After the heat thwarted our efforts to deliver leaflets for the Spencer Denney Centre, Didem, Sol and Jess were not going to be defeated. The terrific trio regrouped in Windsor, ready to turn a hot‑weather hold‑up into a cool‑evening success.

We set off to deftly deliver leaflets to homes surrounding the Spencer Denney Centre, spreading the word about their brilliant services and a couple of upcoming fundraising events (see the pictures for more details). In just over an hour, we covered 4km and dispatched around 300 leaflets — all fingers intact, despite a few unexpectedly enthusiastic dogs guarding their letterboxes.

The evening was warm, calm and infinitely nicer than the searing heatwave that had delayed us the week before. Perfect leaflet‑dropping weather at last.

But the night held an extra celebration too: it was Didem's 50th Good Deed. She received her medal and some cake — and we’ll let you decide whether Jess really baked it. When asked about her favourite task so far, Didem chose painting at the Spencer Denney Centre, making it wonderfully fitting that her milestone mission supported them once again.

A heat‑halted task, happily handled — and a milestone marked in style.

6 Goodgymmers rallied to help not one but two beneficiaries tonight.

First up were ShareaLot who needed help removing the last few bits from the Nicholson Centre. The items were loaded into wagons and pulled over the road to storage at the Green Skills Library's new premises. The team made short work of this and the final boxes, signs, TV and mirror were swiftly relocated.

This left us a bit of time to help the Green Skills Library wrangle some bags of fabric and get them tied up ready to be moved. We even gave the floor a quick sweep!

Then it was off into the lovely dry evening and we will be back at the Green Skills Library on Wednesday!!

Nine crafty GoodGymers responded to a plea from the Craft Coop to assist in the production of poppies which will be used to decorate Windsor Parish Church for Remembrance Sunday. This ambitious project will see thousands of poppies cascading down the front of the church. Poppies could be made of any textile as long as they are weatherproof! The Goodgymers exercised their fingers, thumbs and brains knitting and crocheting over 235 poppies between them in their spare time. Thanks all, it's a great contribution to this community project, and the Craft Coop are extremely grateful

Six GoodGymmers made their way through the sunshine to meet task owner Angela at the Eco Action Hub.

With the Nicholson Centre due for demolition, all its occupants have just a week and a half to clear out. We’ve already been helping several charities with their moves — and tonight it was the Eco Action Hub’s turn.

The upstairs area was packed with furniture, boxes and all sorts of upcycling treasures that needed shifting downstairs for various groups to collect. Angela started us off with items for Wild Maidenhead, (a gazebo, boxes of leaflets and posters) plus a rack of folding chairs. “I’m sure that will be enough,” she said.

Little did she know about GoodGym efficiency… or the fact that we were already glowing from the heat.

Those first items were whisked downstairs in no time, so we moved straight on to everything else. Tables, branches, bamboo, blankets, more chairs and even more tables. In the warm evening air we scurried up and down the stairs like determined (and increasingly sweaty) ants, lifting, shifting and stacking.

Despite the heat, the teamwork was brilliant, and before long the upstairs was cleared and the ground floor neatly piled with items ready for collection.

Another hot and hardworking mission done — and more to come.