Tonight 10 GoodGymers ran down to Homeless Hampers for our quickest task yet!

We created hygiene bags for 20 men and 20 women for the Homeless Hampers team to give out this weekend. We also sorted out clothes and shoes to pack the van for them to be given out to homeless people in Leeds.

Many hands make light work & after a quick 40 minute task we were done and could run back to Heart.

For once we were all back home in good time for an earlier than usual Wednesday dinner!

It was great to meet Jitheesh tonight for his first session & to welcome back Shannen who used to be a member a couple of years ago. We hope to see you both again soon.

Well done all!

Tonight was our biggest Wednesday group since I started! 14 of us headed to help Homeless Hampers to sort through their donations.

We had many jobs between us; we helped unpack & sort donations in the van, we took many many shoes & found pairs for them & sorted them into sizes, we found donations of clothes to give out to homeless people in Leeds, we sorted bundles of towels & sheets into piles & most importantly we ate KitKats!

We nearly had a 15th member when we found traces of a mouse who had been living in a shoe! Fortunately, it decided not to make an appearance...phew! :)

Welcome to newcomers Jeremy & Hashim & welcome back Haimish & Leah to their second sessions. Kat completed her 60th good deed tonight & Uzair did his 10th! Well done & thanks for all you do for GoodGym Leeds.

8 GoodGym members met at the storage unit used by Homeless Hampers. We were greeted by Aky who told us the inspirational story of his and Tina's project to support homeless people in Leeds and Bradford and also help newly homed people to furnish their accommodation. We then pulled out the bags of donations; sorted and boxed up clothing; and filled the storage unit in a more organised fashion. Nothing goes to waste....smart work-type clothes go to community hubs for jobseekers to wear to interviews; unsuitable clothes are sold by weight to another organisation giving funds for the street feeding sessions. A big welcome to Lisa who came for her first session with GoodGym. We hope to see you again soon. Homeless Hampers have loads of individual and corporate volunteering opportunities and their contact details can be found on social media. We will return!

Tonight 5 GoodGymers ran 2 miles to Meanwood to help a new organisation (to us), Homeless Hampers. We headed to their storage unit to sort out their masses of clothing donations, ready to give out to Homeless people in and around Leeds. The charity have recently announced that Homeless Hampers is amongst one of the first charities to be awarded the King’s Award for Voluntary Service. They are excited to be going to the King's garden party this summer. Congratulations guys.

Congratulations also to Helen Noyes who completed her 130th mission tonight. What a fantastic achievement and thanks for all your hard work Helen!