Despite the December chill, Julian led a determined crew of runners to yesterday’s GoodGym Greenwich task. Khai, Ceci and Kerry joined him on the run, while the rest of the team met us at the Brooklands School. We were especially pleased to welcome back Sevan, making a triumphant return after a work Christmas do, and Aman, who left Bristol early just to make it in time. That’s the kind of commitment that keeps GoodGym glowing - heroes, all of you!

Our mission for the evening was to paint the staff room and finish cleaning the cupboards. And true to the evening’s punny title (No Whisk, No Reward) we kicked things off by seeing what on earth we could use to stir the paint... it actually wasn't a whisk but we couldn't resist Khai's excellent pun anyway. With slightly fewer rollers and brushes than ideal (and absolutely no spare whisks), we embraced classic GoodGym ingenuity and made do with what we had. Before long, the first coat was on the walls and the cupboards were sparkling.

We didn’t quite manage to get around the whole room this time, but fear not, we’ll be back in January to finish the job!

Looking ahead, there’s plenty more GoodGym goodness on the horizon: 👉 This Saturday: Talk and Tidy and Westcombe Woodlands 👉 Next Wednesday: get ready to flex those painting muscles again for an indoor task at Arthur’s school!

Brilliant work everyone🛠️🎨💪🏽❤️

Until next time,

Rachel

We were blessed with yet another morning of sunshine at Hornfair Junior parkrun, and it truly made all the difference. The bright weather brought an extra spark of energy as we supported the event and cheered on the young runners through a smooth and cheerful session.

A big congratulations goes to the two young runners who received their milestone wristband's. One of them reached an astounding 200 runs, an achievement that deserves every bit of celebration. The post-event cakes shared among volunteers and families made the milestone even sweeter.

Once our first task wrapped up, we continued heading over to the Old Cottage Café. With the usual friendly team, we enjoyed a well-earned coffee and a catch-up before heading off to the next mission of the day: gardening at Mycenae Garden. We were pleased to see such a strong sign-up—clearly the sunshine had everyone motivated!

All in all, it was another wonderfully spent Saturday—sunshine, community, coffee, and good deeds all perfectly ‘park-run’ together. Here’s to the next one!

What a glorious morning we had at Mycenae Gardens yesterday! After joining a post Junior Parkrun coffee with those double deeding heroes amongst us, we had a warm up and quick discussion on what we're looking forward to this winter. Answers ranged from mulled wine to winter being over!

Twelve runners set off on the 3km run, including Roshan who completed his first ever good deed with us - great to have you along Roshan! On arrival, after a briefing from the amazing Fiona we got straight to work.

The task for the day was pruning bushes and low-hanging branches, then dragging the cuttings over to the dead hedge. Everyone pitched in, weaving branches into the hedge to reinforce it and make it sturdy. Seamless teamwork and the hour flew by faster than we expected.

With the hard work done and a few thorny fingers to prove it, we rounded things off with the best reward: coffee and cake. And just when we thought the morning couldn’t get any better, Ceci choreographed some dances to make it an extra memorable session (check Instagram for those!).

I absolutely love our community and how we all bring something different to make it special 😁

Next up: This Wednesday we’ll be painting at Brooklands

On Saturday we've got Talk and Tidy with the friends of hornfair park And maintenance at Westcombe Woodlands.

Until next time! ❤️

Rachel

7 goodgym-ers met in central Woolwich on a festively chilly November evening. After a warm up & ice-breaker discussing recent movie dates, we made our way uphill to one of our favourite haunts, Dee's Childcare Nursery.

Our past tasks have included various garden projects such as putting together a tyre slide which we were happy to see is still in use.

Tonight's task was originally planned to involve putting up outdoor decorations for the childrens' Christmas party, however this was scuppered by squirrels having their own party and chewing through the lights' wires last year 🐿

So we bounced to plan B, partly dismantling a trampoline to turn it into a stage for the party. Helpfully there were plenty of crates and planks of wood around for building purposes, so we stacked and balanced and added some screws for stability. Task completed, we tested the stage with a group photo, then it was on with the show (well, a downhill run then heading home).

Thanks all & see you at the next goodgym mission! On sunday we're gardening at Mycenae and next wednesday we're painting the staff room at Brooklands Primary School.

What a wet morning to begin with, but Hornfair Junior parkrun was in safe hands thanks to a full team of volunteers — including two brilliant helpers from GoodGym. As the saying goes, parkrun goes ahead rain or shine, and today proved it: it rained, it stopped, it brightened, and we even finished with a rainbow!

Despite the changing skies, it was another fantastic event filled with energy and smiles. A huge well done to all the children who took part — you’re all amazing! We’d love to see even more people get involved, so if you’re thinking about volunteering at junior parkrun, we highly recommend giving it a try.

The sun came out to greet the GoodGymers as we met at the fittingly named Assembly by the Woolwich riverside. Seven of us picked up our Sunday task to clean up a section of the Thames Path.

A very warm welcome to Vicky who is a regular clean-up champion for the area, joining the Greenwich gang for the first time, and even ran back to get us more litter picks and bin bags.

As we made our way down the Thames Path, no piece of rubbish could escape our youngest member Arthur's keen eye, as he scooted up and down the path while the rest of us tried to keep up!

Sweeping our way to a little clearing which the tide finds a convenient dumping ground, our very own GoodGym Barbie Ceci found a litter Barbie too, on her second Good Deed for the day. After making a good dent in the neverending mountain of litter, we retired to the cosy Woolwich Works for coffee, muffins and a natter.

Mission accomplished, with a pledge to do more, reminding ourselves that every little counts!

Great work everyone and see you at the next task!

On Wednesday we're at Dee's Childcare to put up Christmas lights and next Sunday we're back at Mycenae for some gardening and coffee 😁