Mehmet
9
Good Deeds
Workouts
9
Cheers given
5
Cheers received
11
Expand Down
Member
Doing good since January 2024
0 Month Streak
0 Month Streak
4 Month Streak
Latest activity
Mehmet went on a group run
Mon 15th Apr at 6:45pm
Islington Report written by Simon Fitzmaurice
A Return to Caxton House Community Gardens
This week, Area Activator Simon caught up with 9 Goodgymmers from all across town between Archway underground station and Caxton House Community Gardens. Continuing our regular walking groups (runs will return on Monday 13th May!), our team arrived outside the centre and met with Rose and a big crowd of local volunteers, all on hand to help out for an evening of lifting and shifting.
The plan is to make a start on building a lovely new sensory garden- ready for new bulbs and plants to be prepared in June (we will definitely be returning to help out!). First things first, our crew picked up shovels and forks to dig up masses of old soil, and bagging the mud up for other projects. Emre did a smashing job of wheelbarrowing the full bags to the garden entrance gate, ready of pick up. Emily and Sally also helped with weeding the pavements on the main courtyard, and gathering sycamore seeds from the surfaces (these can be invasive and quick growing- best to pick them up ASAP!).
After 45 minutes of digging and jaffa cakes, our crew successfully pulled out an abundance of plastic piping, left behind from previous garden users. A difficult job, very well done! Excellent work everyone.
Together, we walked back toward the underground station, before popping in for refreshments, pizza and Scrabble at The Archway Tavern for our monthly social.
GOODGYM ISLINGTON NEWS
Achilles International VI Guide Running Sessions
Every Thursday, 6pm, Various London locations
On Thursday evenings, the all abilities sports charity Achilles International holds a group run session at a London location.
Here is a list of our upcoming events and sign up pages. Runners, supporters and guides of all abilities and experiences welcome!
-------------‐---------------------
Thursday 18th April- The Big Battersea Park London Marathon Meet Up!
Thursday 25th April- Stratford Olympic Park
----------------------------‐---
Thursday 2nd May- Green Park
Thursday 9th May- Paddington Rec Track (Maida Vale underground)
-------‐----------------------------
The Garden Classroom- Weekly Volunteer Mornings in Islington Parks!
Wednesday mornings, 10am - midday, Newington Green
The Garden Classroom has started multiple weekly open garden mornings in Newington Green, Market Road and Hillside Park (near Caxton House). Set up by trained horticulture specialists and open to all!
Newington Green Next Wednesday- 10am - midday
-----------‐-----------------------
Friends of Canonbury Square- Volunteer Morning (April)
Saturday 20th April, 10am, Canonbury Square Gardens
Lending a hand with this beautiful neighbourhood maintained garden in Islington, a perfect post-parkrun task!
Crouch End Open Space (CREOS) Volunteering Day
Sunday 21st April, 11am - 1pm, Hanley Tennis Club Car Park, Greenways
Our annual trip to CREOS this year for a woodland regeneration- loads of smashing forest path building has been planned!
https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/crouch-end-open-space-creos-volunteering-day-april-2024
---------------‐----------‐---------------
Highbury Quadrant Greening with Elizabeth House
Every Saturday, 10.30am - 12 midday, Highbury Quadrant Meadow
A fantastic task for post-parkrun runners at Highbury Fields or Finsbury Park!
Elizabeth House Community Centre, in partnership with Islington Council, Highbury Quadrant Tenants and Residents Association, Highbury Councillors and community organisations transformed three unloved and unusable green spaces on Highbury Quadrant estate.
These green spaces have been designed into three distinct spaces, improving bio-diversity and the local environment. There is now a beautiful meadow, an orchard and woodland areas.
Local residents have the opportunity to access these green spaces and take part in gardening and nature based activities, every Saturday mornings 10 am to 12 pm.
Saturday 27th April
https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/highbury-quadrant-greening-with-elizabeth-house
Saturday 4th May
--------------------------------‐---------
Penn Road Gardens Volunteer Open Day
Sunday 28th April, 10am - midday, Penn Road Gardens
Every last Sunday of the month, the residents of Penn Road invite keen volunteers to help with maintaining this lovely community spot just off Holloway Road.
