It was good to catch up with Ms D, and, as has become the norm, she was well prepared with list, money, reusable bag all ready to go...but she then had an extra request and asked if I wouldn't mind diverting via Specsavers to get the filters(?) in her hearing aids changed - she assured me they'd know what needed doing, and she was right - the Specsavers lady was very efficient when I got there and did know what to do. Thankfully the rest of the shop around the aisles also proved to be trouble free, and I was soon back at the front door with treasure and newly functioning hearing aids in both hands - a double win.

As I sat and took dictation of today's list for Mrs S at the kitchen table, we neared the end of everything she needed this week, and she stopped, turned and looked at me and said "toilet paper, but the proper stuff, you know with the little dog on it".

High energy, positive vibes and a big impact - it's all in a night's work at GoodGym Westminster!

It was amazing to welcome members of North Paddington Youth Club to our session last night. Waleed, MJ and Husan have all been making some incredible stuff happen, from foodbank collections, to walking cricket for the elderly, big cleans ups and more. Why not check out upcoming sessions and join them?

We also gave a big welcome to Vita who came along to her very first group run - great to meet you Vita!

We met up in a busy Hyde Park with no sign of the predicted storm, and found a place away from the army of bikes streaming in for our warm up. We tested our brains as well as muscles which was a challenge - and resulted in some 'interesting' high fives! After a quick discussion about our chosen super power (super strength rated very highly, although you all already seem to have that) we set off for the task.

The Abbey Centre in Victoria is an important resource for local people, offering support in the form of hot food, legal advice, somewhere warm, therapy and classes. Our job was outside in the garden, so we made our way through the building and divided up the jobs.

Laura and Catarina got straight in making sandwiches for rough sleepers, Waleed, MJ and Hussan grabbed gloves and cleared the weeds (I think that geranium survived!), Kush gave everything a good water, Ciaran and Vita were in charge of clearing and sweeping, Emma and Lydia were on banister and fire escape duty, while Jacob worked with photographer Simon to capture some fantastic shot for the evening. You can see the whole gallery here - what a lot of happy, energetic faces!

Before long the jobs were done and the place was transformed - brilliant work everybody. That wasn't all though - there was just enough time for a fitness challenge which saw us test our balancing skills. Turns out they were very impressive, even when I threw in a few dynamic exercises to test you all! We finished off the night with a leg burner in the form of a progressive squat.

While some of us went for a delicious curry, others opted to add a few miles, and we also managed to catch the Under One Sky Team to hand over the carefully prepared sandwiches. They had run out of food to hand out to rough sleepers, so we were there in the nick of time!

Great to see you all last night, thanks for all the effort and smiles. We run as a group every single Tuesday in Westminster at the same time. Next week we're off to the oldest youth club in the world to help out - would love to see you there!

Recycled bottles for the youth club to earn money out of it.

As I walked to Mr R's to do his weekly shop this afternoon, I came across an elderly lady on the pavement standing stationary over her walking frame. I asked if she was okay, and she said she needed help hailing a cab and that they usually come past this particular stretch fairly frequently. With a bit of time in hand, I was happy to try and help, and fortunately an empty taxi appeared at the end of the road, and following some frantic waving, pulled over to stop - as the elderly lady shuffled her way slowly to the open door, the driver also got out, and between us we got the lady and her walking frame into the back of the cab..."you are my lucky star" she said with a smile as I shut the door and wished her well.

On the basis that one good deed deserves another, it was then on to Mr R's to do his weekly shop - assisted again by some visual clues (old packaging...), I managed to get everything he needed this week and was soon back to have another chat with him about the challenges he's dealing with of getting confident on his daily walks...it's really no fun getting old.

I helped set up the walking cricket session in the NPYC sports hall.