🎉 Happy 1 year to Cambridge GoodGym! 🎉

This week marks a year of doing good in Cambridge and we met to celebrate. We love doing good for the community, and tonight was all about a bit of good for the lovely people who make it happen. ♥️

We headed to Cambridge's board room cafe, but we were chatting so much, we didn't get round to playing any games. We heard tales of climbing Mount Fuji, discussed the impacts of poverty on wellbeing, and of course debriefed the traitors final! Quite the eclectic mix.

TaskForce met early to do a little bit of planning, whilst indulging in some delicious milkshakes. It was then great to welcome newer GoodGymers and get to know each other better as Cambridge GoodGym goes from strength to strength.

✨ 1 year on from our first Community Mission in Cambridge, we look forward to what the next year holds!🙌

It took two to tidy this week, with GoodGymers heading to Castle School to clear parts of the grounds.

We rolled up our sleeves and got busy sweeping the leaves from the bike store (before picture) and entryway (after picture). 🍂

It was a strong effort and a very satisfying task. We'll be back next month for more 💪

What a delight to be out doing some good on a perfect autumnal morning. 🍂

GoodGymers supported parkruns across Cambridge with Alexandra park walking and Catherine supplying finish tokens at Coldham's Common, and Caroline park walking at Milton Country Park.

Caroline celebrated her 10th parkrun volunteering milestone with company as her favourite auntie and favourite mother (self-titled) came all the way from South Wales for their first ever parkrun. Well done team 🙌

Park walking allowed for a different experience, encapsulating the true spirit of parkrun: "We enjoyed the gorgeous weather and being out in nature, with the autumnal leaves and stopping to enjoy the beautiful views. We were surprised and appreciative of runners offering their support as they went by." 💛

GoodGym x This Girl Can

We called time on the curfew this week, running across Cambridge after dark to do some good 🙌

✨ Welcoming Beth to her first GoodGym session, we got lit up and set off to meet Caroline and Kei, who cycled to the task.

We were greeted by Alice from Turtle Dove who led us through the storage building maze to the locker of kit we were due to sort, where we found Ruth hidden behind stacks of boxes.

Turtle Dove support young women to gain work experience through hosting afternoon tea events, for groups ranging from 15 to over 100 people, so there is a lot of crockery needed! 🫖

We set to work sorting, counting and repacking hundreds of cups, saucers and side plates. It turned out to be a very calming and satisfying task, which will make running the events easier.

Alice excelled with the snack provision and we took a trip down memory lane, while enjoying a refuelling sweet treat. 🍪

We made a good start and look forward to returning in a few weeks to help finish the job 💪

Two GoodGymers joined Abbey People and a mass of volunteers from local business to plant bulbs for their Seeds of Hope project.

We cleared, we dug, and we planted hundreds of bulbs, which will form biodiverse beds come spring. 🌼

It was physical work, but as always it was good to get our hands dirty and feel connected to nature. Alongside the hard work, we had time for a good catch up and met some lovely people also doing good for the community. 🙌