Thu 7th Nov at 6:30pm
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Slough runner
I rounded up the troops, called in the cavalry (Jess ๐) and plotted the route with military position so we were all set to parade through the streets posting leaflets for Homestart on the Army Estate.
The crack team of 4 took a regimented approach and blitzed the task in no time with Helen and Jen pairing up and Adam and Jess joining forces. We even avoided a 'Major' Incident with a few dogs and kept ourselves on the 'General' straight and narrow.
Fri 8th Nov at 7:07am
Haha! Love the puns!! ๐
Fri 8th Nov at 8:25am
Lol I realised Army puns were easier than leaflet puns ๐คฃ
Thu 7th Nov at 6:30pm
Distribute leaflets to connect local families
Read moreThu 3rd Oct at 6:30pm
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Mandy Driver
Thursday 6:15/ 6:30pm is GoodGym Windsor Night! ๐๐โโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
Tonight we were just off the Maidenhead Road in Windsor on a committed mission. The long pathway had got so overgrown that the access to the houses that were occupied by the elderly residents was proving difficult.
Getting there:- Jen and Didem walked from The Binoy. Bekah, Helen and Mandy ran from home. Sue and Adam met us there.
Sue and Adam made an amazing head start ๐ช๐ป๐๐ปalongside Helen by the time the other walkers/runners had arrived and Sue had luckily taken some before photos in the light ๐๐ป๐ธ . They had chopped then filled a huge bag full of cuttings. The rest of us needed to catch up so we got our gloves on and chose a tool from Sueโs mobile shed ๐คฃ we had quite a long stretch to cover so we took an area and cut back what we could. Lots of spikey brambles, stinging nettles etc but we battled well.
We had a chat about our days/weeks while we worked and Bekah multi tasked as she was also the photographer ๐ธ๐๐ป
The sunset a dry evening was lovely but darkness was soon upon us and despite our torches we couldnโt continue as it was so dark along the passage and we were running out of bags.
We dragged the bags to the main road for the council to collect.
Fortunately (or unfortunately however you prefer to look at it ๐คฃ) there was time to do a quick workout. Jen had a challenge to do squats today so the traffic passing by got a good view ๐คฃ
Not forgetting the Windsor curtsy and bow before we partly walked together before going our separate ways home.
Thank you for coming. ๐๐โโ๏ธ๐๐ป๐๐ผโโ๏ธ
Thu 3rd Oct at 6:30pm
Enable the elderly residents access
Read moreThu 8th Aug at 6:30pm
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Mandy Driver
Thursday 6:15/ 6:30pm is GoodGym Windsor Night! ๐๐โโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
Tonights community mission was for Age Concern at The Spencer Denney Centre.
We all made our way in various ways. Running, walking or by car. There we had a team chat while waiting for everyone to arrive.
Tonightโs dream team was Marilyn, Jen, Helen, Adam Didem, Bekah and Mandy.
Rachel the task owner gave us instructions about our tidying up task. Lots to move and sort today making the conference desk clear for interviews and to hire out and create more storage in centre.
Helen jumped the gun ๐คฃ at the start before the before photo. She lost some pints there ๐คฃ
Then the emptying the cupboard doubles team with Helen and Adam opened the games.
Jen and Bekah wrestled with the full cupboard and then did a bit of fencing with the bowling pins. Mandy convinced Jen to be a good sport and try a bit of juggling wearing a cone on her head which actually should be included in the games ๐คฃ
The conference room to garage relay race by Didem, Marilyn and Adam and Helen was timed to perfection.
Mandy did her best to coach and monitor progress of the teamโs performance.
The table was cleared and the shelves moved and refilled ... so we had a victory! ๐๐ป
Medals all round ! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Thank you ๐๐โโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
Thu 8th Aug at 9:33pm
Gold medals for the lot of you! ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฅ
Thu 8th Aug at 6:30pm
Improve the experience that users and staff have on a daily basis
Read moreThu 13th Jun at 6:15pm
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Mandy Driver
Thursday 6:15pm is GoodGym Windsor Night! ๐๐โโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
Tonight we were back helping Age Concern at The Spencer Denney Centre painting the walls in the lobby and doing a bit in the garden.
Who stole summer? Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie ๐ถ us some sunshine please! Itโs was a grim day and rain was due so we opted in our group chat vote for painting indoors.
We all met at the centre tonight (some walked or by car)and while waiting for everyone to join we played with the baseball in a circle not sure what the name of the game ๐ถ was. Still it kept us entertained.
Task owner Rachel had the brushes and paint at the ready and showed us what needed doing.
Special welcome to Nic for her first Windsor ๐Thursday evening session ๐๐ป and Didem has now completed 10 good deeds with today being her 11th so well done Didem. ๐คฉ
The crew tonight were Helen, Marilyn, Natalia, Jen, Sue, Nic, Caroline , Didem and Mandy.
We cleared the lobby area, got set up with dust cloths, chose our preferred brushes and a section of wall.
ABBA was Didemโs choice of tunes tonight although we did seem to get take a chance on me ๐ถ on repeat ๐คฃ but thank you for the music ๐ถ anyway!
Sue and Marilyn decided to be brave and did some garden tidying instead of painting and cleaned the garden furniture in case the sun does ever decide to show itself ๐๐ป and the guests can sit outside.
The others literally finished up all the paint suppliesโฆ Mumma Mia ๐ถ ! So then one buy one after tidying up and washing brushes in the Waterloo ๐ถ we all ended up in the garden anyway โฆ so much for the vote ๐คฃ still it wasnโt too bad. Most of the rain was coming off the leaves of the tree in the wind.
Not letting anyone go early Mandy put on a quick 10 min Joe Wicks fitness video and we had a go at what we could without a mat.
Then it was time to do our group photoโฆ sorry I missed Helen in this ๐ฅฒ then did our Windsor curtsy and say our goodbyes.
Thank you all so much for coming lovely to see you all and some new faces these last couple of weeks ๐
Thu 13th Jun at 6:15pm
Improve the aesthetics of the centre for all that use the day centre users
Read moreThursday 23rd May
Helen Burke completed 10 good deeds with GoodGym.
Helen has done 10 good deeds. They are a trusted GoodGym runner and are now eligible to join their local TaskForce.
Thu 23rd May at 6:15pm
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Mandy Driver
Thursday 6:15pm is GoodGym Windsor Night! ๐๐โโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
Tonight we were back helping Windsor and Eton FC CIC with removing the loose paint from the wall panels.
Special night for Helen with her 10th good deed tonight ๐๐ป
Jen, Helen and Mandy met at The Binoy. Jen went ahead walking while Mandy and Helen chatted about drink leakage issues ๐คฃ then we ran a longer route to the task.
Didem met us there as did the task owner Willie and we set to work at about 6:45pm.
Now the clue is in the title as we were under the expectation that we would be met with easy peeling paint like the first task we did a few weeks ago on this panelled wall. But we were wrong โฆ SO wrong ๐ฌ The wall opposite was a tough wall to peel. That pesky paint was just not wanting to part from its panel so full body weight was required and some serious sanding. Puzzled by the difference we thought about all the reasons why this should be. Same paint, same surface different sides ๐คWe had a quick scrape of another wall and that was coming off like a dream. So we had a good wall ๐and a bad wall โน๏ธ still the dance music kept the energy up.
A hoover round to get rid of the scrapings of paint and dust to finish off.
We think we can all pretty much prep like a pro now.
After the task we said our goodbyes, took a Windsor curtsy ๐ and made our way home.
Thank you for coming I hope your arms are not aching ๐ฌ๐ช๐ป xx
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