Five Goodgymers helped out at the Baby Bank this morning, including Winnie for whom this was her very first community mission, and Sue who was returning for her second. We all settled down to quality checking the clothes donations, with Winnie quickly learning the ropes. Great progress was made, but as ever, plenty of donations were still coming as we worked so there will still be plenty to do next week! Thanks to Winnie for adding these comments: The briefing was clearly given It's easy to get on and volunteers/staff from the organization are very friendly too. I am impressed with the organized systems to make sure the donated materials can be in use in a most decent, efficient and respectful way.

Overall, it is an enjoyable experience.

6 GoodGymers helped out at the Baby Bank for another busy session. Welcome back to Winnie for her second session, and Sue for her third. Sue, Winnie and Jane were in charge of doing the first checks on clothing donations, keeping Karen busy doing a secondary check and storing them away in the correct boxes. Carol and Sheila were asked to sort out all the socks. Firstly we had to move half the crates of shoes in order to accommodate the sock shelving and then it was on to the sorting. We labelled up the boxes for the different sizes and then made sure that all the socks were new and in the correct boxes ( SO many ladies tights!). More difficult than it sounds, but we managed to finish the task by the end of the session and hopefully it will make finding the right socks easier in future

At the first GoodGym session at the Baby Bank, Karen and Sheila were delighted to be joined by Sue for her first mission. Sue quickly got to grips with how to sort the donated clothes, and which ones we can't use. Meanwhile, Karen and Sheila were carrying out secondary checks and storing the clothes away. As fast as we could sort, more and more donations were coming in. Everyone is obviously having a sort out after Christmas, and the Baby Bank will certainly put the donations to good use.

Was nice to see the amazing work this team are doing, hopefully helped a little too 🙂 Lovely to see Carol back from her travels and to welcome Shelley to her first Baby Bank mission. We certainly helped clear the decks ready for the next clothes-sorting session. A never-ending task!

Another busy morning sorting clothes at the Baby Bank. Sheila was doing a second check on clothes already checked once and putting them away in the boxes or overflow bags. Another 35 referrals came in during the morning and several pyjama appeal bags were given out. It's all go before Christmas!

The Baby Bank has put all clothes donations on hold while they process what they have and take stock of what they need. Some age ranges are overflowing whilst others are empty. The task for the 3 GoodGymers alongside other volunteers, was to speed-sort all the donations we had and to transfer them to the boxes so that Rebecca could create a list of what we need, and what we have plenty of.We were ruthless in our sorting, and by the end of the session had got through most of the backlog. Well done team!