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📍6-8 Somers Road E17 6RX
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Mon 19th Jan at 6:30pm
Redbridge Report written by Peter Van Tongeren
A new year, same favourite task - Babybank is back!
So some of the usual suspects gathered at Wanstead House to welcome the lovelyNavratti for her first ever Goodgym experience.
After and initial chat Navratti, James & Linda set off while I waited a few more minutes to see whether Sher would make it down as well. sadly this wasn't the case so I chased the other three down to the babybank, where Natalie and later Jo made their own way to.
It seemed the Christmas break had put some things out of sequence, the lovely laminated labels to separate the age ranges were nowhere to be found. But luckily host Adam found post-it notes!
As always, the amount of bags waiting seem daunting but once again just under the hour all were sorted and it was time to pack up and put all away in the main room for others to do part 2 of the process.
Thanks all for joining in on quite short notice - next sessions are being planned, details to follow
Thu 22nd Jan at 6:30pm
Support the Toy Library, which provides learning and play opportunities for children in our community
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Support the Toy Library, which provides learning and play opportunities for children in our community
Read moreMon 1st Dec 2025 at 6:30pm
Redbridge Report written by Peter Van Tongeren
it is December after all, so some chocolates & mince pies do seem appropriate for our last visit to the baby bank for 2025...
7 Goodgymmers made their way on foot & by bus down to the Cornerstone Church to meet Adam and get stuck into the bags of clothing to be sorted as usual.
Job done, goodbyes said.
Mon 13th Oct 2025 at 6:30pm
Redbridge Report written by James C (he/him)
Due to a small miss communication problem, our newest googym member came to our HQ instead of at the baby bank location. At our HQ we had Linda, Peter, Jo, and James. We split into 2 groups, Linda and Peter ran to the baby bank and Jo and James walked over to there.
once we got there, we met Natalie, and the Task Owner and his two little helpers had quite a few bags of donation already out for us to get stuck into.
we managed to get done by 8pm and we all headed our separate ways and called it a good job
Mon 1st Dec 2025 at 6:30pm
Mon 13th Oct 2025 at 6:30pm
Monday 8th September 2025

Jo Ali earned their community cape by completing their first community mission.
Jo completed a community mission. Instead of watching TV or lying in bed, Jo was out there making their community a better place to be. For making that choice they have earned the community cape.
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