Today I sorted four crates of carrots 🥕, into usable or bin in preparation for tomorrow's Borough Pantry Club.

This was a fantastic mission, joining forces with a number of Brixton organisations for a community litter pick. Multiple different groups met at different areas of Brixton for a simultaneous clean-up. This was part of a youth-led initiative, set up by young people at the Marcus Liptrot Community Centre, and attended by local residents, borough councillors, police officers - and Goodgymers!

Six Goodgymers, representing Lambeth, Ealing, Croydon and Brent, met in Windrush Square, collected our litter pickers and high-vis, and headed off to St Matthew’s church gardens. After an hour of solid litter-picking we had filled several bags of rubbish. Shout out to Steph who ran 27km to be there, and to Harvey who hit his incredible 1000th mission earlier that same morning! What an achievement!

After our hour was up we headed back to base, and it was amazing to see just how much could be achieved in a short space of time. Well done everyone!

Katie and Steph Ducat met at the entrance of the park and went to the container where Karolis from Friends of Loughborough Park was busy with a patch. He dropped everything to get the gear out : plastic bags, litter pickers and magical loops. Either you know or you dont know the secret way of looping the bags as some of them are tricky. More volunteers appeared including Brenda from Goodgym. We all set off into the park to hunt down the litter left in this beautiful park. Usual suspects were paper, crisp wrappers, bottles, food waste and Steph Ducat found something that will keep someone safe in a way(see pic with blue item from Durex)!!A decision was taken here at one stage. After an hour the litter hunters returned to base and collected roughly 6 bags. Well done team!!No cake or coffee and the 3 Goodgymers walked to their next community mission in Brixton.

There is no greater feeling than standing shoulder to shoulder with people who care. Today, thanks to 6 amazing GoodGymers and the tireless VGCC team, we were able to serve our community with speed and a smile. It’s more than just a meal, it’s about making sure everyone feels seen and cared for. We are endlessly grateful for this family!