Six enthisiastic Good gymers visited the new home of the Green Skills Library in Maidenhead to help clean up. After much scrubbing, elbow grease and polishing the kitchen shone and sparkled. We emptied buckets and bowls of dirty water down the sinks, a satisfying task!

Laura and Sheila helped out at Braywick Plant Nurseries. While Laura potted up some plants from modules, Sheila joined Charlie in cutting back the hedgerow in the car park, and getting rid of the weeds so that it can be planted up with something more interesting. This should make it a much more inviting space

6 Goodgymmers rallied to help not one but two beneficiaries tonight.

First up were ShareaLot who needed help removing the last few bits from the Nicholson Centre. The items were loaded into wagons and pulled over the road to storage at the Green Skills Library's new premises. The team made short work of this and the final boxes, signs, TV and mirror were swiftly relocated.

This left us a bit of time to help the Green Skills Library wrangle some bags of fabric and get them tied up ready to be moved. We even gave the floor a quick sweep!

Then it was off into the lovely dry evening and we will be back at the Green Skills Library on Wednesday!!

The weather was not too kind, so we didn't have many volunteers at Ray Mill Island today. I opened up the shed area for 2 D of E students who had a task to repair some signs. Meanwhile I weeded an area which is destined to have some new planting.

Five GoodGym volunteers braved the wind and the rain to help clear up Desborough Park after a community football tournament and festival. Armed with litterpickers and bin bags we picked up all the litter from around the pitches and the food area. Debris included a bag of socks (later claimed by our host), inside-out umbrellas and 50p. On our way round we admired the wildflower areas which Goodgym had helped create. After throwing the bags into the large wheelie bins we then pushed them up to the top of the park, ready for collection. Many hands made light work, and the park was restored to its former self.

Welfare visit for Mrs D