6 GoodGymers met on a mild (unless you're from a hot country....) November evening to sweep, mop, vacuum and wipe down the Colchester FoodBank.

It was lovely to meet Mzi and Hamza for the first time who both got stuck in straight away sweeping and mopping.

The FoodBank was soon much cleaner than it started and we left satisfied with a good job done!

After a bit of a slow start due to our usual access route to the Foodbank being unavailable, Alexander, Grace and Nazir got straight to work sweeping the whole of the FoodBank's large warehouse floor while Louise started mopping and vacuuming. Before long the whole floor was done, and the colour of the water tipped away suggested we had left the site significantly cleaner!

3 GoodGymers set out on a damp evening to make sure the FoodBank stays clean and hygienic to care for those in need across Colchester.

It felt like a mammoth task to clean such a big floor space between the 3 of us but everyone set to work straight away sweeping the floor and mopped (almost) all of it. Alexander did a great job cleaning up the office area and Ray made sure we didn't leave until all was clean in the area where customer come in.

Look out for another opportunity to help out the foodbank on the first Tuesday of each month for the rest of this year - their funds are stretched so they really rely on volunteer support.

5 Goodgymmers made it to the food bank this time, with a couple new faces joining us, welcome to Adeyinka and Alexander!

It was a strange task, mostly due to the crazy heat making it one time we'd really prefer and outdoor task, and with energy low we'd opted to sweep and hoover but leave the mopping for another time. There was also a sparsity in the foodbank, owing to its imminent shutdown, meaning it could be our last outing there...

Happy to help where we can and enjoyed welcoming some new members, onto the allotment next week!

Food bank time again, and our group of six Goodgymmers descended almost entirely on bikes to the warehouse on a cloudy warm evening. The somewhat diminished shelves could be a sign of this location winding down, but our team gave it a good sweep and mop with some hoovering too!

Some chat on how cleaning products work, my recent adoption approval(!) and other ideas for Goodgym tasks. Another one in the bag and a good effort before we rolled off home.

Its foodbank time! and for the first time in ages its light and warm so our 4 goodgymmers were in a good mood.

After walking, running and cycling down we set to work on sweeping, mopping and generally tidying the foodbank floor, whilst catching up on our various busy lives. There was then some sort of carelessness with the buckets and we did an additional task of mopping up our own mess whilst snagging a mop in the racks, i still dont really know how that all happened.

job thoroughly done and everything looking shiny, we uncovered Gigi is soon to get married - many congratulations! Plenty going on in the coming months, including a whole stack of Goodgym tasks.