The Hillfields food bank event was a first for me and I absolutely loved it. Everyone was so friendly and chatty. We got all quickly got stuck in and were done in no time. Thank you for such a lovely morning :)

The British Heart Foundation in Broadmead received more than 6,000 bags of donations from the students leaving Bristol at the start of the summer. Unsurprisingly, they are still sorting them!

We arrived to donate some human power this Saturday morning. We were greeted with 7 floor to ceiling metal crates filled with bags of donations. Our task? To go through as many of them as we could and decide whether it was sellable or for recycling.

It was a treasure trove of finds, with several witch outfits, several Harry Potter outfits and memorabilia, and who could forget the dentist polo neck?! Of course, there were lots of great donations as well, which will hopefully raise some much needed funds for the BHF.

Two hours later, we had hammered through six of the crates! We were pleased with that and headed home, much dustier than when we arrived and having gained a few items we just had to buy.

Until next time!

GoodGymers met at the lovely Golden Hill community gardens on a sunny Saturday morning. Golden Hill community gardens were organising a fair for the afternoon so we came along to help them get set up. Todays tasks included putting up pretty bunting around the gardens, moving plants to the tables and arranging them, cutting up mint/lemon balm and other herbs in order to make a sensory path. It was lovely meeting everyone and being out in the sunshine whilst doing some good. Well done everyone!