It wasn't the nicest of evenings weather wise, cold and drizzly, but with 2 tasks to complete we saw 11 hardy runners brave the elements to join us and do double the good last night!

We were joined by Courtney who isn't new to GoodGym having run in Westminster many times before but is new to Ealing so big welcome to her!

Pantastic!

Way back in December at our Christmas party we raised £50 and voted to donate it to The Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter. Well on last nights run we saw that being put to good use as that's exactly where we headed, the cash was used to buy clean underwear and socks which we delivered to the shelter as part of the task!

So with a bag full of pants we ran the 3km route to the shelter before splitting into two teams as we had a second task to complete too. Our subgroup for the evening went on a separate mission to get the word out about GoodGym to some of the care homes in Ealing on a specially devised route with flyers explaing exactly how missions work!

Mission Possible!

Mission running is on the rise in the area which is great news but it means we need more people that know about the help on offer. This extra little task hopefully means a few more people will know about GoodGym and will spread the word so we can help more people in the area!

Meanwhile at the shelter a small group of us completed a few tasks to help the night run smoothly, we organised the shower schedule, patrolled and litter picked around the grounds and helped lay out clean clothes for the users to access on the evening.

All in all a successful night and we look forward to helping at the shelter for the next 6 weeks! This is a long term task we will be helping with until the end of March so we will always send a small group to help there while the rest of us perform a secondary task, so keep signing up for all the upcoming runs in Ealing!