Last night, 3 GoodGymers had a social at the Wardrobe in Leeds where we watched comedian Auria Styla on his 106th gig of his tour!

Jubz arranged this trip & it was great to do something different. Unfortunately, more people wanted to come but tickets sold out fast for this & it was only the 3 of us which got one quick enough. We'll have to encourage everyone to be faster next time!

Thanks for a great night guys :)

This afternoon, 10 members of GoodGym Leeds headed down to the new 21 Cafe in Kirkstall to help prepare for their opening with some painting tasks.

21 Co. is part of Sunshine & Smiles, the Leeds Down Syndrome Network. Sunshine & Smiles provides a support network in Leeds for children and young people who have Down Syndrome and their families. Until they were founded by a small group of parents, Leeds did not have a support network to help children and families living with Down Syndrome.

21 Cafe are two cafes and a shop based in Leeds, run for and by people with Down Syndrome to offer training and work experience with the aim of creating job opportunities.

Welcome to newcomers Hannah, Elspeth, Charley & Dini. We hope to see you again soon.

What a Great morning spent with some new & some returning members of the team!

7 GoodGymers headed up to the OWLS allotments to help tidy up this morning. It was the first time we've been back since autumn so there was lots to do.

We cleared several beds of weeds, tidied up the polytunnel, cleared waste materials into piles and had a general tidy up of the area. We made a real difference and it looked much better when we left.

There was a great atmosphere with everyone getting to know each other. Welcome to newcomers Sarah, Anna & Jess. We hope to see you again soon!

What a great night we had last night for the GoodGym Leeds Christmas party. We had a whooping 22 people come to celebrate Christmas & it was really wonderful to see such a lovely group of people come together.

Firstly, we met at Heart to do a quick clean of the nursery space & then everyone settled down in the nursery and I ran a sound bath for the group. I've never seen the GoodGym Leeds gang so quiet!!! Everyone relaxed to some gentle sound meditation & I really appreciated so many people coming to let me practice on them. We'll do another one in the new year :)

We then headed to the Heart bar for food, drinks & a Christmas quiz. We were also very lucky to have a group of musicians come along to entertain us all! Well done to Katie, Katie, Rachel & Kat's team who won the quiz with a fabulous 10/10 (I'll need to make it harder next year)!

It was also an opportunity to thank our wonderful task force, Helen, Jubz, Katie, Kat & Bryony (in her absence). We really appreciate everything you do for GoodGym Leeds, so thank you for everything you have done for the group this year.

Welcome to newcomer Finn & welcome back to Pik & Sudharsan who joined us for the second time. We hope to see you again soon.

Thanks all for a wonderful evening & Merry Christmas!

This afternoon 5 GoodGymers headed to Bedford Fields for a gathering to celebrate the Piano planter project. The piano had been in City Square and then was moved back to Bedford Fields where members of the GoodGym team built it back up to create a planter for the front of the garden.

There was a fire pit, mulled wine & delicious mince pies. My little doggies weren't particularly happy but they found a chair to settle down on & kept warm by the fire.

Thanks to Bedford Fields for hosting:)