Tonight we had a last minute switch of task to tidy the car park flower beds up. We'll have to come back soon to sort out the Acorns garden again. Armed with many appropriate gardening tools and Sarah's chisel (trick of the trade!) we set to work. The flower beds are part of a sensory garden so we got to appreciate all the lovely smelling herbs as we tried to free then from the weeds. We don't know what was more tricky, getting the grass out of the dry soil or not pulling all the plants apart that were tangled in the bind weed! We were rewarded for our efforts with some lovely bunches of roses in need of new homes. We look forward to joining Rose Road again next month.

We cleaned the Rose Road vehicles - inside and out..... we were tasked with doing 2 maybe 3, cleaning the inside and then the outside if we had time, but many GG hands make light work and we managed to clean 4!

Well done team - you were all awesome 🤩🤩🤩

Many hands made light work this evening as we set about sprucing up some of the outdoor space for the respite centre at Rose Road. It was brilliant to have a real team effort after a few quiet Mondays and we almost had daylight for the whole session. Chris was the king of the lawnmower (not cans!) while the rest of the team cleared leaves, moss and weeds from the flower beds and patio area. It was great to see Leszek back again as we've missed him at our Monday night sessions. The respite garden looks almost ready for summer days outside now, but we’re hoping we get another chance before BBQ season is upon us as we spotted more weeds than we could manage in one session!

We had a great turnout for our first session of the year at Rose Road including a special guest all the way from London, Ivo, the founder of GoodGym. We were tasked with sorting headbands which will be sold by the fundraising team at festivals during the summer. Many hands were needed as there were literally hundreds of every colour you could imagine and style. Yes crab is a style! In addition to the headbands we also had some creative hands working on a selfie frame of roses. We all agree our glue gunners did a fabulous job. A great indoor task for a chilly winters evening. We look forward to seeing what task Rose Road finds for us on our next visit!

A trio of merry litter pickers set to work clearing the paths around Rose Road before our main group task this evening. Within only half a mile we managed to fill a whole rubbish sack and left the area looking much nicer for parents and young people visiting the centre. The best part was we got to use the fancy robot bin that chomps the litter at the end! Who would litter when the public bin is so good?!?!!

We were all super excited for an indoor task tonight out of the cold helping Rose Road prepare for their Christmas Fair at the weekend. Rose Road provided the bags and we brought the enthusiasm! It was a very satisfying task getting the children's gift bags all ready for Santa to give out. We were an organised machine with myself, Abby, and Stephanie filling the bags in no time! Helen and Kathryn were the with the wrapping skills to get the tombola ready. We just had time to finish off labeling some of the children's present donations and putting some gift tags on the bottle tombola. Thanks to Chloe for keeping us hydrated with cups of tea and coffee too! We hope Rose Road's Christmas Fair is a huge success and look forward to helping again at the carol concert in a few weeks.