It was busy in the Nunsmoor area of Newcastle this morning. Dan and I initially strayed into the Armed Forces Day event on Nunsmoor itself before realising we were in the wrong place! We soldiered on and made our way into the Nunsmoor Community Centre where they were holding their Community Day. The centre supports children, young people and families by advancing education, protecting and preserving health, and relieving the effects of poverty. It’s a while since GoodGym has helped there so it was lovely to be back helping to prepare for the day. We started by moving tables out for each of the community groups to use. It was a bit of a challenge taping paper table cloths down in the wind! It was great to see the list of groups joining the day, some of whom we have completed missions with - a great example of how GoodGym works right across the community. Our next task was to brighten the space by hanging up lots of coloured bunting - fortunately Dan was just about tall enough! I think you can see from the photos the difference the bunting made.

Meanwhile, across the road Lucy joined in with Nunsmoor park’s regular volunteer session. This is one of GoodGym Newcastle’s favourite places to be on a Saturday morning and Lucy put in a great weeding shift! She was then invited to have a go at silk aerial yoga and spent some time hanging upside down in a tree - sounds like brilliant fun!

All in all a very productive Saturday morning. We hope you enjoyed yours too!