It takes hardly any time to save someone's life - all you need to do is get yourself to a blood donation centre and give a pint of your blood. It takes about twenty minutes, it doesn't hurt, and it makes a huge difference to people when they're at their most vulnerable. Not only does donating blood make you feel good in yourself, you are also rewarded with a cool cordial or cup of tea, and a bag of crisps or chocolate biscuit, (or two).

It's amazing what you can find when you look! Over the weekend some of the team got busy litter picking and despite the heat kept their cool and disposed of small bits and butts (nitrous oxide canister included!) - saving items fro entering our waterways. Some recyclables were also sorted into the recycling bin. Well done team - hot work!

9 goodgymers spent time clearing out their wardrobes and bookcases to make more space in their castles and go towards providing much needed funding for their local charities via their shops.

The Ridgway Community Garden is looking so much better than when we first came along, but all gardens need constant care. And so we're back to help the wonderful volunteers by pruning, digging out and replacing dead plants, and not forgetting the perennial weeding. As always, it's great to see how much we manage to achieve in just an hour and we're all looking forward to next time.

This task was all about trying not to cover ourselves in green paint while sprucing up the playground fence at Garfield Recreation Ground. Luckily the afternoon rain had stopped so we had a healthy turn out of 10 GoodGymers, with a group of us running over to the park. It was lovely to welcome local councillor Eleanor Stringer, fresh from re-election last week, first-timer Ralph and GoodGym superstar Louise, who came all the way from Tower Hamlets. The enthusiasm and hard work of the group meant that we glossed up our allotted section of the fence in record time and made good progress with another unpainted section on the other side. Afterwards we enjoyed a well-earned drink at the Garden Shed pub and raised a glass to brushing up our painting skills.