Tuesday night school of litter-acy

49 Goodgymers helped their local community in Bristol
Christopher Lewis
Caroline
Paul Becker
Danica Priest
Sioned Haughton
Lisa Elliott
Richard Breakspear
Darren
Alice Whale
Melanie Young
Shona Buchanan
Dan Lombard
Felicity
Shreena Parmar
Liam Scott
Tim
VaguelyNorthernDarren
Anna Tattersall
Laura Spencer
Zdeni Cervena
Russ Cahill
Freddie
Lee Jones
Chris Palmer
Robin Hancock
Lia Herbert
Sarah Taylor
Toby Gallagher
Valè Pico
Paulina Dubiel
James Hancock
Simon
Martha Price
PATRICIA
Dean Slocock
Ailish Nimmo
Joe Moggridge
Kate Jacko
Jonny
Thomas Eldridge
Lucy Wallwork
Cavid Qara
Jade Cahill
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Bristol

Tuesday 13th August 2019

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Bristol runner

PHOTOGRAPHER

Alice Whale
Alice Whale

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Melanie Young
Melanie Young

WALK LEADER

Shona Buchanan
Shona Buchanan

SESSION ORGANISER

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It was a bumper night of GoodGym tonight in Bristol with 50 runners and 8 people joining us for the first time: welcome Patricia, Ailish, Joe, Kate, Jonny, Thomas, Lucy and Cavid!

Skipping prison

We quickly split into our two groups for the evening. Alice W was taking a group to The Island, an arts and events charity, on a 2km round trip. When they arrived, they were set to work with filling the skip that they had hired specially for GoodGym's arrival with all sorts of no-longer usable chairs and tables. The team worked in super-fast time and soon the skip was filled. Tom then gave them a tour of the space to give them a bit more of an idea of the work they do. This included a trip to the underground cells and an arts space which was so 'arty' that it inspired the group to do a Mannequin Challenge in it... Spot the blinkers.

Meanwhile the rest of the group headed on a 7km run to help LitterArti in Easton. They paint pillars in an underpass which has a skatepark in it. This is used regularly by local people and children, but the council do not keep it litter-free. Therefore, it is down to volunteers to do this. The group of 33 armed themselves with litter-pickers, bin bags, recycling bags and gloves and got to work. They spread over the area and, with the help of a couple of the skate-park users, teamed together to gather 24 bags of rubbish and recycling, as well as several sofas, a mattress and more. There was an incredible difference in the 20 minutes the team worked, so much so that the skaters gave them a round of applause when we headed off for our run home.

On our return we had a game of Runner, Runner, the GoodGym version of British Bulldogs to get rid of any leftover energy, then got excited for this weekend's South West Summer Party hearing the line-up from Matt. It's not to be missed!


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