It was lovely to be back supporting the fabulous East End Women charity today, specifically the Stitch Sisters project. Stitch Sisters provides women in Newcastle with professional sewing skills to help them into employment in the local textile industry. They have a fantastic huge space in a building by the River Tyne which we’ve helped paint previously. Today we were back to help paint the reception and toilet area.

Project lead Rebecca was already there and organised with paint, rollers, brushes, dust sheets and tunes playing when Paul and I arrived. We were soon joined by first timer Jenny. Jenny passed the GoodGym Newcastle initiation challenge of actually finding the East End Women site! Well done Jenny - it’s great to have you on board!

Paul and I started by adding a second coat of paint to the walls that had already been painted. Jenny started with a first coat on the awkward wall with lots of doors, safety signs and various attachments to paint around - she was an expert with the roller extension pole! Meanwhile Rebecca got cracking with a rather dazzling shade of green in the toilet!

We made good progress - the reception area was finished and the toilet was sew green - we even had time for a quick donut break! Sew positive to spend a Sunday afternoon supporting Stitch Sisters. I’m sure we’ll be back by the river again soon!