A variety of jobs were on offer this evening.

Captain Detail took the lead on the unloading, counting, itemising and reloading the store room and kitchen. Many shouts were heard asking how many cups, how many sets of cups, how many stickers.... Someone wondered if the coffee beans needed counting. Mick was doing sterling work (on his first ever GG good deed) loading everything back into the store room using all his campervan storage expertise.

In the main seating area, a gazebo was put up and taken down, perfectly fitting back into its original packaging.

In the toilets there was a whole cubicle that needed painting and the ceiling in the wildly decorated toilet also need another coat of white..

There was also a wide variety of drinks and snacks to be sampled and even some going home presents! It was like a proper party.

We also finally united Wilson with their 200 good deeds t-shirt.

We welcomed Nikki to her first ever GoodGym task tonight, and Sharon to her first Group Run this evening - welcome to the madness, guys!

Our task also took us to a new beneficiary this evening in the form of The Repair Cafe and Library of Things team. Their amazing aim is to promote repairing and sharing as a way of reducing waste - check out their website here.

Clare had literally only just received the keys for their new premises so we were some of the first to get stuck in with the makeover of the space. We got to work peeling tape off the floors, scraping glue off the walls and removing velcro from every conceivable surface. Sharon and Tracey got scrubbing in the kitchen space, which has definitely not seen a damp cloth in a while!

Our visit was rounded off with a biscuit and offers to come and help out again - I'm sure we'll be back in the not to distant future!

A big welcome BACK to Toni who has changed her job and got a puppy (amongst other things) since we last saw her.

Tonight's mission was to build some shelves for SPARK. We'd been warned that it might be like a giant meccano but with Dave's engineering brain and Jo's flat pack experience we managed to put together a total of 7 (I think!) sets of shelves.

Those who didn't want to build were able to sand and varnish some tables.

If we'd been playing innuendo bingo, we'd have got a full house for sure.... screws, holes, flaps all got various amounts of airtime. This is the real reason that GoodGym is for adults only 🤣

We packed up feeling like we'd made a good effort (& all without ruining the brand new carpet) and then Judy became Artistic Director and got us to make our logo. Larry the dog was either entertained or totally confused... much like us!

We've already had this lovely message from Becki:

Thank you so much for fun, laughter and your kindness xxx awesome group