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5 Goodgymers helped their local community in Southwark
Aleksandra
Diane
Rose
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Southwark

Saturday 25th March 2023

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This morning, five keen beans went to Kingswood house (former home of "Mr Brovril"), to help Kingswood Arts, who have recently taken over the lease of the building from Southwark council. This is the last full week of preparation that they have before they will open to the public, and there was still lots to do!

We helped by stripping the walls and cleaning everything. There was so much furniture in the room, and we had to keep moving it about to be able to get to all the areas of wall, so this was an extremely active task. (An extra well done to Rose and Diane for running to the task, despite all the hills! 💪🦵)

We also welcomed Aleksandra to her first task 🥳 - she did a meticulous job of cleaning many tables, and well done for picking up the endless task of sweeping all the dust that we were bringing up! 👏

The two hours passed very quickly, and we tidied up in time to leave. As we left, we managed to give away on leaflet to an interested local, and James gave some good touristing tips to Aleksandra of the local area. Community comes in all forms at Goodgym! 💛


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Kingswood Arts CIC
Fixing up an old mansion into a community centre in South London!

Kingswood Arts is a new not-for-profit arts centre and cultural hub, opening in spring 2023, designed to support its local community through creativity. Located in a stunning 32 room mansion, we will offer a range of free and affordable activities, events and performances for young people and adults, involving music, drama, dance and visual arts. The beautiful house will be available for weddings, and has a number of spaces available to rent including offices, studios and workshops.

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