Nine GoodGymers made their way to St James' Park on a cold but dry Monday evening for the Newcastle United v Everton match, to raise money for the Newcastle Foodbank.

For almost all of us it was the first time volunteering at the stadium in this way and everyone seemed to enjoy their time raising money. Welcome to Ewan and well done on your first GoodGym good deed. Admirable dedication having recently suffered a dislocated shoulder. Kudos to Elena for coming along to volunteer before a long shift at work, and for her photography skills!

Lots of generous football fans donated lots of money, £10 and £20 notes were not uncommon, which should make a big difference to the foodbank.

Six GoodGymers headed out from Stepney Bank Stables to spread the word about GoodGym with some leaflets. The Tyne Bridge is closed this week, which made actually getting to Stepney Bank Stables a bit of a challenge in itself!

Welcome to El, attending a GoodGym session for the first time. We hope to see you again soon in the red t-shirt. Thank you very much for your efforts tonight.

Everyone did a good job delivering leaflets around Jesmond, a place that we very rarely, if ever, deliver leaflets. The first new sign up to GoodGym had arrived by 8pm, hopefully the first of many this week.

We're collecting for Newcastle Foodbank at the Newcastle v Everton match next week. Please note the earlier thsn usual start time.

Five GoodGymers headed out from Stepney Bank Stables to the Byker area of Newcastle to pick up as much litter as possible. It was new territory for most of our student GoodGymers, none of whom had heard of the Byker Wall. We got a good close up view of it as we collected litter between Stepney Bank Stables and Shields Road in Byker.

We filled around 13 bin liners between us, leaving the area looking much tidier by the end of the evening.