Busy double shift today at the community cupboard. Due to banana overdose early in the morning we did our best to lure the local kids to take some as well on their way to school.🍌 We welcomed Beck to the team🥳 who was greeted by a 45 mins delivery delay before she could eventually experience the speedy and efficient work this wonderful group does every Monday morning.

We volunteered at the Surrey Docks Farm Harvest Festival, helping set up tables, chairs, and animal enclosures to get the space ready for the day's celebrations. Together, we worked alongside farm staff to create a welcoming environment for visitors, and also took part in feeding the animals, which was a fun and hands-on experience. At the end of the day, we were rewarded with a quiet moment to admire the new born piglets, making the whole experience even more special and memorable.

Last night at TRAID’s Hammersmith shop, we had a super productive (and slightly sweaty 😅) evening packing up after their big summer sale! There were mountains of clothes 🏔️ to get through, and we kicked off by taking all the hangers off to speed things up. Once we found our flow, we switched things up—keeping the hangers on and neatly packing everything into crates 📦. By the time the delivery team arrived, the big boxes were ready to roll. Job done! 🙌

A big warm welcome to our newbie Chau👋—you jumped straight in and smashed it! It was great having your energy on the team, and we hope to see you again soon. Speaking of which… our next mission is coming up next Thursday at the Kathy Dolan community centre 🏢. We’ll be lending a hand with cleaning and some gardening. Come along, bring your smiles, and let’s keep the good vibes rolling! 🌟

Each Monday morning, GoodGym lends a hand at the South Ealing Food Cupboard helping the wonderful volunteers sort through surplus food and get it ready to share with the local community. This morning Martin, Beata, and Iram were on hand to unload the lorry and unpack a varied selection of food.

The delivery included cartons of oat milk, cranberry juice, huge cabbages, potatoes, carrots and bread. There was a brief debate over whether the oat milk was past its best, but upon investigation we learnt the date had simply been misprinted. What looked like June (6) was actually September (9). No oat milk spilled needed to be spilled! Unusually, there was no meat or ready meals this week. Instead, there were loads of ready made sandwiches.

With a prompt delivery and a smaller haul than the last few weeks, the team had everything sorted in record breaking time!