Planter-bury Tales

34 Goodgymers helped their local community in Lambeth
Sophie H
Tom Benson
Mark Gilyead
George Clarkson
Steve Jenkins
Dawn Gibson
Magda Bujar
Gosia Rybacka
Michael Welsh
Samantha
Zara
Abigail White
Nicky Woodall
Tim Wheatley
Philip Woodall
David Ewens
Eleanor
Steven Jarman
Ellie
Domhnall
Stefan
Rebecca Dowse
Freddie Gray
Harriet Walsh
Tony Souto
Sadie
Kirsty Savage
Diane Dai
Michael Horner
Jessie Whitworth
Victor Bada
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Lambeth

Tuesday 25th February 2020

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Twas a bit of a chilly one as our brave runners set out to complete 2 tasks.

First up, we had a small group, lead by Victoria, heading down the road to empty, move and refill a planter. GP Food Co op turn local surgery’s gardens into little allotment spaces where patients can grow and eat fruit and veg!

Words by Victoria:

Jonathan has been at the surgery for 20 years, and since the setup of the GP food Co-op, he’s pleased to see it’s having the desired effect. Fewer patients needing quite so many appointments, perhaps because of the healing power of nature and the great outdoors! The garden was in great shape and many residents and local green-fingered garden users walked by to say hello! We moved a planter to a sunnier spot in the garden ready for summer. It took some coordinated 1,2,3 lift (shuffle). We have it a spruce up with a litter pick too. Then were back to base to warm up.💥


The rest of us split into 3 groups, spreading some leaflets about an event happening for Lambeth residents looking to gain EU settlement status. 👌

Lambeth-regular Paul said we saved him a day’s work at the council offices by delivering them to community centres, GP surgeries and leisure centres between Brixton and Streatham. With runs from 6k to 12k, we blitzed the running, and figured out where some of the mysterious venues were from a slightly cryptic map!

Nice one everyone and MASSIVE congrats to Pippa for her SPOTM 💩! 80 deeds, a 25 month mission streak 🔥 and a new 10k PB as of this weekend 🏁 A well deserved winner of various cosmetics samples, a chocolate brussel sprout, a piggy bank and a limited edition Star Wars pin badge! 🚀

And big up new runners Diane, Victor and Jessie for joining us!

See y'all next week for a little trip to Jubilee Primary School! Sign up here.


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Lambeth GP Food Coop
Creating green spaces in health centres

This group creates growing spaces in surgeries and hospitals across Lambeth for plants and vegetables.

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