Fundraising event until 10:30pm with music, drinks, food, raffle tickets with the presence of the Mayor of Ealing Anthony Kelly and his wife Maria Kelly. Food went out swiftly to all the tables and the guests enjoy the following food.

Starters : Pear, Rocket and Pomegranate Salad or Hearty Pumpkin & Butter Bean Soup with Croutons

Mains : Succulent Roast Chicken Quarter or Baked Salmon Fillet or Roasted Stuffed Peppers with Savoury Seed Crumb All mains served with new potatoes, garlic french beans and a rich vegan gravy

Desserts : Creme caramel or Coconut Yogurt & Golden Granola

The food went down like a treat and the staff also enjoyed the food we cooked.

After the party was over it was time to clean and pack.

This was not the usual Ealing Soup Kitchen shifts. Once the Friday Hub was over, I was part of a massive team to prep for the Fundraising event in the evening where the Mayor and his wife would be attending. I was in the kitchen with other chefs to get the starters, mains and desserts ready for the evening. Great food prepared with choice of 2 starters, 3 mains and 2 desserts. The clock was ticking for all of us, but all was under control and we were ready for the dinner party.A lot of chopping, cooking, cleaning pots and mise en place

I was back at Mr H flat for more sorting. During the last session we did clear a lot and it also gave him some motivation and did some sorting himself at his pace. Today was sorting out the boxes in the shelf and also the furniture drawers below the TV. Mr H was able to declutter again today and we sorted items by category, then we put then away in order of importance or usage. Found various tools, electrical items. IT equipment, vaping accessories, cleaning products, comics, music tapes, photos. plastic bags etc .... Items sorted and more space done with a full black bag of unwanted items to be put in the rubbish. Mr H got another boost with this session as not alone and motivated by the assistance of sorting things out. Mr H wants us to come back next time to help with the kitchen.

Arrived at Mrs A in the morning to be welcomed by her daughter who then introduced me to her as she was inside the flat. After a small chat, i was provided with big black bags as a broom as leaves to be removed. The garden has a massive tree that gives on both her and her neighbours garden. Can you beleaf if : leaves all over the place from the walkway, the flower beds, the flower pots, chairs and in the smaller plants in the garden. I was watched by 2 cats who adventured into the garden - curious on what I was doing? Curiosity killed the cat....NOT!!!No cats were armed in this mission. They watched and went wondering into the other gardens. Ninety minutes later and all the leaves were gone and 4 massive bags appeared in the corner. the garden looked totally different without all the leaves and you could see what was in the flower beds.

Sunny morning and just over 40 juniors attended parkrun this morning. Goodgymers helped setup before going to their positions for the run. Marshals today were Harvey and [Steph Ducat](/v3/profile/stephane-vessaud. Maria was on tokens with Joanna at the finish funnel. Joanna also on communions. The junior parkrunners started to wear Xmas tops and socks like sone of the marshals. Xmas is coming. There was also a person playing guitar at the bottom of the course.

Crispy and sunny Sunday morning in Ealing and 3 Goodgymers ran at an easy pace to Acton Junior parkrun. Chatty run and we tried to convince Santa 🤶 to join us from Acton Market, but he had other matters to deal with. We did a small loop in the park to roughly do a 4km run.