Six Goodgymmers, Chloe, James, Caprice, Eleanor, Keith and Lea, turned up at Hope Housing…. Would there be something for us to do THIS time?!?!?! Nobody in sight, so we feared the worst, but fear not: Glynn appeared round a corner and took us to a room full of clothes. Our task: sort the clothes, photograph the various items and put them on Vinted. Luckily we had some tech experts, some Vinted experts as well as some modelling experts (ahem!). Each item was expertly viewed and commented on(!) and some even tried on! Chloe was keen to try on a lovely shirt with long sleeves, but with it being too long for her arms, Vinted expert Eleanor had a go and decided to buy it. Caprice had her eyes on a lovely bralette (I think that what it’s called, a niksniemendalletje as I would say in Dutch 🤔🙃🤣), a Chelsea Football training top and a whatever-you-call-it dress. A Fat Face dress attracted Lea’s attention but her son got married three years ago, so she no longer needs a mother-of-the-groom dress. The lovely shiny black velvety pants, attractive though they were, were unfortunately a tad too big for Lea. And Keith decided to go for a manatee tshirt in favour of a floral dress with ruffles….as he did swim with manatees in 2004 and not with a dress! Many, many items and a big pile of clothes later, we left Hope Housing in high spirits, definitely a fun task to get involved with! BTW James, good luck with your 10k run on Sunday!

Eleanor,and Daryl meet at Hope Housing, with Daryl running from the Brewhouse and Eleanor running from home .It was nice to see Mark again it's been a long time, we were going to do the garden but as it was raining Mark changed it to sort the soap room out ,it's where they make the soap for every bar they sell they give one to the homeless which is a good idea .We soon had the room sorted and tidy After a chat with Mark we said our goodbyes and made for home.

Runners Eleanor, Rute, Daryl and Caprice met for the Group Run to the session. Rute was excited to show off her new GoodGym T-shirt and she really looked the part. The four of them managed to chat and run, even with the slow steady climb up Old Christchurch Road. Once they got closer to Hope Housing they could see some friendly faces. It was GoodGymers Keith and Lea. Unfortunately they had some bad news, the task had been cancelled. They still managed to get a group photo to prove that they all made it to the task. Even if they couldn't do the session. Rute was still happy to have christened her new Tshirt even if it was just a run in the sun and not an actual task. Oh well, better luck next time.

Chloe, Daryl, Caprice welcomed newbie Rute at The Brewhouse ready for the group run to the session. This was much to Rute's surprise as she wasn't expecting a run as just wanted to help volunteer. Luckily Rute loves a good run, so much so that she refused to drive to the session and put her coat in her bag and off she went. What a trooper! Tonight's session was to help our friends at Hope Housing sort through some charity clothing. The runners were met by Eleanor and James who made their own way to the task. The group got to work sorting through Hope Housing's Charity Shop clothing donations. Sorting through the ladies clothing there was Rute, Caprice, Daryl and Julie and on the menswear there was Chloe and James with Eleanor in charge of the children's clothing. It wasn't long until everything was sorted, it's amazing how much can get done with lots of help. Our next sessions to help Hope Housing will be 17th June and this will be a gardening task and on the 15th July we will be helping sort out their hand made soaps. We hope to see you there!

Tonight's session was to help our friends at Hope Housing. Daryl and Caprice ran to the session where they were joined by Milly, Sophie, Emma and Eleanor. With summer just around the corner it was time for their charity shop to swap from winter stock to summer collection. The group got to work sorting bags of donations, placing summer clothing into their labeled box. The group agreed it was a very satisfying task, seeing the boxes fill in no time at all. Women's tops and dresses seemed to be the most popular donation. Once all the bags were distributed between the large plastic boxes the GoodGymers said their goodbyes. Hope Housing have asked for our help with some gardening and some point so watch this space for more details!

Tonight's session was to help our good friends at Hope Housing. Runners Julie, Daryl and Caprice met for the Group Run to the session. James, Milly, Sophie and Emma made their own way to the task. A big welcome to Emma, Sophie's sister. It was lovely meeting her and we hope to see her at future sessions. At the task we were met by Tony who got us to work clearing and tidying a store room. We created a chain to move everything out of the store room. Emma, Sophie, and Milly got to work sweeping and Julie found a dustpan and brush to clear up the mess. The contents of the room were then returned in a more orderly fashion. With easy accessible item located at the front. These items were to be taken to Hope's Charity Shop located in Southbourne. Many hands make light work as we were all done and dusted in 30 minutes. Next month Tony would like us to tackle the large store room so that should be fun. Next week it's Quiz at Abbeyfield Retirement Home. See you there!!