We joined Friends of Morden Park this morning in the beautiful sunshine to boost their volunteer numbers for a serious raking and clearing session. We tackled a mountain of bramble roots, and while the space is already looking amazing, it’s clear this project is going to need some extra bodies in the coming weeks to keep the momentum going. Want to help - the team are there every Wednesday form 10.30am and we hope to get another session in soon.

The morning momentum continued as we helped set up for the Open Table. With the main tasks finished ahead of schedule, Jon took the opportunity to tackle window cleaning duty. The beautiful sunshine outside made the job much easier, and the hall was left gleaming and ready for guests.

We made light work of packing up the night shelter this morning, proving that two hands are definitely better than one and with Henry the vacuum helping, the a mountain of bedding and chairs to shiftwas sorted with time to spare before cracking onto the next job.

Tonights job was fairly speedy preparing the church hall for the night shelter, expertly shifting rows of chairs and making up the beds to ensure a warm welcome for guests. We also got the tables laid and Suja lent an extra hand in the kitchen to help get the evening's food prep underway.

An early morning call for help setting up and of course the best way to start the day. After setting up in record time I was then on sewing 101 duty with an early attendee who needed a refresher on loading a bobbin - but hope to be back to finish the banner asap.