Sarah and Sheila joined Taskowner Sue at the Community Allotment. All the rain we've had this week has meant there wasn't much watering to do, so today it was all about planting. We planted leeks, parsnips, parsley, lemon balm, spinach, comfrey and alpine strawberries, and Sarah also did some weeding. We look forward to seeing the fruits of our labours!

Carol, Caroline and Sheila put in a shift at the Baby Bank, carrying out the familiar task of checking and sorting clothes donations. We had a lovely peaceful morning, working through the bags of clothes. I was particularly impressed with the neat little piles of clothes that Caroline generated - it just shows the thought and care put into what can seem a mundane task

The Craft Coop needed help transporting their shop fittings and other belongings out of the Nicholsons Centre before it is demolished. Five amazing GoodGymers offered their time to help, and joined the shop managers and their family members, plus Neil from Bridge Rotary The plan was to load up cars with the stuff and then unload them at the other end. Heidi turned up with her Mini and we did wonder how many items we could fit in, but luckily there were other car boots available too. We loaded the cars up, then walked some of the bulkier items round to the Town Hall. We unloaded the items, taking them through a rabbit warren of passageway and stairs, to the storage room. Several carloads later we completed our task and the storage room was full! Thank you to Angela, Christine, Diya, Sheila and Viv for giving up their time and energy - the Craft Coop is extremely grateful.

3 GoodGymers met on a windy and rainy evening for an indoor task - lucky us! What was not lucky was the constant beep of the alarm where we were working. Thankfully we're a talkative lot and the sound didn't bother us much.

This evening we helped the Green Skills Library as they continue their preparation to move to the new location. There were a lot of ties to be snipped off a metal frame, to free up baubles and light strings which were well encased in cling film. Methodically, we worked through them and before long we had dismantled 5 metal frames, freeing up-too-many-to-count baubles and lights.

We walked away in the rain, leaving task owner Donna happy and thankful once again.

Nine crafty GoodGymers responded to a plea from the Craft Coop to assist in the production of poppies which will be used to decorate Windsor Parish Church for Remembrance Sunday. This ambitious project will see thousands of poppies cascading down the front of the church. Poppies could be made of any textile as long as they are weatherproof! The Goodgymers exercised their fingers, thumbs and brains knitting and crocheting over 235 poppies between them in their spare time. Thanks all, it's a great contribution to this community project, and the Craft Coop are extremely grateful

Welfare visit for Mrs D