Night of the 10,000m PBs- Volunteer marshals for the UK athletics party of the year!
Saturday 18th May, 2pm - 10pm, Parliament Hill Track
Help the UK's premier grassroots athletic event go ahead on Parliament Hill!
The event is an annual full day of endurance distance racing with the most competitive runners on the scene. These races have been listed as part of the European 10,000m qualification criteria, so some incredible running will be on show!
London Orienteering Klubb- Finsbury Park Go Orienteering Event
Tuesday 21st May, The Twelve Pins, 6pm onwards
Orienteering is really great fun! All abilities running, walking and map reading.
Follow a map offered by London Orienteering Klubb, and find the "controls" (flags and scanning points) across Finsbury Park in order.
2.5km and 5km distances on offer
https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/london-orienteering-klubb-finsbury-park
Mehmet signed up to a group run.
Mon 15th Apr at 6:45pm
Building a lovely new sensory garden at this great community centre
Read moreMehmet earned their community cape by completing their first community mission. 😎
Sunday 14th April
Community Cape
Mehmet earned their community cape by completing their first community mission.
Mehmet completed a community mission. Instead of watching TV or lying in bed, Mehmet was out there making their community a better place to be. For making that choice they have earned the community cape.
Mehmet went on a community mission
Sat 13th Apr at 10:00am
Islington Report written by John Shirley
Cherian came from Hendon, Dan from Hackney, Lisa and John from Camden Town, Mehmet from UCL (the long way round) and Scarlett from Australia (an even longer way round). Welcome especially Lisa (recommended to GoodGym by our Angeliki) and Scarlett to their first ever good deed.
Arriving bang on time, or even earlier in some cases, we were soon provided with a random selection of digging and cultivation tools. We set to work churning the earth in preparation for seeding an area of Compton Terrace Gardens which had become worn and bereft of grass due to wavering walkers veering off the path.
We took a bucket-full of stakes, bamboo sticks and variously-sized poles, positioning them round the earth we'd prepared earlier, as a subtle warning to any passers-by to "Keep Off The Good-deed".
Then came the seeds themselves, a consistent shower of grass-coloured specks spread evenly and thickly over the newly churned soil by our super sextet, before being covered by top-soil from two large, newly-opened bags.
We hadn't finished yet. There were twigs and small branches to be picked up, making the place look a lot tidier. Whenever we thought the task was almost complete, we spotted many more twigs and small branches previously invisible to the naked eye.
And Lisa did a great job rescuing a park bench from an overgrown bush, making it once again somewhere safe to sit without being assaulted by superfluous branches.
Mehmet signed up to a community mission.
Sat 13th Apr at 10:00am
Monthly community gardening mornings with the Friends of Compton Terrace Gardens
Read moreMehmet went on a group run
Wed 3rd Apr at 6:30pm
Hackney Report written by Joel Wiles
4 GoodGymers ran and walked there way to Wilton Estate Community gardens to help with some heavy lifting!!
A running lap of London Fields then onto meet Ulus from the community garden. and we got to work!! removing a huge pile of timber, drain pipes out of the garden ready to plant mire community fruit and veg!
Lots of trips and some epic Chuckle brothers impressions as we carried heavy straight planks of wood around a circular pathway!
Great team work and graft got the job done in enough time fir a bonus job of digging out a rouge bush which had sprouted from the lawn!
Amazing to finish task in daylight with smiles all round!!
Mehmet went on a group run
Mon 18th Mar at 6:45pm
Islington Report written by Simon Fitzmaurice
(* No worms actually murdered. It was a close call!)
Area Activator Simon met up with a top crew of Goodgym runners (some hailing from Islington, some hailing from Chamonix, France!) at the Arsenal Community Hub. Together, we engaged with a range of dynamic warm up exercises before running towards The Museum of Homelessness in Finsbury Park. On route, we ran along the nature path next to Gillespie Park, dropping us off at the top of Blackstock Road. We followed a reverse loop of Finsbury parkrun before arriving at our task location (next to Manor House station).
