Six chips off the old Goodgym block (Charlotte, Kat, Kathryn, Matt, Nerys and Sarah) braved the weather to lay some woodchip path in the churchyard at Saint Mary's, Walthamstow. Despite all six being headtorchless, the team energy was strong and the spirits were high as we shovelled and moved barrowloads of woodchip on a cold, dark, soggy night! Many hands definitely made swift work and the job was done in no time at all. Very well done to all who turned out on such a wild and woolly evening, and a particularly big Goodgym welcome to Kathryn, who joined us for the first time!

Three good gymers dropped by the Walthamstow toy library for their first session of 2023 ✨

We met with Helen, who runs the toy library, and she put us to task helping clean borrowed toys so they were ready for the next use. This meant scrubbing a lot of balls!

And we were lucky enough to have two newcomers among us - welcome to Bea and Alex! 🦸🏻

Great to be at the American International Church for our penultimate Camden GoodGym Group Run of the year. We have our usual tasks of making the beds for the night shelter guests all while being serenaded by the choir practicing some festive carols.

Thanks to everyone who braved the cold and the icy conditions on the pavement which meant we did have to walk for some patches to save ourselves from sliding over!

We are back at the American International Church next Wednesday 21st for our last Group Run of 2022!

Five jolly Goodgym-ers (Katrina, Rachel, Rowena, Sarah and Tony) braved the cold temperatures and hit the streets of Walthamstow to deliver community news magazines for William Morris Big Local, a fabulous, resident-led community initiative that supports, runs and funds projects in the William Morris ward to make a positive difference to the area and its people.

We pounded the pavements for an hour or so, going door to door until our fingers went numb, and we covered some good ground. We all gained a bit of extra respect for our local posties, and the community news looked so interesting that we each took a copy home for a bit of bedtime reading!

Special kudos and a huge welcome go to the amazing Rachel, who moved to London a mere FOUR days ago and joined Goodgym immediately as a way to get to know people in her new community. That’s the spirit, Rachel! We sincerely hope that tonight’s chilly mission didn’t put you off, and that we’ll see you again very soon!

Well done to everyone who joined – together we made light work of our task. This was our last Wednesday group run of the year, so Merry Christmas all, and let’s hope 2023 brings some more brilliant missions our way!