If it’s Sunday, it’s junior Parkrun Day. This hot and sunny morning 102 children completed their 2 k run at Peckham Rye junior Parkrun. The event was supported by two Goodgemrs too, Brenda from Goodgym Croydon and Olive, who were marshalling on the course.

The first task for today was to label and hang lots of children's summer clothes. The team worked quickly and the box was soon empty. The refugee children will have some lighter clothing to wear in this hot weather.

The final task was to wheel the racks of clothes into the store cupboard. This was also quickly completed.

Well done team!

A fantastic four met Sharon at Ripley Arts Centre this morning to scrub some windows clean. It’s a place with an interesting history and lots going on, including music groups, art classes, poetry and filmmaking. It was almost shut down last year so it’s good to see it’s now still going.

We devised our respective strategies for cleaning the windows and set to work, also using various tactics/ladders to reach the higher parts of the windows. The result was pretty shiny and satisfying! At the end we even had a special tour of the building, learning about the musical family that once lived here and left their marks (literally) in the brickwork…