Each Monday morning, GoodGym lends a hand at the South Ealing Food Cupboard helping the wonderful volunteers sort through surplus food and get it ready to share with the local community.

This week, Iram, Mo, and Andy were on duty for what turned out to be a session full of variety (and a bit of drama!). The delivery was packed with treats: stacks of croissants, huge tins of coconut, oat milk, tubs of double cream, plenty of juice and even seafood ramen. To keep things interesting, there was also an assortment of unusual vegetables, including long and mini aubergines and some bitters.

Of course, no GoodGym session is complete without a challenge. First, a shelf gave way under the weight of the bumper haul, but Andy cleverly fixed it, saving the day (and the produce!). Then, a tub of double cream made a break for it... but Mo was quick on the scene and helped Iram clean it up in no time. It's a good job the Food Cupboard are planning to get the carpets professionally cleaned before the arrival of the new vicar! The team are super grateful for GoodGym's help preparing for their arrival and may well need extra support in the coming weeks.

All in all, it was another great morning of teamwork, quick thinking and keeping good food out of the bin and into the hands of the community.

The Thursday crew, as always answered the call and drove, run, walked and cycled their shopping drops to the families once again. 14 of you lovely people were able to lend a hand this afternoon. Welcome to Shona and Sarah who apparently joined us for the first time today!

Aisle be there for you.

Liv was on hand incase of extra support needed, she picked and packed with the team. You can CHECKOUT our pictures above. Thanks to Sarah for that pun there!

We are getting better at this picture business! Thanks for all the lovely pics its great to see you in action. Today we were gifted some lovely flowers. EAP are given surplus or close to date shopping and items sometimes and had been given a load of lovely flowers today which they kindly donated to the team.

Thank you for your time and effort, EAP always really appreciate the support of the Goodgym team and they couldnt do it without us.

Stay safe and remember to join us for Tuesday excercise on Zoom if you fancy!

Today's community mission saw 17 amazing members of the GoodGym community come together to ensure that essential food was delivered to families all across the Ealing borough.

Here's how it went down:

• Andy took part in GoodGym for the first time and joined Alasdair as a cycling team heading to Acton
• Ski performed her GoodGym debut and delivered to a family in Northolt
• Caroline also a first timer to GoodGym made a difference with a Greenford delivery
• Phil was another member of team 'first time GoodGym' and was so flexible and helpful taking on whatever delivery he could
• Larissa, a GoodGym stalwart jumped in to help with a Horsenden drop off
• Tom teamed up with Ruth (also on her debut GoodGym session!) by bike for a Hanwell delivery
• The ever reliable team of Harvey and Marieke were on their bikes for an Acton drop off
• Navjeet got stuck in on her first GoodGym session too and was so happy to help and be involved
• Marie got in touch and wanted to help however she was needed. Big welcome to her!
• Regulars Mike and Milly proved to be a dream team and delivered to a family in Southall
• Muhammad joined for the second time and was delighted to be able to help again
• And last but not least we had Marion and Usha (also first timers) who paired up to walk together to drop off in West Ealing

Here's what Marion had to say about her experience:

Today was my very 1st GoodGym mission! Such a great thing to do! I ran to the centre where food could be picked up. I walked to the family and delivered the food parcel and ran back home. Such a good feeling to help out while exercising!!