We were greeted by Jess and Matt at the MOH, who had set us up a smashing collection of tasks for the evening. The garden space surrounding the Museum of Homelessness have been maintained by vulnerable and unhoused individuals, and we have agreed to lend a hand with some heavy lifting.
Team 1 picked up spades and shovels, and assisted with digging out a new pathway around the museum. The plan is to build a disabled access pathway from the main drive in Finsbury Park. A huge job to take on, but are happy to help out! Team 2 helped with moving large piles of gravel and cement over to a new pathway by the entrance of The museum. And then Team 3 took a (slightly squeaky) wheelbarrow to collect mulch and compost from a dedicated bin within Finsbury Park, and dropped piles of fertiliser off in the gardens for more planting projects.
We pitched in a solid 40 minutes of graft between us, and our efforts were super appreciated by the small team at MOH. Great job everyone!
Next Monday, we will be visiting Caledonian Park for some bark chip lifting and shifting! Sign up here:
‐------------‐---------------------------
Goodgym Islington News
Achilles International VI Guide Running Sessions
Every Thursday, 6pm, Various London locations
On Thursday evenings, the all abilities sports charity Achilles International holds a group run session at a London location.
Here is a list of our upcoming events and sign up pages. Runners, supporters and guides of all abilities and experiences welcome!
Thursday 21st March- Paddington Rec Track, Maida Vale Underground station
-------------‐---------------------
Special Runthrough Chase The Sun 5km/10km Battersea Park event with Achilles International
Wednesday 27th March, 5.45pm, Battersea Power Station Underground Station
Testing out a new potential group run location for all abilities and accessibilities sports charity! And celebrating a smashing regular running event!
Thursday 28th March- Stratford Olympic Park, Stratford Underground station (Westfield exit)
ON Running Spitalfields run club- Thursday morning wake up runs!
Thursday 21st March, 7am, ON Running Spitalfields, Brushfield Street
Area Activator Simon has set up a series of morning runs, hosted on Thursday mornings at the new ON Running store in Spitalfields market.
A social 5km before work, with the option to take out a pair of ON Running shoes for a test spin.
Next run is on Thursday 21st March:
-------‐--------------------------
The Garden Classroom- Weekly Volunteer Mornings in Islington Parks!
Wednesday mornings, 10am - midday, Newington Green
The Garden Classroom has started multiple weekly open garden mornings in Newington Green, Market Road and Hillside Park (near Caxton House). Set up by trained horticulture specialists and open to all!
Newington Green Next Wednesday- 10am - midday
Goodgym Islington AGM - social and catch up!
Thursday 21st March, 7.30pm, The Tollington Arms
Area Activator Simon invites you to an evening out for a social catch up on all things Goodgym related.
Alongside general good times, we are open to discuss:
• What do you most enjoy about Goodgym?
• What would you like to see more of, or are we missing anything?
• Suggestions for potential tasks, trips, socials etc!
• Would you like to be part of the Goodgym Islington taskforce in any capacity? And what would this involve?
Your feedback is super helpful for the future of GG Islington and beyond!!!
https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/goodgym-islington-agm
Camino London Ultra: Lea Valley 50km and Gratitude 25km- Finish Line Party!
Saturday 23rd March, 12 midday onwards, Here East, Hackney Wick
The Camino Ultra London 50km returns for 2024, stretching from Welwyn Garden City, to Ware, and then down the Lea Valley to our finishing line in Hackney Wick (Here East).
Race organisers Darren Strachan and David Bone aka DaznBone would love to invite the Goodgym community back to bring excitement and positivity to our runners, as they finish their races.
The theme is: Bring The Party!!!
Cowbells, cheers, noise makers, music and fun!
https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/camino-ultra-london-lea-valley-races-finish-line-party
Penn Road Gardens Volunteer Open Day
Sunday 31st March, 10am - midday, Penn Road Gardens
Every last Sunday of the month, the residents of Penn Road invite keen volunteers to help with maintaining this lovely community spot just off Holloway Road.
Mehmet signed up to a group run.
Mon 18th Mar at 6:45pm
So happy to return to this lovely project! Building garden structures in Finsbury Park!
Read moreLoading...
