Barrowing along

23 Goodgymers helped their local community in Oxford
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Oxford

Wednesday 12th May 2021

Report written by Bethan Greenaway

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Today's task really did put the Gym into Goodgym.

We arrived at The Children's Allotment to find a slightly exasperated Alice. Her order of 20 tonnes of top-soil and compost had been delivered to the wrong end of the allotment site and was currently blocking an access gate. Step in Goodgym and our can-do attitude!

We quickly divided into three groups - one group at the delivery site armed with shovels, one shuttling back and forth with wheel barrows and one at the newly constructed raised beds ready to receive and layer up the soil.

It really was a case of all hands on deck - wheelbarrows materialised from allotment holders and the neighbouring Boundary Brook Nature Reserve (see you soon xx), barrows and bags were filled and scooted down to their originally-intended destination, and as Goodgymers had to go home new helpers stepped in to help.

Team work really does make the dream work.

Finally laying down our tools at 8pm we had managed to shift a whopping 6.5 tonnes of soil and compost and restore access through the blocked gate.

Huge congratulations to Isabella and Zoe on your 50 Good Deeds milestones - get those black t-shirts ordered!


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Oxford
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The Children's Allotment
Creating an inclusive, parent-run, outdoor education space in Oxford's East Ward

A group of local parents and volunteers creating an inclusive outdoor education space for the local community. On the site of a disused old plant nursery in the East Ward Allotments on Cricket Road, they are bringing to life their vision for a new kind of 'Nursery' and children's allotment, trying out a new model that can provide affordable, cooperative childcare, outdoor learning and sustainable food-growing for children and families, all primarily outdoors year round.

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Attendees
Lorenzo
Dan
Hattie Elvins
Ruth Appeltant
Alistair Sterling
Samantha Drewett
Laura Brown
Zoe
Amy Woolloff
Jocasta Patel
Anna Bosher
Venetia Lipscombe
Amy Holguin
Ben Foster
Holly
Vicky Arnold
Sarah
Bethan Greenaway
Anwen Greenaway
Isabella Collins
Stu Belcher
Kayleigh Tompkins
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