We supported Discover Welling on their Great British Spring Clean 'Tour of Welling' with a stop at Welling Station. A local councillor came along too.

Station staff were on hand to help and provided daffodils and crocus for us to plant. A lovely splash of colour alongside the path to and from the platform.

We also painted a wall in preparation for a new mural to be installed. Brown pebble-dashed concrete is now clean white.

A sunny task to brighten up the route used by so many local residents 😎.

On Thursday afternoon we joined the latest session of the 'Tour of Welling' for the Great British Spring Clean. Alongside members of Discover Welling and a local councillor our mission was to clean up Wrotham Road.

Armed with the essential tools of hi-vis vests, gloves, grabbers and litter bags we began picking up litter in front of St Michael's Community Centre and the other side of the street in front of the parade of shops.

Aided by the lovely sunny spring weather, we cleared loads of drinks cans and bottles from hedges, as well as lots of sweet packaging and cigarette ends.

We bumped into a member of the council's street cleaning team who had stopped for lunch in the café, and alerted him to the large gas canisters we'd hooked out of the bushes, so they could be picked up and disposed of safely. Then we moved on to the area leading into Stevens Park and the park itself.

Once we finished, that section of Wrotham Road looked much cleaner. And we'd enjoyed a rewarding hour in the sunny outdoors.

Look out for other stops on the Tour of Welling over the coming days, plus plenty more asks on offer in Bexley borough.

Tonight we made a splash in Welling as we teamed up with Discover Welling, PureGym and a local councillor to give the mural pedestrian tunnels under the railway bridge a proper spring clean!

We met at a nearby pub to fill up the buckets in the loos, no small feat when faced with little sinks! 🪣

Then came the challenge of carrying the liquid to the tunnels without slopping it all over the place. Who needs the gym when you’ve got a bucket workout like that? 💪

First job, a clean sweep! We brushed up broken glass and litter, leaving the pavement neat and tidy. 🧹

Then it was time to get soapy with the sponges, giving the murals the spa treatment they deserved. 🧽

There was some sticky business with stubborn stickers, but with plenty of suds and elbow grease we won the day.

By the time we'd finished, the tunnels definitely looked better. Proof that many hands can make a difference in just a short time. We wrapped up with a few team photos before heading home.📸

This was our second stop on Discover Welling’s Tour of Welling for the Great British Spring Clean, and we’re not done yet! There are more chances to dive in over the next fortnight, so don’t miss the opportunity to join us.

Let’s keep Welling bucket-loads better, one task at a time! ✨

Our friends at Discover Welling have launched 'The Tour of Welling', a series of community tidy-up events during the Great British Spring Clean fortnight, and we joined the first stop on the Tour.

Four of us gathered with the Discover Welling team and a local councillor for an afternoon litter pick at Shoulder of Mutton Green. Just a couple of hours earlier we’d been basking in decent weather at a task at Lesnes Abbey, but by the time we arrived in Welling, the sun had clocked off. The sky had turned an ominous shade of grey and a bitter wind was whistling around the Green trying to steal our bin bags.

Did that stop us? Of course not.

We scoured the Green for rubbish, and there was plenty to keep us busy. Into the bags went the usual culprits: vodka bottles, beer cans, cigarette butts, crisp packets, sweet wrappers, disposable cups and fast-food cartons.

But every litter pick has its surprises and mysteries.

Among the more unusual finds were a tea strainer and a pair of shoes. Were they connected? Was someone once brewing a cuppa on the Green before abandoning their footwear? We'll never know!

After an hour of teamwork and nattering we’d built up a pile of bin bags ready for the council to collect next week.

With the clouds looking more and more threatening, we made a timely retreat home just before the rain arrived.

A good job well done and stage one on the Tour of Welling completed!

Huge thanks to Jacqui from GG Brent for travelling north-to-south to lend a hand.

It’s the first day of the Great British Spring Clean, and there are loads of litter-picking events popping up across Bexley over the next fortnight.

First up was Bexleyheath, where four GoodGymers joined the Love Where You Live community tidy-up co-organised by our friends at Discover Welling.

A large crowd in hi-viz set off on a 2.5km circular route around the roads surrounding the shopping centre. The bright yellow wave of litter pickers was quite a sight for shoppers and motorists!

We were so busy collecting rogue rubbish that we completely forgot to take photos along the way. Luckily we did manage to snap Ashton after he wrestled a stray blue supermarket wheely basket out of some very determined bushes. 🛒🌿

It was a lovely group to be part of, and somewhere along the route we completely lost count of the number of bags we filled between us.

Of course, we’d all much prefer it if people took their rubbish (and dog poo bags and cigarette butts!) home with them in the first place. But thanks to everyone’s efforts, the streets we covered are definitely looking a little tidier today.

Six of us set out for tonight's task after a request from a local resident to tackle litter in the area.

With the mist rolling in and visibility low, we were armed with brand new litter pickers, bags, bag holders and hi-viz jackets kindly provided by the Council and got to work.

Starting by Welling's historic cannon, we worked our way along Welling High Street, down into the resident's road, and a few smaller side roads, making sure every stray crisp packet, rogue drinks can and even a lost shoe or two were safely bagged up.

The fog certainly added atmosphere to the evening, and there was a concern we might have not noticed some obvious pieces of rubbish strewn on the floor.

Our fears were allayed however by a message from the resident shortly afterwards thanking us for making such a noticeable difference, leaving the streets looking cleaner and tidier for the community.

Another good evening's work, a bit of exercise, a good chat along the way, and proof that even on the foggiest of nights, a determined group can still make a clear visible difference.