GoodGym Bath helped out at the Genesis Foodbank only recently but are always happy to come back if needed.

This time we were asked to deal with the weeds on the driveway- not only are they ugly, they also set off the alarms on the delivery trucks. Not ideal in the heart of the busy neighbourhood that is Oldfield Park.

We set to with a rather impressive edging tool and a common or garden trowel and made good progress until the hail came down in force.

Your intrepid team had to run for cover. We didn’t waste any time though - Hilary from Genesis had us collapsing cardboard boxes for recycling. They had held donations for the Foodbank, which helps people in Bath who are struggling during the cost of living crisis.

The skies cleared and we were able to clear a bit more path before home time. There’s still a bit more to do and no doubt we’ll be back before too long.

6 Goodgymers headed to Genesis to help sort a variety of donations into fancy products and practical products. Some products were more obvious than others, whilst others, we had to guess the object in an attempt to classify it!

It took us just one hour to work through a mountain of boxes to sort into crates ready for other charities.

Tonight we headed to Genesis Trust's depot to do some outdoor maintenance. Weeding and tidying and clearing a patio area up, and just generally making the place look smart again.

We filled one of them enormous dumpy bags with garden waste, and had a lovely time on a pleasant Monday evening. Win!

One in five children in England don't have a book of their own. Bath charity Genesis, which supports vulnerable and homeless people in the city, has made it a mission to change that. It already runs three Foodbanks in the area and now it is planning to add a Bookbank to the mix where families can pick up a book along with their much-needed groceries.

We are not talking secondhand, dog-eared books but new copies - or at least ones in mint condition. The charity wants people to feel they are worth it. And that's where Goodgymmers Ruth and Tanya (wearing her new red GG Tshirt) came in.

Our task? To sort through piles of donated books and set aside any that didn't look perfect. These won't go to waste - some are sold to a market stall while others make money through an App like Ziffitt and the rest go to charity shops.

If you had a favourite book as a child, chances are we flicked through it this evening. Julia Donaldson and Roald Dahl featured a lot as well as Enid Blyton, Tintin, the Worst Witch and a host of classics. One of mine certainly appeared - the wonderful "Flat Stanley". We checked for broken spines, turned-over pages, leftover bookmarks and inscriptions - which, while charming, meant the work ended up in the reject pile.

We had two interesting finds - a signed copy of "The Girl with the Lost Smile" by Miranda Hart, which might make some money on Ebay and multiple copies of a picture book called "Simon Sock" - so many of them that it must be really good.

It was very tempting to stop to have a read but we restrained ourselves and reached "The End" in time, which made Hilary from Genesis very pleased.

Three Goodgymers turned up at the Genesis base in Oldfield Park in Bath on Wednesday evening to help sort some of the donations the charity receives.

We couldn’t resist trying on the impressive headgear, while the task certainly appealed to Helen’s neat gene - she did a serious amount of folding.

Spending an hour organising clothes and books donated to a charity doesn’t sound like a big deal but to Hilary Long from the Genesis Trust it makes a huge difference.

Tops, jeans and coats will go to homeless and vulnerable people who come to its Lifeline day centre. They will help keep them warm during what is likely to be a bitter winter. The less practical items - such as a shimmery camisole unearthed by Meyrick - will be sold to raise money to run Genesis’ various projects. These range from life skills support to the increasingly-needed food bank.

As the cost of living crisis worsens and money gets tight, charities have to come up with new ways to fundraise. Our other job involved crating up hardback books ready for a specialist to view. An unwanted volume could turn out to be an early edition worth hundreds of pounds.

Those that don’t sell can still make money via an app like Ziffit.com. Let’s hope they want cookery books - we packed up dozens!

Welcome to the latest edition of our occasional series of Jer climbs up in high places on a GoodGym task...

Today we headed over to the Gateway Centre on London Road to meet Sue from Genesis Trust who gave us the task of tidying up the green area and bushes at the front of the building.

Holly and Meyrick set about clearing litter from under the bushes, whilst Ellie pruned and raked leaves, and Jer waded in to cut back the high growth and cut back some brambles which may have been encroaching from next door.

We filled a dozen or so rubbish bags (mostly with green stuff rather than litter) and then Holly and Jer had a go at the bushes from the London Road side. Holly was neatly cutting away some of the overgrown encroaching on to the pavement, but (of coarse!) Jer scaled the wall and set about properly precariously cutting back with a pair of super heavy-duty loppers!

We’d filled all the sacks, so left a massive pile of cuttings for Genesis Trust to sort out, but Sue was really happy and gave us lots of chocolate!