We paired up to support Sustainable Merton this afternoon at the Greener Giving Pop-Up Market at Wimbledon Quarter. Tasked with a mission to direct passers by to the one day only event we were armed with leaflets and plenty of GoodGym smiles. A great way to get a few extra steps as we lured the footfall in from the outside. A simple but sometimes challenging job, but supporting a great local charity and some lovely independent stalls.

The team did well on another successful service! Despite a pretty uninspiring surplus of clementines, cabbages, unripe bananas, and spring onions, the kitchen magic was strong.

On the menu: miso cabbage, rice and beans with “plantain” chips, and a zesty clementine cake to round things off. All 24 guests left happy and well-fed, proof that a little creativity goes a long way!

This was a novel task, helping to clear away the book fair, which was set up by other members of our team yesterday. It was the 47th edition of the fair and the organisers were immensely grateful for our GoodGym muscle. We shifted boxes of books, dismantled tables and helped to lift long rows of chairs down from the stage. With everyone on the same page, we were bound to finish in no time!