2km.

The faster guys in the group still had energy and decided to do an intense round of jumping lunges. I couldn't believe my eyes, I need there level of fitness for my next race. From there we done our cool down then parted ways. The Running Charity are a amazing group, hopefully we can run together again sometime soon.

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Brenda SMITH
Jacqui

A wheely good time

Friday 10th July

Written by Southwark runner

On Friday night, Brenda Jacqui and I went to meet Hannah at Mint Street Park to help set up for the festival which was happening the next day. The task was to pick up some tables and chairs from Trinity square near by, and wheel them back to the park. This took two trips in the heatwave heat.

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Carrie Gerard
Sam Rider - Bromley Area Activator
Andrada
Gemma
Isaac Beevor
Nathan Wood
Daryl Shaw

Sun’s out, weeds out!

Wednesday 8th July

Written by Isaac Beevor (He/him)

Goodgym Southwark braved the heatwave to run to help clear weeds and tidy up at the Old Alleynian Rugby Club.

After finishing off some Moams, we jogged back and then headed to Franks for a rooftop drink!

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Cecilia
Andrada

Girls Just Wanna Make Compost 💚

Saturday 4th July

Written by Andrada

💪🌱 Girl power at Surrey Docks Farm today! An all-women crew got stuck into making compost by sieving rotted woodchip and layering it with coffee grounds from the farm café. With Kate's guidance, we built one full bag—around 1 tonne of compost that will decompose over the next few months. It was also great to welcome three new GoodGymers to the task. A muddy, productive morning with brilliant teamwork! ♻️

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