Maria and I helped Barbara and Marie setup the SE5 Forum stall. Many hands make light work as we managed to get it all setup in time.

Gemma and I helped Jack from BFC alongside his friend, Alison as the Felix Project delivery van came in much later than anticipated.

The first half of the session was pottering around doing small jobs like cleaning the fridge/freezers and filling the chickpea and oatflake dispensers, but these jobs were done quite quickly, so we chatted for an hour until the delivery came.

When it came, we went straight into it and divided and conquered filling the shelves and trays with the new items. We did this in record time according to Jack (within 20-25 minutes). A quick sweep and we finished as it struck 14:30.

We met on a chilly evening at old Spike and after a quick warm up we ran 3k over to Old Alleyian Rugby club. We had a few tasks to help Ian with which included moving cement bags, clearing the group behind the club house, sewing grass seed and shovelling sand into wheelbarrows. We got a lot done and were rewarded with some choccies before running back and heading to the Nags head for a well deserved drink and chin wag.

Did you know 55% of women feel unsafe exercising outdoors alone after dark vs 33% of men. With 72% of women changing their outdoor activity routines during winter.

lift the curfew aims to raise awareness of this disparity and bring together community groups to create change.

Marking our first group run since the clocks went back and the darker evenings rolled in the team ran together to The Copleston Church and Community Centre to help out with a deep clean of the community kitchen and dining hall

Thanks to everyone who joined !

#LetsLiftTheCurfew

Five Goodgymers met at St. Faith's community centre after work on a Monday evening. They came to help Andrea from GROAD pack her van to the rim with donations from the general public that will be issued out to rough sleepers on the Strand on Tuesday night. The session only took them 25 minutes as they coordinated with each other to empty the shed (there were plenty of sleeping bags and suitcases donated), move it across the yard and lift it into the van.

Looking forward to doing it all again next month - last Monday of the month.

Yesterday, Dan and Emma and I went to Surrey Docks Farm to help out. Kate from the farm met us at the gates and quickly put us to work. Our task was to brush away oil soil from lots of plant pots and then tidy them away, ready for spring next year. We worked through the pile and managed to finish all of it. We had a brief visit from some ferrets who were being walk, and enjoyed exploring our empty pots. Also collected all the snails that were inside the pots and fed them to the ducks.

We finished with a tour of the farm, visiting all the animals, since it was Dan's first time!