*Millmoor Common *

This mornings outdoor task was part of GG's x WWF Work Out In Nature calibration. 🌎

Big welcome to Jemma who joined us for her first GG task, hopefully the first of many 😀

Wayne & Luan met up with Jemma & Charlie and his volunteers from We Act 🌎 at a new location Millmoor Common in Old Woking.

Todays task was to find an area which could be turned over to so wild flowers could be seeded and hopefully grow 😀

Charlie as always brought all the tools that were required to carry out the task. The area was marked out and then we all git stuck in pulling out the weeds and turning over the soil. Millmoor Common is prone to flooding and the common itself is quite large and the spot we found would be one of many.

Luan who loves an outdoor task was telling us how she has been getting out and running regularly even doing a 6k run last week, keep up the good work.

After an hours work of clearing the area we all scattered the wildflower seeds that Charlie had brought, we then moved over to the other side of the common to find another suitable area. Before we started to dig up a well deserved coffee and biscuits were given out. Once fueled up we got stuck in and in no time had the 2nd site ready for the seeds to be scattered 😀

What a great morning doing this great task 🌎

All Aboard Club 🚂

This morning Wayne & Priya met Richard at Brookwood Memorial Halls to assist the All Aboard Club with building the big train track for the SEN kids to enjoy 😀

Along with Goodgym volunteers we were joined by young DofE volunteers were volunteering for their awards.

It was great seeing Priya again at a task and was great to catch up. First thing we had to do was place about 20 chairs around the hall for the parents to sit and chat while the kids played.

With so many helpers in no time the train track was taking shape & was looking great, lots of twists and turns, every time we build the track it looks different 😲

Just as the last track was placed in position the kids were coming in to have a fun playful morning 🚂💨

Tonight we were back at Woking food bank at The Lighthouse, giving it a good old spring clean.

Anne, Karen & Laura ran from the Leisure Centre, whilst Katie, Phil, Julie and Alys made their own way to the task.

In less than half an hour, we had the place hoovered, mopped and organised! Many hands make light work as they say…

If you couldn’t join us today, there are two tasks available this Sunday - one indoors helping build a train set for All Aboard’s sessions for autistic, ADHD and SEN children, and another outdoor sowing wildflowers on Millmoor Common.

James, Karen and Becky took a short pause from eating chocolate eggs to volunteer at Junior parkrun on a crisp easter morning.

With well over 100 juniors it was a busy parkrun. Must be the parents getting the kids out to burn some energy before a day of feasting on sugary treats.

James did a superb job as Run Director and did GoodGym proud, knowing most kids by first name, including lots of kids in the warm up crew and learning from the kids how to use the loud speaker.

Becky accurately did her job as time keeper, maybe for the first time ever, while Karen was a marshal on the course encouraging the kids and keeping them safe.

Certainly an eggcellent time had by all.

There was a great turnout this evening for some litter picking around the streets of Woking. 🚮

Upon everybody’s prompt arrival, and a brief chat, Anne uncovered the brand new litter pickers which everyone got very excited about.🗑

Then, passing the adventure park, the team noticed a lot of litter so in they went, but not to play! 🛝

The group turned off out of Woking Park and carried on up White Rose Lane then ended up at the central flats.

High up on the tally seemed to be beer cans, beer caps, and cigarette butts, so it was a good thing to remove these things which impact our environment and wildlife. Great job team!

The ladies finished off with a gentle run back to the park and finally bade their farewells for the night leaving Woking a cleaner place.

After all, we don't mess about!

St John's Lye Woodland

Todays task was the first of three Goodgym x WWF Workout In Nature tasks.

This morning Wayne, Anne, Luan, & Rebecca were joined by Lizeth from WWF on her first task (Big Welcome Lizeth) 😊

Wayne & Luan came staright from junior park run, while Anne ran to the task along the canal. Rebecca who is currently training for a mammoth bike ride up in Scotland cycled to the task to get some extra training in 🚲. We all met at the car park where Hayden from We Act 🌍 went through the risk assessment then Charlie went through what we were going to do, which was clear an area to expose the soil to see if it was good enough to grow some wild flowers 🌹.

We all set off along the scenic route deep into the woods (1O Min Walk) We arrived at a clearing which we cleared a few weeks ago. with a string we marked the area by creating a border and with tools in hand we started to turn over the soil. It was tough as there were many roots but we soon made light work of it.

Lizeth was really get stuck in and was really enjoying the task as was Luan who loves an outdoor task 😊. Rebecca was telling us about the up coming GG Shindig in the Midlands which will be her 2nd year going cant wait to hear all about it.

In no time we had cleared the area and planted the wild lowers these will be monitored by We Act 🌍 over the coming months.

Hopefully we will see more of Lizeth at more GG Tasks 😊