What a shift-tacular turnout!

20 Goodgymers helped their local community in Windsor and Maidenhead
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Louise Tyrell
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Diya Singh
Emily
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Windsor and Maidenhead

Wednesday 4th October 2023

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Louise Tyrell
Louise Tyrell

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Mandy Driver
Mandy Driver

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Diya Singh
Diya Singh

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Emily
Emily

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Amy L
Amy L

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20 goodgymers signed up for this session - the most we’ve had since the launch! We met at the community centre for a briefing about the task from Amy and an exchange of window puns (I’d steal them and pass them off as my own but I don’t want to make this too paneful) and then walked and ran the 2km to Braywick Health Nursery. The task owner Kit had a number of things that needed shifting so we were divided into two groups.

One group helped clear equipment from a very rickety shed (which, despite its intentions, did not fall down) and store everything away safely so the shed could be sent to ‘live on a farm’. As well as the expected shovels and rakes, we uncovered a huge connect four game (sadly only the frame so we couldn’t have a go), a couple of snails, and a lot of wooden Christmas trees, which are about as hard to store sensibly as you’d imagine. We finished that quickly but it wasn’t curtains just yet - we were set to window cleaning, which goodgym has helped with here many times before. We managed to make quite good progress, especially when wet cloths were replaced with Gillian wielding a hose!

The other group stayed inside in the light and helped move furniture, something goodgym started last time we visited, so the space can be used as a new staff area. This required the use of trolleys and a lot of strategic planning to make sure everyone left with the same number of toes. They also replaced some of the old ceiling tiles with new ones, so I think it’s fair to say that goodgym both literally and figuratively raised the roof.

After we’d completed the tasks and regrouped at the front of the nursery, we finished the night with a fitness session involving many creative variations of the Mexican wave. Then we set off home, amazed (and I do hope I’m not jinxing it for next week) that we hadn’t been rained on!


This task supported
Braywick Heath Nurseries
We are a small garden garden centre providing volunteering, work experience and employment for adults with support needs

We run a not-for-profit company, supported by paid staff & community volunteers to provide volunteering, work experience and employment for adults with a wide range of support needs. We are currently having a big clear out across our site, and need help moving all of the material to a skip. This will enable us to better use the space we have to expand our operations and better support our volunteers and staff.

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Windsor and Maidenhead runner

Thu 5th Oct 2023 at 12:54pm

Great report! It was so much fun!

Windsor and Maidenhead runner

Thu 5th Oct 2023 at 1:40pm

Brilliant report Scarlett, and sounds like you all had a fun and productive night

Windsor and Maidenhead runner

Fri 6th Oct 2023 at 7:47am

Great report Scarlett!!

Windsor and Maidenhead runner

Fri 6th Oct 2023 at 7:54am

Fantastic report Scarlett....you've got quite a gift for writing ✍️✍️

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