This morning we were back at a gloriously sunny and crisp Milton Country Park parkrun 🧣🧤

Caroline woke up bright and early to help with pre-event set-up, walking a lap of the course to put out signs and cones to guide the runners and walkers, and then gave the first timers briefing. Helping out before the start meant Caroline could brave the cold and still run, proudly showing off her GoodGym tshirt and parkrun volunteer socks! 🧦

Catherine took on the fabulous role of congratulating and handing out tokens to the relieved finishers, keeping warm at the finish line and making new friends 🏁

After the event, everyone celebrated with a man named Gordon on his 500th parkrun! 🎊 What an amazing achievement, the GoodGymers are feeling suitably inspired.

The girls then went to a local cafe for coffee and pastries, for some added social fun 🥐☕️

What a wonderful start to our weekend!

Two GoodGymers headed to Castle School for our last visit of the year to clear the leaves from the front of the school.

We rolled up our sleeves and got sweeping, clearing the car park and the bike store 💪 With 8 large buckets filled, we left a sizeble leaf pile, which would make a cozy home for a hedgehog 🦔

After the session we headed to the Cambridge Winter Beer Festival to sample some festive beers. With names like Duck The Halls, Rein Beer, and Hoppy Christmas, they truly were GoodGym-worthy.

Cheers 🍻

A warm welcome to Sadiya for her first GoogGym session, given both by the volunteers and the lovely sunshine which soon warmed us up. A significant area of weeds was cleared, ready to put the Community farm to bed for the winter. (Their final session is next Saturday, with mince pies for volunteers and sprouts to crop and take for Christmas!) Ann was filling crates with freshly dug leeks - topping and tailing them ready for the local food bank. Many thanks to Sadiya who joined us for the first time today. Her enthusiasm and hard work were fantastic and her fresh energy will be such an asset.

Connecting the community and supporting our neighbours, two things our GoodGymers do best.

We had another satisfying evening delivering 200 leaflets for Cambridge City Foodbank's Christmas campaign. Even the miserable weather couldn't stop us 💪

Meeting at the task, we got straight to it, enjoying the Christmas lights, advent windows, and the supermoon along the way. We covered 3 long streets and certainly clocked up the steps!

The winter appeal is raising vital funds and food donations to support families across Cambridge. We've valued being a part of this campaign, supporting others to do good in a different way 💛

We spent a lovely sunny morning helping Abbey People tidy up at the orchard. Nick and I had a nice surprise as, instead of just tidying up, we able to learn a new skill.

After starting off with some weeding around the seating area, we were shown how to construct a little border using willow. We wove strips of willow together to make a low fence around the strawberry bed. It was a very therapeutic activity and we ended up with a very pleasing result.

It was also Nick's birthday and he kindly brought cake so that we could join him in the celebrations.

We were delivering hope on tonight's group run.

What a fun evening supporting Cambridge City Foodbank's Christmas campaign by delivering 300 leaflets to Cambridge residents.

Harriet and I met at Parkside Pools, had a stretch and got lit up before running to the first meeting point (enjoying the Winter Wonderland lights on route). It was an extra challenge running with 300 leaflet packs in our backpacks! Picking up Caroline, we took a run along the river to meet Daiana who had cycled to the task.

After a briefing and some logistics discussions, we split into two groups and got leafleting! The Christmas lights and some beautiful stained glass windows, really brightened the task. The highlight for both groups were the cats that came to help 🐈

After 45 minutes we had delivered all the packs 💪 We shared some leaflet puns for the report title and said our farewells before heading our separate ways and running back to our meeting point.

An uplifting task with lots of time to catch up while doing good. We go again next week 🙌