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📍The St Pancras and Somers Town Living Centre NW1 1DF
AIC's cold weather shelter helps 16 Londoners each and every week - you'll be making sure things are ready and inviting for the evening's guests :)
Sat 15th Mar at 11:00am
We'll be making an active + real difference at this special public park in Camden!
Read moreWed 26th Feb at 6:15pm
AIC's cold weather shelter helps 16 Londoners each and every week - you'll be making sure things are ready and inviting for the evening's guests :)
Read moreWed 5th Feb at 6:15pm
Camden Report written by Alex Murtough (he/him)
A strange sight was spotted in Gospel Oak last night.
Small head-bound lights scurried around Lismore Circus. They were doing something good and there was intermittent laughter.
And amidst these lights, some sort of superhero was running around in their cape. We can't know their name for certain, but... we think it was 200!
This wonderful group of Cecile (on their first GoodGym outing, welcome!), Gosia, Jackie, John, Michael (on their first GoodGym trip to Camden, welcome!), Michelle (also on their first good deed, welcome!), and Steve joined Lismore Circus's community champion, Suza, to clear the area of discarded trash and litter.
And we were also celebrating Gosia's 200th good deed - a huge congratulations, Gosia! The cape was John and Jackie's idea, and Gosia was soon running, twirling, and jumping like the superhero she is :)
Over 40 minutes, this group cleared the community garden of bottles, wrappers, and cigarette ends, before exploring further afield into the adjoining Lismore Circus and walkways. Nine people working together can achieve a lot in 40 minutes, and this group's efforts made a visible difference.
Thank you, everyone! Here's to next time!
Thu 6th Feb at 1:41pm
congrats Gosia!
Thu 6th Feb at 3:56pm
To be fair, I was just handing over the Camden cape!
Sat 1st Feb at 11:00am
Camden Report written by Alex Murtough (he/him)
Our friends at Ingestre Road Estate in Tufnell Park needed a little help yesterday.
They care for a special woodland area - built and maintained by this community for decades - and a few new bins were in order.
And recycled (made from plastic bottles) were what they ordered. Swish and smart, these bins will withstand the seasons and blend in with the surrounding trees.
Over 90 minutes, this wonderful group of Alison, Caitlin, Cherian, Emily, John, Pete, and Steve drilled holes, affixed latches, and applied bases. They did all this while Pete showed me how to use a drill.
And... while the handiwork was progressing, Emily and Steve also took 15 minutes to plant a patch of rescued (courtesy of Pete) plants, giving an underloved tree a little more company :)
Thank you so much, everyone!
Wed 26th Mar at 12:00pm
Wed 29th Jan at 6:15pm
Camden Report written by Alex Murtough (he/him)
It's been nearly a whole month since we last helped the American International Church's winter shelter.
That was New Year's Day when the streets were quiet... restful... contemplative...
...yesterday the streets were positively noisy... thoroughly restless... and (perhaps) quite thoughtless!
Eight of us - Alex, Alison, Charlie, Jackie, John, JC, and Steve - gathered in Somers Town - in a nook of quiet - to warm up with a game of Simon Says, before we navigated our way (while sharing stories and conversation) through Bloomsbury's bustle.
A wonderful group of four - Gosia, Ivar, Jo-Anne (on their first good deed - welcome!!), and Will - met us on Tottenham Court Road and we descended down into the basement from which scents from the evening's cooking were bubbling..!
If I'd set up a time-lapse camera, I'd now be able to see a wash of red t-shirts sifting duvets from sheets, pillow cases from towels, amidst camp beds popping up and out and into place. In 25 minutes, this group set up a welcoming space for the evening's guests.
And while this was happening...
Another group were speedily opening tables, arranging chairs, and laying tablecloths - the empty room became the dining room - and it was fit for the food (also being cooked by volunteers) in the kitchen next door.
A big thank you to you all! As well as to our brilliant host, Brooke! Here's to next time!!
Wed 12th Feb at 6:15pm
AIC's cold weather shelter helps 16 Londoners each and every week - you'll be making sure things are ready and inviting for the evening's guests :)
Read moreWed 19th Feb at 6:15pm
Come join for a social - fun - and active evening making a difference for this wonderful community organisation :)
Read moreWed 5th Feb at 6:15pm
We'll be outside and making a difference at the wonderful Lismore Circus Community Woods!
Read moreWed 22nd Jan at 6:15pm
Camden Report written by Alex Murtough (he/him)
Most folks have to leave their leaves, especially if they're on a leafy street.
Most people don't want to leave their leaves out, but they just don't have the levers to not leave their leaves out.
Some (hopeful) souls erect signs saying - "LEAVE IT OUT, LEAVES" - but in all cases, the leaves did not leave it out.
Camden's (magnificent) Cecil Sharp House (just a hop from Camden Town) usually had this problem - they had to leave their leaves - and this usually affected the grass, flowers, and wildlife.
But not this year!
Our wonderful GoodGym group (of Alison, Gosia, and Steve) arrived yesterday and were met by the brilliant Susannah - we were there for our fourth visit of the season and we were under final leaf-clearing instructions.
We started by a HUGE stack of bags of leaves, each of which had been carefully packed (and squashed) by a GoodGymer over the past few months - and over the next 40 minutes, our small group added over 12 bags more - we targeted the nooks, the crannies, the behind-bin-spaces, and the other hidden places that seem to accumulate tonnes of leaves.
Our group of 5 left the space leaf-less - a task that would have easily taken 5+ hours for a single soul :)
Nice work, everyone, and thank you!!!
Thu 23rd Jan at 9:55am
Lovely task (it was the leaf we could do!), and really awesome to see you all :)
Thu 23rd Jan at 2:05pm
Great Job guys....
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