Ashley, Lewis and Rachel met with our friendly task owners down at the River Gardens steps to help scrub away at some of the moss that had collected along the steps.

Sunshine was scheduled and the group enjoyed a catchup by the river, with Ash and Lewis planning a run together on another night, hopefully avoiding rain again.

The task owners for this volunteering location are always really appreciative of what is achieved in a short space of time and said what a difference we had made to the steps. The group also had some really positive comments from passers by at what a good job was being done.

This task is a really good transformation task to see what can be done to improve an area in a short space of time when working together in a group. Keep an eye out for future dates when GoodGym Derby will return to River Gardens.

Mandy, Grant, Lewis and Pete returned for another session at St Matthew’s church. The mission was to bring a little TLC to the Garden of Rest. We cleaned the commemorative slates around the boarder - these being local people who had passed away in the 1800’s. We also cleaned the more recent stones in the central area. We also checked on the boarders we had created on a previous mission - the local schoolchildren have started to plant flowers and bushes, and the area is starting to come a live. Great to catch up on a lovely evening, and as ever thanks to David for the tea and biscuits.