Three Goodgym volunteers hit the ground running at Peckham Rye junior parkrun, one marshalling the course,one handing out finish tokens at pace, and one tailwalking to keep everyone on track. It was a hot start, but the children didn't sweat it, they kept cool, running strong, and racing to the finish line like the pros. Absolutely run-derdul effort all round.

What a night!

We had a years best attendance with 16 people joining us over the course of the evening.

We started out with two tasks. The majority of us headed to Peckham Rye's Tiny Forest. There we helped weed around the small trees, making sure they have the best chance to grow. We also cleared out any litter we found as well.

Emma led a smaller group to Traid in Peckham to help with changing their clothes over.

We then headed to Peckham Bowls for our monthly social, where we were joined by Andrada and Anna B. We played an hour of bowls, including a pizza break. Well done to Emma and Rosalind and Chloe and myself for winning the bowls in the competitions.

Finally, we headed to the Ivy House, managing to squeeze in between tables to watch England win 4-2!

On Wednesday a group of goodgymmers headed up to Kelly Avenue Park, where we met up with our task owner. This is the second time we've headed over to help. Like the first time, we were once again met with some showers during our task 🌧

Nevertheless, we managed to do quite a bit. We weeded planters, cleared around trees, and cut back some weeds around a bench. And the watering... Well, the weather took care of that.

At Groad's Open House, cleared-out cupboards turn into cheers. Donations are sorted, shared and snapped up by those who need them most - proving a little decluttering can deliver a whole lot of happiness.

This weekend Olive, Emma, James and I went to Surrey Docks Farm to help out. We managed to transform a spot under a tree, by clearing all the weed, putting down cardboard and mulch, to turn it into a nice picnic area with a picnic bench too. Hopefully it will be put to good use next week with the good weather coming up!

Last Wednesday we went to Red Post Hill area to do some more flyering for GROAD.

First to arrive at our meeting point was Denzel, followed by Sam, Nelly, David, Steve and James. After a quick warm-up, we ran together to Red Post Hill.

Once we arrived, I gave out the leaflets and we split up into pairs and (after some confusion) I divvied up the roads that we needed to flyer. Daryl and Gemma arrived soon after. By the time Isaac arrived, I had very few leaflets left...!

After we'd finished the leaflets, we managed to all find each other again, and we ran back to Old Spike. Great work team!