On a damp Monday evening, four GoodGymers headed out from Stepney Bank Stables to deliver leaflets for Shieldfield Art Works. The piles of leaflets had significantly shrunk since last week, but there were still quite a few left. After covering all of Shieldfield last week, the terraced streets of Sandyford and Heaton made an appealing target to get lots of leaflets delivered quickly. It was certainly a successful evening, with the added bonus that the rain largely stayed away.

Welcome to Chris on your first good deed and we hope to see you back again soon. Seasoned leaflet deliverers Aimee, Scott and Richard were delighted to see a new face.

Normally that would be the end of the report, but near the Tyne Bridge I stumbled upon a young lady laying face down on the pavement and pouring with blood from several facial wounds. She very likely had a broken nose as well, being tended to by her friend and a passer by on a bike when I got there. The GoodGym first aid kit got a rare use; fortunately I had bandages to stem the bleeding, antiseptic wipes to clean the wounds and a foil blanket to keep the young lady warm. Her companion was insistent that she didn't need an ambulance as she'd be furious, but she was very incoherent due to her head injuries. So after making sure the young lady was breathing and no longer bleeding, I called 999 and explained the situation. Hopefully there was a positive outcome for her.