The delivery van had turned up early at the South Ealing Community Food Cupboard this week, so when GoodGymers Evelyn, Alan and Martin arrived, it initially looked like the regular volunteer team had done all of the work.

However, although the van had been unloaded and crates put in place around the room, there were still plenty of tasks left to help with and the team spent an enjoyable session performing quality control on boxes of tangerines, portioning grapes into bags and flattening cardboard boxes.

The team reckoned that this week's selection contained all of the fruit and veg needed for a Christmas Day feast...with the exception of sprouts, an omission that divided opinion.

Four GGers rolled into the weekend by giving INS’s walls and ceilings a much needed coat of paint.

Chris, JP and Adam welcomed Evelyn back for her second good gym task. We were then given direction by task owner Sarah areas that needed painting in the kitchen and hallway ahead of INS’s upcoming festive celebrations.

Overall Evelyn proved very good at rolling with it, JP managed to successfully white out all the worries of the fire exit sign, meanwhile Adam was able to lay it on thick as usual and Chris provided some much needed brush ups.

We will return on Monday to finish the job!

Our monthly RFS visit saw 2 GGRs turn out on a rather damp Saturday morning.

We welcomed Evelyn for one of her first Good Gym tasks, and along with Adam was assigned the challenge of clearing another of the side passage ways to provide further storage space.

This proved a highly effective work out, moving items such as a broken ladder, footballs and other heavy objects.

By the end a mysterious door was uncovered, proving that the phrase when one door closes another opens highly appropriate!