Are four GoodGymers enough to let 400 Acton households know about a free community day on The Mount in July in an hour? Certainly! But let's start with some context. Action West London received funding to bring local people together, raise awareness of community safety, and connect residents with organisations that can support their wellbeing. To do so, they organised the community day and needed GoodGym's help to spread the word by posting leaflets through letterboxes.

A group of flyering experts, Conor, Steph Ducat, Sevan and Kash, met in Acton near the famed Pokopia Garden to beat the odds and distribute all the leaflets they had received — in 60 minutes or less. Steph and Kash ran from Ealing Broadway, Conor walked to the session, and Sevan even squeezed in an extra evening mission ahead of the group task. What a legend!

For all four, the 3km walking task was exactly what they needed after their workdays to clear their minds. GoodGym took them into a magical world of adventures where, to complete their quest, they had to face a variety of beasts: invisible dogs barking suddenly behind doors, foxes and cats of varying levels of wildness, including tigers and lions. Check the photos if you don't believe me!

The GoodGymers even ventured into space, where Steph handed over leaflets to alien children who were super excited about the prospect of face painting and a bouncy castle at the upcoming event — again, the proof is in the pictures! One hour was enough to get the job done and dusted, and the residents of Derwentwater Rd, Stuart Rd, Newburgh Rd, Chaucer Rd, Spencer Rd, Woodhurst Rd, Shakespeare Rd and Myrtle Rd were informed about the community day — at least those without a "No junk mail" sign on their letterboxes!

If you fancy coming along for a task in Acton on another date, check out one of the fortnightly sessions at the Pokopia Garden. Next Tuesday, we're venturing to Hanger Hill for an evening of citizen science — it's really easy, and anyone can get involved. Check out the session details here.

Jokes and laughs were not what Sevan was expecting from Ms A as she explained how she ended up asking GoodGym for help. She was very chatty and good humoured as she explained that she'd gone from:

1. Being in the military; to
2. Having a back problem; to
3. Having her spinal cord severed while operating on her back; to
4. Finally, years later, developing a serious brain tumour

Despite those setbacks, Ms A went against the grain and was very positive about her situation. She wanted to make the most of her life rather than resigning herself to being disabled and stuck indoors. She realised that others were much worse off than she was.

Ms A's medical conditions meant that she had trouble moving heavy or bulky items and over time, her trusted neighbours who helped her had moved away. This meant that she didn't have anyone to take bags out to the communal bins as Ms A said that the council didn't offer her any support.

When Sevan arrived, he found 12 bags in the hallway filled with packaging and 6 more filled with food waste in the kitchen. They'd slowly built up over a few months. They were all moved outside the flat while Ms A chatted away about her life, her medical conditions and the history of the local area, having lived around Ealing for most of her life.

Once Sevan managed to stop chatting, moving the bags only really took 15 minutes as he took away a few at a time. When Sevan mentioned that he needed to take some photos for the report, it was another chance for Ms A to crack a joke.

"Oh no, everyone will wonder why I drink so much Actimel!"

Luckily the communal bins were empty, so as Sevan filled one all the way to the top with Ms A's 18 bags. This meant that Ms A's Actimel habit was hidden away in the metal container, unable to be seen by others

Today's 5km Shindig run took Katie, Ilana, Maxime and Sevan on a run through Donisthorpe Canalside Park, taking in lots of different road surfaces. Dirt, tarmac, gravel and rocky roads gave everyone a lot of variety. There was a surprise too running along the Ashby Canal, when they discovered the base camp of the American Civil War reenactment group on the way.

There were quite a few hills, some of them Cheeky, which were conquered and everyone enjoyed the scenic route that ended up being 5.8km in total.