We were delivering hope on tonight's group run.

What a fun evening supporting Cambridge City Foodbank's Christmas campaign by delivering 300 leaflets to Cambridge residents.

Harriet and I met at Parkside Pools, had a stretch and got lit up before running to the first meeting point (enjoying the Winter Wonderland lights on route). It was an extra challenge running with 300 leaflet packs in our backpacks! Picking up Caroline, we took a run along the river to meet Daiana who had cycled to the task.

After a briefing and some logistics discussions, we split into two groups and got leafleting! The Christmas lights and some beautiful stained glass windows, really brightened the task. The highlight for both groups were the cats that came to help 🐈

After 45 minutes we had delivered all the packs 💪 We shared some leaflet puns for the report title and said our farewells before heading our separate ways and running back to our meeting point.

An uplifting task with lots of time to catch up while doing good. We go again next week 🙌

We spent a lovely morning at CoFarm helping Abbey People with maintaining the farm. It was great to have Ann back with us, and she and Catherine and I were able to have a nice catch-up. We also managed to clear a large area of Fat Hen, which I've learned is considered a weed but is also cultivated as a food in some areas of the world. My fun fact for today!

Even the wet, muddy conditions today couldn't keep the park runners away. We had Cambridge Goodgymmers on a mini round Britain tour, with Caroline at Burnage Park Run near Manchester and Catherine and myself volunteering at Fulbourn Hospital Park Run. Catherine did a fantastic job barcode scanning the 105 doughty runners, while I was able to help with the post-run close down. All followed by a nice hot drink at the café.

We had a tea-riffic time with Turtle Dove this evening, continuing the inventory of their stock.

3 GoodGymers walked, ran and cycled to the task, which was thankfully under cover and therefore much warmer!

This week saw Ilse putting her childrens wardrobe organising skills to good use by sorting uniform, Beth took on plates and I was on cutlery. Childhood time spent categorising marbles came in very handy! It was a team effort at the end, and 170 teaspoons and 153 butter knives later, we had got the cutlery categorised and counted. A very satisfying job.

We even had time to enjoy some cake 🧁

A tree-mendously festive morning, sprucing up the nursery one fir at a time 🎄

We got fully festive this morning at Darwin Nurseries, joining a merry band of movers to shift 700 Christmas Trees from the delivery lorry to the sales area. It was a brilliant all-round fitness activity with strength training, some cardio and lots of steps. 💪

We really enjoyed getting to know the Darwin team and working together, having a good laugh while we completed this mighty task! We worked through all weathers and even had some sleet. ❄️

The mincemeat shortbread was a real treat during a much needed break to refuel for round 2. 🫓

It was a fir-st class effort all round 🙌

This week, we were back at a rather misty and atmospheric Brook Leys parkrun, cheering on the runners and walkers as marshals! 🙌

Both stationed around the lake, Catherine and Caroline were able to cheer on all the active morning people shortly after the start AND not long before the finish. It was lovely to see everyone through from beginning to end 😊

Once everyone had crossed the line, we headed to a nearby cafe to warm up with some outstanding coffee and pastries 🥐☕️

What a wonderful way to welcome the weekend!

🎉 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!🙌