The team were not deterred by the wet weather and cheerfully met in East Croydon. After a quick warm-up, the team made a quick dash to Croydon Supplementary Education Centre.

The team were greeted by Jacintha, who informed the team of the some of the great learning opportunities which the service provides for primary, secondary and adults. She explained the task, which was to paint the disabled bathroom, following a leak.

The team quickly set to work, shuffling around each other, whilst sharing the equipment. Ingrid climbed the tall ladder and painted the edges of the ceiling and top of the wall, whilst the others started working on the walls further down.

The task was promptly completed. Well done everybody!

Today we welcomed Thandiwe back with us, her last group run was before the pandemic, however she's been keeping tabs on us via our weekly emails.

Today we headed to a new tasks helping the Friends of Hailing Grove, reclaim an area of the park from ivy. When we arrived Claudie and her team of volunteers had already started.

We were taken to an area of the park that had a battle with some ivy, which the they wanted to be cleared. Armed with a few forks and a ton bag we started weeding until the bag was filled we emptied it filled it again three more times before it was time to down our tools.

Claudie gave us a walking tour showing us all the work they had done and some lovely blooms.

Just as we were about to bid our farewell we spotted an heron in the walled garden.

We spent an hour and a half helping Sue with her never ending list of tasks she has all around the chruch hard. We were shifting soil, digging some mini trenches, pulling up weeds and levelling out another area - all in a few hours work!