Battle of the Beds

27 Goodgymers helped their local community in Camden
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Camden

Wednesday 14th March 2018

Report written by Paul Bown

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27 GoodGymers ran between 4-6km to help three tasks in Camden - Cecil Sharp House, C4WS & American International Church!

Welcome along to Linda, Lizzy and Kara whose first time it was last night - lovely to have you join us!

In the news this week:

  1. Well done to Sarah Rajabalee whose 50th Good Deed it was last night, she's been coming to GoodGym Camden since March 2016, has ran half marathons and contributed massively to Camden being a better place!
  2. On 12th April we are going to Skip Garden for our 5th Birthday Party - see details here - gonna be fun!
  3. So you know how last week was the biggest task of the year, well BIGGEST TASK OF THE YEAR Part Two will be on Wednesday 28th March lifting the turf for Southbank Rooftop - sign up here - need 50 people please!

Right last night we had three amazing tasks, helping three amazing charities:

  1. Cecil Sharp House - monthly gardening trip
  2. C4WS - making beds for the homeless
  3. Skip Garden - moving logs for this amazing organisation

Cecil Sharp Report by Katherine:

Frances led a group of 8 to our monthly task at Cecil Sharp. The group headed into the walled garden to work on the patio, trim a bush and tidy the lawn. Unfortunately the wind meant the lawn had to be done a second time due to the leaves being blown everywhere...”did we not get all the leaves in the Autumn?”.

ALPS

The group then headed up to Primrose Hill to take on the ALPS (Arms, Legs, Posture and “Surprise, you’re going up the hill a fourth time”). After a quick stop at the top for the view, the group headed back with their improved running technique.

C4WS limerick by taskforce (led by Kat):

There once were 8 runners from Camden

They ran in pairs, not tandem

They made beds at speed

To get their good deed

8 runners, all women from Camden

Skip Garden Report by PB:

A group of 10 of us headed to Skip Garden to help Global Generation with a people power task, meeting Gwen between the fairy lights we split into three teams to move a ton of logs - movers, draggers and stackers.

Armed with good will, trollies and wheelbarrows we got the task done in no time! Imagine how long that would have taken one person!

Band Work!

Saying our goodbyes to Gwen we did a lap of Granary Square before doing some conditioning, including - step ups, tri-dips, squats, jump-squats, single-leg squats, resistance band work, planks and mountain climbers.

Once Rosie's group has joined us we did a quick fitness session of x3 90 seconds, accelerating your speed with 30 seconds to go! Boom!

Next week we are helping Sheltered Housing, leafleting for the Farm and making beds for the last time this year!

PB out.


Session Leader
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English folk music and dance arts centre and venue staging live shows, with an archive and library. We help to maintain the garden space.

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Attendees
Sophie H
Paul Bown
John Shirley
Jacqueline Shirley
Frances Powrie
Shirin
Beth Anton
Sarah Rajabalee
Hayley Oberlander
Kat Kelly
Rosie Ashworth
Katherine Holdstock
Alex
Imogen
Beth Nelson
Apurva
CJ Jessup
Florence
Katie Allan
Abbi Barham
Emily Wain
Gabriella
Lizzy
Kara Watkins
Melanie Spencer
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Camden

Help a friendly community garden for an hour or so
🗓Tomorrow 10:00am

The refurbished area will become a hub for food growing, gardening and wildlife activities


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John Shirley

Fri 16th Mar 2018 at 11:16am

23 girls but only 4 blokes - come on lads, where are you?