”Wow, mini-Soreen bars. You are surely spoiling us?”

Steven here - GoodGym B&D Area Activator. On Monday evening fellow GoodGymmer Virginia and I visited AbPhab Youth Club for our first mission of the year in their garden.

Used by young people that attend the centre, over the coming weeks GoodGym B&D will be helping make improvements to the garden ready for the Spring.

Kelly - one of AbPhab's amazing youth workers - gave us a warm welcome when we arrived and proudly showed us the refreshments available for us whilst volunteering in the garden - hot drinks, fruit, biscuits and - yes - mini Soreen bars! Delicious.

Deputy Manager Sarah gave us a friendly hello from the kitchen - she was busy cooking and serving hot meals to young people in attendance.

Tea's made, we got stuck in weeding an area at the back of the garden opposite the vegetable planters whilst chatting about @Virginia's recently completed TaskForce training. Congratulations Virginia on joining GoodGym B&D TaskForce!

We also spoke about Sarah & Kelly’s exciting plans for the garden. This year they want to grow a wider range of vegetables, salads and herbs for young people to use in activities. Not only cooking, but other creative activities such as making skin care products from fresh herbs grown in the garden!

We'll be returning to AbPhab every Monday evening for the next 5 weeks - sign up to a session here now!