The beautiful sunset over Trafalgar Square was the backdrop for our GoodGym session last night. We just had time to soak it up before the Rhythms of Life crew turned up and we were put to straight to work!

It was great to see GoodGymer Clare bring along the Six Senses team for their first session - brilliant to have you join us! Also lovely to have Kisanet from Westminster and Susan from Richmond with us, especially as with 50 guests waiting to be served dinner it was all hands on deck!

We all took our station, serving hot soup, fruit, sandwiches and savoury goods, bread, hot drinks and crisps. Soon the queue was moving and the guests were enjoying the selection. Rhythms of Life is an amazing charity which provides vital food and other resources to rough sleepers in central London. We will be helping them out regularly with this task, which makes a real impact in the community.

Next week we really need help with a session sorting donations at a centre for refugees - at the moment there is only one person signed up so if you can make it then you'd be really making a difference! You can find out the details and sign up here. Hope to see you there!

Thanks for all your help last night everybody, with so many people served hot food, it was an evening well spent.

Kudos to the GGers who turned up on a very drizzly evening to make a real difference on the South Bank! It's definitely not easy to leave the warmth, grab a litter picker and battle the growing wind to collect litter, but that's exactly what a group of GGers did last night. It was especially lovely to welcome Kisanet to her first ever group session - we loved having you join us!

We met underneath the London Eye, where the conditions weren't too bad. So we began our tour of the area, collecting bottles, packets and the dreaded cig butts as we went.

Despite the growing gusts and transporting the increasingly heavy bags the time flew by, helped along by our wide ranging conversation - we covered everything from squirrels and vitamin supplements to feminism and the joys of hand sanitiser!

Before long we were racing after bottles rolling in the wind and struggling to keep our bin bags open so we called it a day. Great job everybody. I believe that as well as the inherent good of less rubbish on the street, litter picking also encourages others to take pride in their city and hopefully has a knock on effect!

Next Tuesday we have another really rewarding task handing out food and sorting donations for rough sleepers. I'd love to see you there!