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Wed 7th Jun at 2:00pm
Tackles food insecurity and reuses surplus food to prevent food being thrown away!
Read moreFri 2nd Jun at 11:45am
Ealing Report written by Harvey Gallagher (he/him)
It was a lovely, sunny lunchtime at this month's Ealing Mile. It's part of the Ealing half Marathon legacy and offers another way for people of all ages and abilities to get outside and jog or run. Five high-viz heroes from GoodGym Ealing volunteered to make this race happen, a really important contribution. It's fab to be a part of our borough's thriving running community and know that we're making a difference.
Fri 2nd Jun at 4:01pm
Good to meet you Harvey and thanks for the welcome and show around. Good to also see Caroline again. Nice meeting Raj, even if bumped into you on some races like at the Ealing Eagles 10km.
Sat 17th Jun at 11:00am
Providing able-bodied assistance to the team of musicians involved.
Read moreWednesday 24th May
Immi Packer earned their community cape by completing their first community mission.
Immi completed a community mission. Instead of watching TV or lying in bed, Immi was out there making their community a better place to be. For making that choice they have earned the community cape.
Wednesday 24th May
Immi Packer has done their first good deed with GoodGym.
Immi is a now a fully fledged GoodGym runner. They've just run to do good for the first time. They are out there making amazing things happen and getting fit at the same time.
Tue 23rd May at 8:20pm
Richmond Report written by Liz (She/her)
In a very different Community Mission, we met with other volunteers and task owners Ken and Philip at Richmond Bridge, just as night was about to fall. First timers Immi, Ollie and Charlotte joined us for this special task.
Our mission was to survey bats. We were taken through an introduction to the task, given bat detectors and shown how to identify one key species of bat each over the course of the night.
As a group we then followed our bat leaders to survey both sides of the River Thames for 2km upriver of Richmond Bridge. We stopped every 100m for two minutes to listen for our target bat species calls on our detectors.
As the sunset and it got dark, we were soon counting bats left, right and centre. We easily identified six species of bats and we counted several hundred in just over 40 minutes of surveying. The data was all recorded and will be verified later for publication by the Bat Conservation Trust. This data helps to learn more about how we can protect these incredible mammals. It is a scientific study which adds a whole new talent to our GoodGym skills! We also learned that one bat can eat over 1,000 mosquitoes in a night, they work hard too!
Ken and Philip thanked us all at the end and we went on our own way into the night, wondering how many bats were flying around that we never seem to see.
Tue 23rd May at 8:20pm
Helping to learn about the impact of light pollution on the local bat population
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