Brenda, Ros and Ingrid met Refugee Day Centre volunteer Simon for another evening sorting the donations. We tidied up the clothing on the rails, removing empty hangers and ensuring everything was facing the same way.

We finished by moving the rails into the storage room. As there were only three of us, this was quite a task, and we all felt we had a good workout, especially for our arms!

We said our goodbyes and wished Simon a Happy Easter, as the next session will be on Tuesday 22nd April. Thank you to Brenda for tonight's pun and photos.

Liz, Nikki, Ros, Ian, Hannah and Ingrid met at Tunstall Nursery for our regular task of helping clean out the sandpit. We removed some leaves and sand which had turned green. The compressed sand was then dug over to make it easier for the children to play. The sandpit was carefully covered to prevent local cats and foxes using it as a litter tray!

Next we moved a heavy slab from the playground area and fixed a water table which had a broken leg.

The group were greeted by Simon at the Croydon Refugee Day Centre. They welcomed Clair to her first GG task.

The first task for the evening was to walk along the hanger lanes, removing empty hangers and switching ordinary hangers to trouser hangers, where needed.

The next tasks were to sort thermals by size, hang some children's clothes on the rails and to sort others into the correct box in the cupboard.

The final task was to fit the rails into the cupboard.

Excellent work team!!

On a drizzly Tuesday night GoodGym Croydon made another visit to Croydon Refugee Centre. A warm welcome was given to Brenda, Neelam, Atare, Dora and Michael who were volunteering at the Centre for the first time. They were joined by regular Croydon GoodGymers Liz, Roz, Nikki, Ingrid, Magda, Ian, Hannah, Lorna and Paul.

We met with Simon from the Centre who was impressed with the number of volunteers and put us to work getting the clothing donations sorted and on the rails. We finished by moving the rails from the hall into a (very) small storage room. After a bit of jiggling all the rails fitted and we said our goodbyes to Simon.

The evening ended with a drink at a local pub on the way home.