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Block or report Jacqueline Shirley
Camden
📍Cecil Sharp House NW1 7AY
Come join for a social - fun - and active evening making a difference for this wonderful community organisation :)
Wed 23rd Jul at 6:15pm
We'll be getting fitter and making this (super special) green space much healthier!
Read moreWed 2nd Jul at 6:45pm
Come join for a social - fun - and active evening making a difference for this wonderful community organisation :)
Read moreWed 25th Jun at 6:45pm
Camden Report written by Alex Murtough (he/him)
7 GoodGymers weathered the heat and the hills to make a wonderful difference in Waterlow Park!
High up in the heights of North Camden sits a very special green space – Waterlow Park's meandering pathways are filled with trees and flowers – and it's a blissful haunt for everyone who's lucky enough to know about it.
Our fabulous group – of Alison, Jackie, John, Lydia (on their first good deed – welcome!), Steve, and Tom – assembled next to a wheelbarrow filled with spades, forks, and clippers.
The task was a classic for GoodGym – a good ol' dig-up + re-use.
Jackie, John, Steve, and Tom grabbed forks and energy and made miraculous work easing oodles of flowers from a patch that will soon be replanted!
Meanwhile, Alison and Lydia prepared a new patch (watering and digging holes) and then planted the recently dug-up flowers!
In short thrift, one patch was cleared and tidy, while another was prepared and planted. This team made the heavy work look light.
Thank you, everyone!
Thu 26th Jun at 2:08pm
Good to meet you Lydia - sorry younit in more pictures!
Thu 26th Jun at 2:08pm
*not* in more pictures...
Wed 18th Jun at 6:15pm
Camden Report written by Alex Murtough (he/him)
10 wonderful GoodGymers made a HUGE difference... amidst the beats of a city festival!
Regent's Park is usually a sanctuary of peace – there's green and trees, flowers too – and you can often escape the sounds and bustle of nearby Camden.
But last night... we arrived to beats and drops and cheers... as well as three hefty security people guarding our entrance to the (wonderfully hidden) tool yard!
Pete – all round Camden nature hero – soon smoothed the way and we arrived at a yard that was desperate for a little GoodGym TLC :)
Our special group – Alex, Caitlin, Emily, Jackie, John, Michael, Natalia, Pete, and Steve – swiftly split into groups:
Michael and Jackie started by sorting and folding the pile of garden sacks – the holed sorted from the non-holed, and everything tidied and ready for use! And they then picked brooms and swept the yard to shine!
Alex and Natalia grabbed shears and tackled a Jumanji-esque patch of vines – they cleared everything and it was wonderful!
Caitlin, Emily, John, and Steve made light work of a pile of wood (keeping the larger bits that can be used for poles or building), before raking and sweeping and bagging a mountain of leaves (sifting the plastic trash from it as they did!)
And Pete was here and there and everywhere coordinating everything!
The yard looked liked a different yard at the end – a huge difference – even if we didn't quite get the peace we'd envisaged!
Thanks everyone!
Wed 11th Jun at 6:15pm
Camden Report written by Alex Murtough (he/him)
This group of 9 gifted joy to Camden's older residents this week!
Our lovely group of Londoners – Charlie, Danny, Gosia, Jackie, John, and Steve – welcomed 2 very wonderful Cardiffians – Dylan and Rosie – this week! It was brilliant meeting you both!
In humid and warm climes, our friendly group started the night with a swift meander through Camden and Kentish Town, and we arrived at Cressfield Close Sheltered Housing in happy spirits :)
Popped between Gospel Oak and Kentish Town, this cul-de-sac hides many a wonderful surprise – some like to visit the city farm (and their friendly goats) and others (like us yesterday) like to explore the (beautiful) communal garden for older residents.
We met our favourite hosts – Marie and Michael – and they were prepared with water and tools, as well as tasks aplenty.
Charlie and Danny turned a patch of planting soil – making it wonderfully ready and waiting for summer bulbs!
Dylan and Rosie tackled a square of weeds and grass – and made the heavy work appear light, leaving it clear and ready for planting!
And Gosia, Jackie, John, and Steve didn't let the hedgerows become obstacles – they crawled and knelt and reached and dug – and they turned a weed-filled patch into a silky-smooth area fit for a flower show!
Thank you, everyone! It was lovely to see you!! And we hope to see you again, Dylan and Rosie!!
Wed 9th Jul at 6:15pm
Help nurture an urban wildlife area at Kennistoun House and Willingham Close Estate in Kentish Town!
Read moreWed 25th Jun at 6:45pm
Join for 60 minutes of active + nature-based fun in Highgate's gorgeous Waterlow Park!
Read moreWed 4th Jun at 6:45pm
Camden Report written by John Shirley
Lismore Circus Community Woods is an urban space in Gospel Oak, staffed by volunteers, which is where we come in. They can always do with some extra help and there were ten of us!
First we had to move a fallen tree. Then we set to work on the hedges, which were growing over footpaths and a cycle path, and were generally looking rather untidy. Fancying ourselves as skilled hairdressers, we thought about working on perms, wedges, buns, braids, and mullets, but in the end just made some nice fringes.
By the time we’d finished, the paths were free of overhanging and overgrown foliage, and the hedges were cut back to leave a proper edge to the path.
A special welcome to Victoria, who we’d previously met at Hampstead ParkRun, and was here for her first ever good deed! See you again soon Victoria.
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