Croydon Refugee Day Centre

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We’ve got clothes all over the rails

Tuesday 23rd January

Written by Conroy

Last night we jogged/walked 2.21km to West Croydon Baptist Church, to assist Croydon Refugee Centre.

We welcomed Charley to her first Goodgym session.

We were met by Simon at the refugee centre who had a set of tasks ready for us to complete.

We separated into two groups one in the back room sorting clothes into the the boxes on the shelves into their respective age groups and the other in the main hall, going through the clothes rails removing empty hangers and sorting the clothes into the correct sizes on the clothes rails.

We learnt about Charley, and her adventures abroad while she learnt about us and all things Goodgym. We made sure not to overload her with too much information but gave her just enough to keep her enticed to join us next week for the other installment.

Did someone say Guinness?

Rumour has it someone we know may or may not be appearing in the Guinness Book of Records, sorry cannot say anymore than that at the moment.

Next week it’s the last Tuesday of the month, will you be joining us at the Bedford tavern after the group run for some food and drinks?

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ConroyIngrid BuchananEmmaLiz

XL, Large, Medium, Small, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8 what does this all mean

Tuesday 21st November 2023

Written by Conroy

On Tuesday, we visited Croydon Refugee Day Centre to help them sort donations and label clothes.

Our inherited member, Emma currently immersing herself in all things Croydon, popped by on her way to Bell Ringing, as she has not been able to join us due to events clashing. She had gone around and removed all the empty clothes hangers from the clothing rails that had been emptied by the visitors earlier in the day. Sadly we had to say goodbye to Emma but it was very good seeing her and hearing about how she was getting on at bell ringing school.

We welcomed back Zoe who had not been out with us for a while, it was good to have her back at another event, we told her about the treats and our break time with Simon, but sadly he wasn't because he wasn't feeling well so there was no treats. Instead we had Ivanka whom we had not seen for a long time so although there was no treats we were blessed with Ivanka's company.

Ivanka, wanted us to go through the clothes rails check that the clothes had labels and where they had missing labels, we were supposed to label them and place them in the correct spots based on sizes.

We got stuck in chattering away as we checked and label clothes with missing labels, before long it was time for us to move the clothes back into the store room and said our good byes.

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ConroySkyKemo SidibehIngrid Buchanan
Liz

The power of 4

Tuesday 7th November 2023

Written by Conroy

Last night we ran, 2.2km to assist Croydon Refugee Day Centre.

We welcomed Louise back to another session, we must be doing somthing good in Croydon to entice her so far south, either way it was great having her along.

When we areived Simon was there to greet us, he explained he had a listnof task that was left for us to complete.

  • First we searched for all the empty hangers on the clothes rails, this gave an idication of how many items of clothing had been given out during the day. There were many empty hangers we didnt count them as we were trying to see how much of the list we could complete.

  • Next up we went through bags of sorted clothes to seperate clothes for 2 years and below. We were about to finish this task when Simon returned reminding us of our our KitKat break. We were back to the normal KitKats this week, I'll make sure next year Halloween, we are back they for the special KatKat.

  • Then we were tasked with the big one, going through the boxes of clothes 3 years and above, to remove all the summer clothes. Yes this is a massive task which will have us sorting for a while with future tasks. With an eye on the clock we managed a to sort a few boxes before stopping to put away the racks of clothes into the room.

Louise reminded us about Goodgym London monthly drinks happening on Thursday, fancy meeting like minded folks and expanding your Goodgym friends network Click here for more info.

Its November so its not too soon to say it Xmas party/meal come and join us as we celebrate our achievements of the past 12 months.

Hope to see you at the next group run to create more memories.

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ConroyNicolaLouisa
Bassey
Liz

Trick or Treat

Tuesday 31st October 2023

Written by Conroy

Last night 8 members from Goodgym Croydon, ran 1.9km to the Croydon Refugee day centre.

We welcomed first timers Louisa, Kemo and Bassey to their first outing with the group, its been a while since we've had 3 newbies on the same night so our treats really started early.

Thank you to our regulars Ian, Hannah, Liz and Nicola for making them feel welcomed and showed them the ropes at the task. Simon had various little jobs for us to do this visit and each time we thought we had completed the task he had assigned he would pop up with another task to do.

Whenever we visit Simon always insist on Kit Kat, Break and this week was no different to previous visits except for the fact that this time round we got Kit Kat Chunkies. While other where out knocking on doors for sweets and chocolates we were reaping rewards but by volunteering.

After the task we ran back to The Bedford Tavern for a drink and some food.

We also managed to plan and book our X-mas party will you be coming?

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ConroyEmmaIngrid BuchananNicola

Simon says

Tuesday 5th September 2023

Written by Conroy

Tonight we welcomed a new member to the fold, Emma formerly of GoodGym Tower Hamlets joined us for her first Goodgym Croydon session and her 96th good deed, we’ll be having a double celebration at the end of the month as our new social secretary Emma will also be celebrating her 100th good deed. No pressure at all Emma.

Well done to Ian and Nicola who despite running 13.1 miles in Sunday’s heat from Tower Bridge to Greenwich, came out to play. They didn’t take those lovely medals along with them to show us but we were happy to see them and congratulate them on completing another Big Half. Well done Dovile, Oliver Pete and Paul (finally made it) for also flying the Goodgym Croydon flag at this year’s race. Hopefully, next year we’ll have a bigger contingent representing us. 👀 Ros, Ingrid, Hannah, Emma, Liz and Kate 👀 for those not ready for a HM there is also the option of the relay get your team ready let’s show them GGCroydon is out there!!

Tonight we ran/walk 2.3km, to West Croydon Baptist church to assist Croydon Refugee Day Centre, they have been on a break over the summer holiday and today was their day back. Upon arrival we could see that there was a big turn out today by their service users as there was a lot of empty hangers on the clothing rack. Simon, instructed us on what he would like us to do and told us he would be very impressed if we were able to hang label and hang the clothes that were on the table onto hangers and placed them on the clothes rails. As there was only 5 of us today he said he understand we wouldn't be able to get to clear the clothes on the table but little did he know that we are always up for a challenge. Not only did we clear the clothes on the table but we also was able to tackle another pile of clothes that needed to be labeled and hung plus stored the racks away in the storage room all in the time we were there. We were rewarded with Kit Kats by Simon and he thanked us for what we had done while trying to arrange a date for another visit.

Next week we'll be going back to Nursery sign up here

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Kate BowdenRachel GwynnRosalind VinceEmily ShadboltIngrid Buchanan

Head, shoulders, knees and toes...Hats, shirts, jeans and shoes!

Tuesday 6th June 2023

Written by Kate Bowden

Yesterday 4 runners ran to the Croydon Refugee Day Centre to sort through the donations.

Three of us met at Solutions Gym to warm up and take a gentle jog along the streets of Croydon to the Refugee Day Centre. Although it wasn't far Rosalind beat us there! A task we have visited frequently, Ivanka met us and let us know what she had in store for us tonight. There were a few new bags of donations which needed to be sorted, sized and placed on the racks. Ingrid was busy sorting through the school uniform, and at the end of the session Emily saw for the first time how everything in the hall can be tidied away into the much smaller store room. Always an impressive feat of packing!

A lovely task to be a part of. Join us at the weekend for a community mission or our next group run on Tuesday where we will be working wonders along the boulevard with ECCO.

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