Crate Calls of Wire

11 Goodgymers helped their local community in Bristol
Marianne Bradshaw
Richard Breakspear
Jason Thorne
Chris Bennett
Caroline
Harsheh Raj
Ed Newman
Melanie Young
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Bristol

Tuesday 21st January

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Richard Breakspear
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Jason Thorne
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Melanie Young

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January may be a time of New Year's Resolutions but whoever had donated all of their old office phones to the Children's Scrapstore had left a bit of a tangled mess, perfect for GoodGym to sort out!

The simple task of attaching a handset to a desktop unit sounded simple but we soon worked out it was MUCH more satisfying if the handset fitted properly into the desktop unit and made the job much harder for ourselves (as well as detangling the handset wires). We never did find the Berkshire 400 handset but we only finished half of the three huge crates, so maybe there's still hope?

Harsheh was the only GoodGymmer to take up the offer of gloves with the rest of us relying on handwashing at the end if the task - not realising quite how dusty the crates and contents were and Jo and Francesdeclaring aprons a good idea next tine were there.

The runners set off, led by Richard whilst the walkers consolidated the remaining phones to be matched ensuring wed emptied at least one of the crates (and found Mariannea Micro USB charger in the mix.

The Scrapstore staff had enjoyed having us back in the warehouse and we'd improved the 80s song knowledge of some of the younger GoodGymmers with Blondie classics "Hanging on the telephone" and "Call me" before descending into cannibalising phone sets and Fine Young Cannibals renditions. A great time all round.


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Children's Scrapstore Bristol
A Bristol based charity who are ambassadors of play!

We aim to help improve play opportunities for children and young people and to reach as many children and young people as possible. Here’s how we do it… Our Scrapstore Our Aladdin’s Cave of low-cost, varied and abundant scrap materials for creative play – safe surplus resources collected from business and industry. You can access the Scrapstore by becoming a member. If you’re not eligible, you can gain access with our Artrageous loyalty card. Artrageous Our very own quality arts and crafts shop is open to everyone with plenty of child-focused products and children’s area – our prices are very competitive and members can enjoy a 20% discount on shop purchases. We also host fortnightly free Super Saturday Sessions for families to come in and get crafty! Scrapstore Play Services We are a small dynamic team of experienced play professionals, who support, nurture, model and develop play in schools and other settings. Parents 4 Play We have designed our very own campaign with the aim to create an inspiring and informative information and chat network about play for parents, by parents. We believe play is the single most valuable contribution for a child’s development outside of formal education. Over the coming year you’ll discover P4P events and social media activity led by parents and supported by leading organisations in Bristol and surrounding areas. You can find out more on the Parents 4 Play page of this website. Our social media We are a fun bunch and post regularly on Facebook and twitter. We look forward to seeing you here at Scrapstore House or chatting online. Here’s how to find us. New!! Updated Room To Play In our Play Room we are continuing to host play sessions for families. The emphasis is on creative play and messy fun! New!! Children's Scrapstore Events See all the events we have planned for the next few weeks!

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