Liz, Nikki, Ros, Ian, Hannah and Ingrid met at Tunstall Nursery for our regular task of helping clean out the sandpit. We removed some leaves and sand which had turned green. The compressed sand was then dug over to make it easier for the children to play. The sandpit was carefully covered to prevent local cats and foxes using it as a litter tray!

Next we moved a heavy slab from the playground area and fixed a water table which had a broken leg.

The group were greeted by Simon at the Croydon Refugee Day Centre. They welcomed Clair to her first GG task.

The first task for the evening was to walk along the hanger lanes, removing empty hangers and switching ordinary hangers to trouser hangers, where needed.

The next tasks were to sort thermals by size, hang some children's clothes on the rails and to sort others into the correct box in the cupboard.

The final task was to fit the rails into the cupboard.

Excellent work team!!

Another productive evening was spent at Croydon Refugee Centre. GoodGymers Liz, Brenda, Dovile, Nikki, Ian, Paul and Ingrid met centre volunteer Simon who gave us our tasks for the evening. These included rehanging clothes on the rails with wire hangars to maximise space, sorting baby clothes and our favourite job of fitting all the rails into the storage room at the end of the night. We wished Simon well and made our way home. We'll be back at the centre in two week's time.

On a drizzly Tuesday night GoodGym Croydon made another visit to Croydon Refugee Centre. A warm welcome was given to Brenda, Neelam, Atare, Dora and Michael who were volunteering at the Centre for the first time. They were joined by regular Croydon GoodGymers Liz, Roz, Nikki, Ingrid, Magda, Ian, Hannah, Lorna and Paul.

We met with Simon from the Centre who was impressed with the number of volunteers and put us to work getting the clothing donations sorted and on the rails. We finished by moving the rails from the hall into a (very) small storage room. After a bit of jiggling all the rails fitted and we said our goodbyes to Simon.

The evening ended with a drink at a local pub on the way home.

After a brisk, chilly walk a few Good Gymers arrived at the refugee centre, where we were greeted by Simon. We also met Lorna who would have liked to have joined us previously, but unfortunately wasn't able to, due to an ankle injury. However, Lorna didn't allow this to deter her for long and we were all pleased that she joined us this evening. Welcome!

The team worked effectively together to 'shake' the clothes out, 'rattle' the box to find a coat hanger and then add a label to the clothes. The clothing was then hung on the correct 'rail'. Many bags of clothing donations were sorted. The final task of the evening was to push the rails into the store cupboard.

Well done team! Hope to see you again next time.