Sanctuary garden lavender planting

Weeding a flower bed and planting 20 lavcendar plants
At the Sanctuary we have a community cafe which is open midweek and occasionally at weekends for events. The garden is well used by local people and it needs a bit of TLC. I have bought some lavender to spruce up the flower bed, and it is also in need of some weeding.

26 GoodGymers have supported Sanctuary garden lavender planting with 7 tasks.


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NorwichGroup run
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Elizabeth HBobby BLiz KerrStephen ReedAndrew RalphNicole Afford

The Blackout

Monday 7th March 2022

Written by Steven Hitcham

We had a full team in force for the third and final stint of painting what felt like the 2nd longest wall in the world (after the Great Wall of China) haha.

A few more people used the paint rollers and we smashed out the remainder of the task.

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NorwichGroup run
Penny CoombesSteven HitchamRobert OrganElizabeth HJonathanMark Webber

The Blackening

Thursday 3rd March 2022

Written by Steven Hitcham

If someone asked you "what would be the ideal task to do in the dark?" I bet your response wouldn't be "paint a wall black"...

... well us dogooders at GoodGym love a challenge so thats exactly what we did!

When we started this task a few weeks ago, it was 1 degrees and raining... not pleasant would be putting it mildly.

This time, we spent a lot more time painting rather than huddling around a little campfire (I think we all admitted to doing this last time!) and we made amazing progress.

We'll be visiting again on Monday evening to finish the job as Bingo has been delayed for a month.

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NorwichGroup run
+3
Darren WatkinsElizabeth HJonathanMark Webber
Alina

GoodGyming around the campfire

Thursday 20th January 2022

Written by Steven Hitcham

9 GoodGymers braved the cold weather (and some rain) to help at St Alban Church Hall.

We've done a few visits over the last year or so and have really made a difference in helping them to make the Church and Church Hall more community friendly.

Tonight's task was to paint an outside breeze block wall black to give it a modern touch.

Luckily the vicar and his lovely wife and set up a little camp fire to give off some heat, which was perfectly positioned so I could stay close to it and oversee the task at the same time haha.

A job well done and we'll be back soon to finish the wall painting.

Well done to Alina for completing 10 good deeds.

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NorwichGroup run
+2
Elizabeth HJessicaJonathanMark WebberMichael HandleyNicole Afford

All Hands On Me Deck

Monday 29th November 2021

Written by Steven Hitcham

That was definitely the coldest session we've had for a lonnngggg time! Having said that, it didn't stop 8 GoodGymers well prepared to complete an outdoor good deed.

We visited St Alban Church to give their outdoor furniture a coat of varnish so it survives the winter. There were 3 wooden picnic tables and a wooden boat for us to do.

It was a very efficient task, probably as it was too cold to hang about! Nonetheless, it didn't hinder plenty of puns with the word 'deck' in an Australian accent.

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NorwichGroup run
+6
Fraser MashiterJames BaxterJonathanMark WebberMaddy NutileRalph Cox

A chip off the ol’ block

Monday 27th September 2021

Written by Steven Hitcham

Tonight's task was a return to the lovely St Alban Church on Grove Walk.

On our last visit there we created a new flower bed. This time, we wanted to protect the plants from weeds so our job was to lay a protective mesh down and cover it with wood chippings. Once we completed that we did a bit of weeding.

A big welcome to James and Ralph for taking part in their first Group Run session.

There was talk that we hadn't done a fitness session in a while so I included a squat workout, a relay during weeding and then a wall sit to finish up with. I'm not going lie, it was satisfying putting you all through your paces.

Well done to everyone, you worked hard and Catherine and Sarah were very appreciative of your help.

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NorwichGroup run
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BradElizabeth HStephen Reed
Andrea AuburnCatherine Hendra

GoodGym Saints at St Alban

Monday 2nd August 2021

Written by Steven Hitcham

There were 8 of us at this week's Group Run.

Congratulations to Andrea on completing her 10th good deed! I had forgotten this until today so apologies for not mentioning it last night.

We only had just over 1km to run each way tonight, so a nice short one. It felt like old times with randomers trying to join in with our warm-up.

We arrived at St Alban Church and the lovely Catherine and her team greeted us with plants, tools plus cakes and water... what a way to lure us in to returning on a regular basis ;-)

The task in hand was to weed a flower bed then plant some wonderful looking new plants and shrubs. As with anything in life, nothing is that straight forward and we had to shovel, fork, lift, cry (not really) to remove some large bricks, concrete and pottery to get through the ground, which of course we did!

The before and after photos look great. Catherine and her team were so grateful and appreciative for our help, it makes it all worth while and reminds us how amazing GoodGym is.

Next week's session is on the Saturday as we visit Mousehold Heath.

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