Wardown Parkrun was the venue for todays task, with a team of 6 Goodgymers attending this months GG Parkrun takeover. Covering various volunteer tasks from set up to Parkwalker and of course Marshaling (who did their own takeover at the top of the hill). An optional extra for the Parkwalker was a pretty pink paddle that was held proudly in the air all the way round the course. Well done everyone, great effort today 👏 👍🏻 💪

7 Luton Goodgymers turned out to support the Shri Guru Ravidass Sangat Gudwara with their 2nd of 6 cooking classes. A project bringing communities together by sharing skills, making friendships and creating memories ( and some delicious food). Well done to everyone who attended 👏 👍🏻 🙌

This week our Group Run took us up the hill to the sunny Ferndale Leisure Gardens, an allotment space that had been underused for some time and needs the old plots clearing out of all the old junk collected by past tenants to make inviting open spaces ready for new tenants.

In this visit we tackled a tough patch that we couldn't deal with last time. There was a pile of something buried under thick brambles. This time we brought some clippers to cut away the bramble and gain access. It was a pile of corrugated metal roof panels, old windows and wooden pallets among other random buckets and broken spades and old hose pipe.

With seven of us on the case we managed to extract all the junk and carry it up the hill to the entrance gate and sorted it into piles of wood, plastic and metal which will be collected for recycling.

We'll be back here again in a few weeks because theres plenty more plots that need clearing out!

Enjoyed the mission and the fact that everyone left with smiles.

Mrs S has had falls while trying to keep her garden tidy so Luton Goodgym helped out today. The first mow of the spring is always a tough job and went through multiple battery packs getting it strimmed and mowed so that she can access her washing line and seating areas. Her neighbour has 2 large trees that had filled the end of her garden with leaves over the winter and she had been unable to tackle them. One very full garden recycling bin later and she is able to find her flower beds again. Mrs S gave her thanks to GoodGym saying how much she appreciated the help due to her mobility limitations.

There was plenty to do at the 2nd Easter Holiday session at Breakfast Battery Boxes 📦. Around 20 families 👪 came through the door today and we helped to pick, pack and distribute the food parcels they took away. We also helped unpack a few donations which will be used to help with week 2 of this project. Well done team 👏 👍🏻 🙌