Long distance runner for 10 years and have volunteered for a few charities, particularly focusing on avoiding food waste and helping those in food poverty
9 Month Streak
Southampton
📍Southampton City Farm SO16 9FQ
Helping the farm to transform the community and lives of those who use it
Monday 9th September
Hannah done 50 good deeds and got their black t-shirt
The next time you see Hannah, they might be wearing black instead of red. They've completed 50 good deeds with GoodGym and have earnt their black t-shirt. Give them a nod when you next see them.
Mon 9th Sep at 6:30pm
Southampton Report written by Lauren
10 awesome goodgymers rocked up at the farm tonight eager and keen to do business!
We were back on muck shovelling duty transporting wheelbarrows full of muck between the compost heaps and the maze site.
We split into two groups - Abby, Sarah, Kathryn, Wilson and Ellie were at the far end of the farm and myself, Finnuala (celebrating the big 50) Serena and Chris nearer the bottom and the maze. Hannah was chief overseer and organiser making sure the compost got to where it needed to go.
Ellie decided to see how long it would take to run end of the farm to the other - 1 minute 11 seconds it turns out!
Chat was fun and good humoured and made the hour go quickly.
Wilson got a fit of the giggles discussing trees and board game discussions were ongoing in our camp.
We ended the evening with cakes to celebrate all the achievements this evening and went home happy and content goodgymers
Mon 9th Sep at 9:32pm
Sounds like such a good session! Nice one everyone & congrats on 50 good deeds Finnuala 🙌
Mon 9th Sep at 10:11pm
thank you! the Southampton team are LIT!
Mon 9th Sep at 5:30pm
Southampton Report written by Lauren
Its no exaggeration when we say that there are 10,000 leaflets needing delivering for the farm - there really are 10,000 leaflets needing delivering.
Although my memory skills were discussed this evening (being photographic) i honestly cannot keep tabs on how many leaflets weve delivered now. I think we must be over 1000 delivered.
This task saw the celebration of Hannah 50th task! She wore the badge with pride around surrounding roads before handing the honours over to Finnuala who was to be celebrating her 50th at the next task which followed.
We had a nice stroll and chat before heading back to the farm
Sat 7th Sep at 12:15pm
Southampton Report written by Lauren
After our excursion in the cemetery we took a walk across the common to the Hawthorns to paint some fairy doors which will be installed at city farm to create a fairy door trail for the children.
It was lovely to meet our newest taskforce member Finnuala and meet up with Wilson and have a chilled chat and creative time.
Wilson was particularly creative with the pioneering of a goodgym fairy door!
Sat 7th Sep at 10:00am
Southampton Report written by Lauren
We had a lovely time this morning helping Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery on their monthly conservation task.
Four of us were tasked with completely restoring one of the old tombs, stripping back ivy and overgrowth and brambles.
It was hard work. Chris went to war on the ivy and won - and Hannah had a run in with a spider (now determined as a garden spider thanks to Graces ID skills!)
We managed to restore the tomb to such a degree that we revealed the old stone work. It was very satisfying and we had a fab time.
Mon 9th Sep at 6:30pm
Helping the farm to transform the community and lives of those who use it
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Helping the farm to transform the community and lives of those who use it
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Keeps the cemetery maintained for visitors
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Mon 2nd Sep at 6:30pm
Southampton Report written by Lauren
We returned this evening to the alley in lordshill we litter picked back in April. The area is notorious for gathering large amounts of litter and we are keen to return regularly to keep on top of it.
Chris was the can man - the man who can! Designated can hero extraordinaire who rescued many a can which will go to help the air ambulance.
The rest of us were on general litter pick duties and quickly gathered four very full bags of litter. Last time we attended we had around 7/8 full bags and it took much longer - we see this as a positive that the litter hadnt built up as much over this period of time.
We ended the session with a shoe flinging olympics after finding some shoes which had seen better days. Ellie and my attempts were not wonderful, Amanda and Sarah put in much stronger efforts but Chris came out champion.
It was productive and great fun and we hope that next time we return the litter has reduced even more.
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