As this was Ms B's first GoodGym shop, she wasn't sure of the exact process - thankfully she'd drawn up a list of her essentials, but explained that she hadn't put any quantities next to any of the items as she would leave that up to me to decide based on the cost of the items and the amount of money that I had (and how much I could carry...). She was though keen to ensure I didn't go overboard with the items at the start of the list and not be able to afford those at the end.

With all this in mind, it was a case of needing some diligent mental arithmetic at her local Waitrose to ensure I did as instructed. Fortunately the shopping part proved reasonably straightforward - and with time in hand, I went in search of a particular brand of toothpaste at Boots and her other local pharmacies that Ms B had also asked for, but sadly without success.

Three Goodgymers, Stefanie, Ayako and Africa joined forces to help in the food distribution with Rhythms of Life. We came from different places, some more local the other but it was an amazing experience, especially for Stefanie and Ayako, because it was their first task in Goodgym.

When the van arrives full of boxes of food, we quickly unload the boxes, set up the tables and we start to distribute the food within an hour maximum.

We said goodbye to each other and vanished into the crowd, the lights and the string wind of the evening.

It was amazing to meet everyone and do something so directly helpful and rewarding. We said goodbye to eachother and we

It was an early rise for Sheila, Gillian and Rachel as we were volunteering at the London Landmark Half Marathon as Marshalls and supporting our very good Goodgym friend Georgeta, who was racing today. Bibs collected, packed lunches collected and in positions by 9.00am. We were in the city of London at a very busy junction where spectators could get two chances of seeing runners. Slowly the route got busy and for the next 4 hours we directed and aided people across the roads in the brief gaps between runners. This was not as easy as expected but the race passed and the crowds and runners ebbed away. We stood down and went to celebrate Georgeta's epic run. She swears she won't be doing this again....but we're not so sure this is the end....

Food distribution with Rhythms of Life was a great first experience for me and Africa, we came from opposite directions in London in strong winds to converge on Trafalgar Square. This was a slick operation with tables and boxes quickly unloaded and setup to enable all the food to be distributed within an hour. Was great to meet everyone and do something so directly helpful.

Great to have Two Circles visit and help the amazing St Andrew’s Youth Club today.

We met at Westminster Tube station and took a scenic walk through St James’s Park enjoying the sunshine and views before to made our way to the incredibly-located 'Oldest Youth Club in the World'.

We started by taking a tour around the tardis-like building seeing all the amazing activities that the Club offer over 200 unique young people a week. From the gym, arts and crafts area, kitchen, martial arts studio, school uniform bank and even the piano lesson room (still not sure how that piano got up all those stairs).

We started cleaning out and clearing out the storage garage, to make space plus accessibility to all the kit that is stored there and used on a weekly basis. A smaller group headed up to the top floor to create a counselling room on the top floor, to facilitate impactful conversations in a private space for the young people.

We finished off the visit with a bit of fun, complete with mini club experience: playing the various sports and activities, including football, volleyball, table tennis, pool, arts and crafts and even a bit of table football.

Great to have such a fun group along, hope you all enjoyed your visit!

An awesome, energetic group from the DBT dominated a fun-filled afternoon with the St Andrew's Youth Club!

Perfectly timing the start of the session to miss the downpour, we power-walked the 1km route to St Andrew's.

First we took in a tour of the tardis that is the oldest youth club in the world (learning about the history of the club on the way, and hearing about the engaging work that the club does on a weekly basis, helping to positively impact the lives of over 200 young people every week).

We got stuck into our task of clearing out the arts, crafts and games cupboard, throwing away anything that was broken or incomplete, then reorganising the space into a super-efficient and tidy store ready for the night's youth activities.

Finishing off the session with a a mini-club game play which involved pool and table tennis of the highest quality, battling it out for the glory!

Thanks so much for a fun afternoon and look forward to seeing you in April for our Farm visit.