It was a super cold night tonight, with temperatures dropping below zero, so boy were we glad to have an indoor task at the wonderful charity, My CWA.

Tonight we were lucky to have a lovely new member join us. Gill joined us for the first time this evening and it was fantastic to have an extra pair of hands on the team. We hope you enjoyed your first Goodgym task Gill, and we hope you’ll come back and join us again sometime soon!

Our pre task workout was to have a brisk walk to get the heart pumping a bit and to ensure that we didn’t get too cold. We headed out into the town centre to take in the lovely Christmas lights. They didn’t disappoint, especially the lovely Christmas tree on the square.

When we arrived back at My CWA, Gill, Karen, Kat, Emily, Maurice and Nicola were greeted by the lovely Maria who gave us a lovely warm welcome as always. My CWA support victims of domestic abuse and at this time of year, they always have a big project of preparing a Christmas grotto ready for the service users. The grotto is filled both presents and allows them to choose Christmas gifts to give to their family at a difficult time in their lives.

Tonight, it was our job to clear some space ready for the preparation of the grotto. I don’t think Maria and Vicky thought we were going to achieve what we did, but it’s surprising what can be done in 50 minutes with six pairs of hands. The transformation of the space was quite significant in a really short space of time, and we hope that it’s made enough difference to enable the grotto to now be prepared for all the Christmas goodies. We had the extra highlight tonight of meeting the lovely Wolf, the My CWA office dog, who is a beautiful poochon (I hope I’ve got that right!!). What a lovely fluffy bundle of fun he was! We all enjoyed cuddles with Wolf and Wolf enjoyed a few treats as bribery for sitting still for a photograph!

It was a lovely evening at My CWA, as always. Thank you for having us and keeping us out of the cold tonight!!

Well done everyone. Another great team effort!

Lots of love. Nicola Xxx