5 Goodgymers met in Kidwells Park to litter pick, working in teams a social wonder around the park found all sorts of forgotten treasures. Bottles, cans, an entire magazine and many other things. After an hour in the setting sun we met back together outside the community centre to combine our efforts. From diving in the bushes to surrounding the play park, hundreds of balloons and cigarette butts were the only things we had to leave behind.

Many people using the park stopped to thank us for taking the time to clear the space, families playing cricket and playing in the children's play park all appreciated our efforts. A group from the community centre were also looking around the site and one expressed an interest in joining our team in the near future.

Lots of good spirit and time for old and new faces to enjoy the Goodgym vibes. Thank you to Jess and the team for keeping me in check and on task.

As Sheila was on her Hols in Yorkshire I met our lovely new lady Kay! We started off putting the plugs into 6 packs in the greenhouse but it soon got too hot so we decamped outside where it was cooler. There we met Oscar a Furze Platt pupil who was volunteering as part of his Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award. He filled the six packs while we put in the plugs. We didnt stop for tea and everyone was very pleased how much we got done. I look forward to meeting Kay again in the near future. Sorry there is no picture I completely forgot!!!!

An amazing 8 Goodgymers turned up the community allotment on a sweltering hot evening. With so many helpers the watering was done in no time, and the hose left filling the water butts while we got on with the main task of the evening. 3 fig trees already planted in the ground needed digging up, repotting into larger containers, and replanting into larger holes. Digging up the trees was the easy bit! Making the holes larger meant we had to contend with buried, bricks, tiles and tree roots as well as brambles and nettles on the surface. Sol arrived just in time to give us a much-needed boost, spurring us on to dig deeper. The trees were put into their new containers along with some bits of pottery, top soil and manure, complete with a good helping of worms. What more could a fig tree need? We sank them into their new holes, filled any gaps with soil and gave them a good water. A great effort by everyone on such a hot evening and we all went home to cool off!

Roberta, Kay and Kanika helped out at the community allotment this Friday afternoon.

We started with the watering but after a slight confusion about the task with some other volunteers that turned up, moved to setting up a new bed for the raspberries. We lay down the black weed suppressant, topped with some horse manure and few bag loads of soil before planting the raspberries.

Here's hoping they thrive in their new bed.