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Help cheer and marshal the Odd down junior parkrun
🗓Sunday 31st March 8:40am

📍Odd down playing fields BA2 2PR

Help support the local junior parkrun

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Ruth signed up to a community mission.

Sun 7th Jul at 1:00pm

Help at Odd Down Fun Day

last year the event attracted over 1,500 people who had a good time also many charities attend and raised money

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Ruth went on a community mission

Sat 23rd Mar at 12:00pm

Hail to the Goodgymers who weeded and got board

Bath Report written by Ruth

GoodGym Bath helped out at the Genesis Foodbank only recently but are always happy to come back if needed.

This time we were asked to deal with the weeds on the driveway- not only are they ugly, they also set off the alarms on the delivery trucks. Not ideal in the heart of the busy neighbourhood that is Oldfield Park.

We set to with a rather impressive edging tool and a common or garden trowel and made good progress until the hail came down in force.

Your intrepid team had to run for cover. We didn’t waste any time though - Hilary from Genesis had us collapsing cardboard boxes for recycling. They had held donations for the Foodbank, which helps people in Bath who are struggling during the cost of living crisis.

The skies cleared and we were able to clear a bit more path before home time. There’s still a bit more to do and no doubt we’ll be back before too long.

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Ruth
Ruth signed up to a community mission.

Sat 23rd Mar at 12:00pm

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Ruth signed up to a group run.

Tue 26th Mar at 7:15pm

Help the NEST project rearrange their storage of children's clothes

The NEST project helps provide free clothes to mothers in need

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Ruth
Ruth signed up to a community mission.

Sun 31st Mar at 8:40am

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Ruth went on a community mission

Sat 24th Feb at 10:00am

GoodGymers muck in to move a mountain of manure

Bath Report written by Ruth

We at GoodGym Bath are well aware of the nurturing power of gardening and the outdoors and we certainly put in lots of practice.

One of my favourite missions is at the walled garden at Newton St Loe, which is being restored by the Grow for Life charity. It provides social and therapeutic gardening sessions for people coping with anxiety, depression or isolation. The site will eventually become a haven - as well as providing freshly-grown vegetables, flowers and herbs.

It was a treat to return to the spot and see it radically transformed from my last visit. What had been rows of lettuces of all varieties and other plants had been dug out and replaced by curvacious borders.

Grow for Life's Wayne McMaster, explained that the gardeners really wanted a place they could sit and relax and take in the atmosphere. They pointed out that regimented lines of crops do not make a relaxing environment and so the curvy flower beds were born.

And that's where GoodGym came in. Those beds need a serious amount of mulch if they are going to do their job and raise plants, veg and floral abundance.

Wayne had taken delivery of a huge lorryload of manure and our main task was to add it to the beds marked out across the site. Tanya was given the job of rescuing a host of tiny nasturtiums growing in the plots and then the team reached for rakes, spades and wheelbarrows and - with moral support from Ted the dog - did its best to move the mountain of manure.

Special thanks go to Jason - who came from GoodGym Bristol to lend a hand - and a big welcome to Jenny and Kam, making their GoodGym debut. You wouldn't realise it from the way they "dug" in.

We were also given an idea of how the garden will look when it's finished. Wayne is planning a wide variety of trees to provide fruit, shade and a windbreak for the Grow for Lifers. It was great to write the labels and perhaps we'll be back to help plant them.

We didn't quite move the mountain but we made an impressive dent in the dung. Well done Jane, Emily and the rest of the gang.

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