We absolutely love welcoming new faces to GoodGym, so it was a total pleasure to have Emma and Duran along to their first session - great to have you join us!

We were back at a much loved community centre in the middle of an estate near Vauxhall. It is used for support groups, residents' celebrations and classes, but it has been in need of a glow up for some time. The residents association asked for our help and we have had been there for two previous sessions to give it a good lick of paint.

The end was in sight - there was only one wall to give a first coat and the rest needed its second coat. So we wasted no time grabbing brushes and getting to work. Kamil and Emily took on one massive wall, while Martin and Duran both tackled some technical areas. There was plenty of chat about upcoming races, why missions are so rewarding, countries who have changed the legal side of the road for cars, and...lime bikes!

Before we knew it the time had flown by - and we were tantalisingly close. One more session and the transformation will be complete. Great work everybody.

Apologies for the spectacular photo fail of our huge job from me - I must have been distracted by the transformation (or paint fumes?!) to take any more exciting snaps than one of a beige wall!

Will be having a session every single Tuesday evening at different community organisations across Westminster, so watch this space for the next one (I'm away next Tuesday, but normal service will be resumed the week after!

Mrs M's garden had been invaded by some over-enthusiastic weeds that were enjoying some down time in this shaded garden space on a warm day. They were, however, unwelcome guests. So armed with some gardening utensils I set about getting rids of a few and opening up the space so Mrs M (should she choose to) can reclaim her favourite space in the shade.

The weeds are still granted temporary access, but only enclosed in rubbish bags and put on notice that they will be finding their way into a bin lorry sometime soon (hopefully with some friends in a council compost heap somewhere close by where they will be made very welcome in their new home!)

It was excellent to welcome some new faces to our group last night - a huge welcome to Laura and Lan who joined us for the first time!

We met in a very busy Hyde Park ready to run through a very busy Central London, all the way to the small basement of a refugee centre where squeezed into very close (clothes) quarters. There was definitely a theme to the session last night!

After a warm up we took off towards Leicester Square, discussing all things parkrun, racing and epic challenges such as the Great Wall of China marathon. The energy levels were high! We ran past some iconic sights - through Wellington Arch and past the Ritz, taking a short pause for a pic beside Eros before ending up outside the blue door of the Notre dame Refugee Centre.

This amazing place assists refugees asylum seekers, undocumented migrants and other human rights applicants who are in the UK either seeking protection or with precarious immigration status. They have a storage space where all the donations they receive are put, but it needed a bit of love.

We jumped in, sorting through bags of clothes, hunting down precious hangers and helping get the place more organised. With so many pairs of helping hands it didn't take long to get the job done, we even had time for a bit of styling advice from Louise and Dan!

Before the second part of the task we took ourselves upstairs for a short - but intense - core blast on a very hard floor. Still, it didn't hold us back, and we knocked out planks, crunches, v sits and toe taps.

The next task took us up four flights of stairs, so we got a bit of bonus fitness (although not quite as much as Kamil and Dan who braved the stair challenge at least two more times than the rest of us!) before stepping in to sort a big office cupboard in an even more cramped space. Old crisps out, new stationary in - the result? One very tidy office area.

Next week we've got a much more spacious task to do. We're going to be painting the Lillington Garden community centre - I hope you'll be able to join us to do even more good in Westminster.