(Check out Gosia's wonderful Insta video here!)

There is a large hall in Tottenham Court Road's American International Church.

It's the sort of hall you can imagine Charles Dickens in - he'd probably say something profound like - this is a nice hall.

And it's usually home to West End casts rehearsing plays and musicals - if you sneak in on a Wednesday night, you'll usually glimpse costumes and sets and a large double bass.

But last night we were tasked with turning the hall into the evening's winter shelter. And by 'we', I mean our wonderful group of our first good-gymers Auriela, Kiera, and Kayla (welcome, all!) and our Camden regulars Alex, Emilie, Emily, Gosia, Louise, Jackie, John, and Steve!

On arrival and having been welcomed by our brilliant host, Brooke, a smaller group of Auriela, Emilie, Kiera, and Kayla headed straight to an empty room that they soon turned into a welcoming dining room!

And while our smaller group were good-deeding, our larger group were doing the same - the hall popped with beds and the beds got dressed with warmth!

After 30 happy minutes, we turned out into evening Camden just as the shelter's guests were starting to arrive - nice one, everyone!!

It was an early Sunday start for four brave GoodGym runners who volunteered at Caledonian Junior Parkrun today. The weather was pretty grim - cloudy ☁️ and wet with tiny raindrops 💧 cheekly swirling in the air. None of this discouraged around 20 youngsters from joining today's run 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️.

We gathered close to the start of the race where we were assigned with a marshal 🚩 position, a lanyard and any necessary equipment needed for our spots.

Gosia covered the start spot with an important mission of turning around the START sign after the kick-off. John covered the hill. Ines and Byron got assigned to a spot at the opposite part of the park (referred to as a position four).

The run started at around 09:05 then we spend around 35 minutes cheering young runners in completing the race (we even had a tambourine to spice up the efforts 🎵). We then gathered at the clock tower ⏰️ close to the route finish, to give back the equipment and head our ways.

Batteries charged for the day 🔋🙂✅️.

A strange sight was spotted in Gospel Oak last night.

Small head-bound lights scurried around Lismore Circus. They were doing something good and there was intermittent laughter.

And amidst these lights, some sort of superhero was running around in their cape. We can't know their name for certain, but... we think it was 200!

This wonderful group of Cecile (on their first GoodGym outing, welcome!), Gosia, Jackie, John, Michael (on their first GoodGym trip to Camden, welcome!), Michelle (also on their first good deed, welcome!), and Steve joined Lismore Circus's community champion, Suza, to clear the area of discarded trash and litter.

And we were also celebrating Gosia's 200th good deed - a huge congratulations, Gosia! The cape was John and Jackie's idea, and Gosia was soon running, twirling, and jumping like the superhero she is :)

Over 40 minutes, this group cleared the community garden of bottles, wrappers, and cigarette ends, before exploring further afield into the adjoining Lismore Circus and walkways. Nine people working together can achieve a lot in 40 minutes, and this group's efforts made a visible difference.

Thank you, everyone! Here's to next time!

It was a rather frosty ❄️ morning today, but this hasn't stopped around 60 youngsters in attending Paddington Rec Juniors Parkrun.

The volunteers met at the bandstand as usual where they were confirming their roles and positions with the run director.

I was marshaling today, standing at the top of the hill. Brought my little tambourine 🥁🎶 to add an extra twist to today's collective cheering efforts 🙂.

As the run progressed the sun ☀️ graced us with a bit more sunshine and warmth. The only downside being the ground getting more and more muddy.

Very positive vibes ✨️ as always and a very grand start of the Sunday.