It was a beautiful sunny morning as 9 members of GoodGym Richmond gathered at the premises of the Richmond Furniture Scheme for our monthly task with them.

First order of the day was to award Suze with her sash for reaching 50 good deeds which she has achieved in impressive time. We look forward to Suze hitting her next bit milestone in a black GG t-shirt!

Simon gave us three tasks to be getting on with. One group initially set about washing the RFS van, clambering up ladders with soapy sponges and rinsing down with the hosepipe.

Meanwhile a few others got underway with breaking up some divan beds which had been donated but were not of good enough quality. This was tougher than it seemed at first, as the bed frames were tightly bound with tough spongey insulation and fabric covers, but we started to make progress with hammers, saws and crowbars and were soon joined by the van washing team which made us an unstoppable force agains the beds. We had a lot of fun rummaging around in the impressively well-stocked workshop to find ever more effective tools for the job.

The sun was very warm and we were having quite a workout. There was one other task to do which was to move a bunch of old bed slats into the wood store. This was done quickly via a short human chain and soon we were tidying up the tools and stacking the broken up bed parts. We had truly managed bed, (van) bath and beyond…

We took a quick group photo in front of the freshly washed van and headed on our way for the rest of the lovely sunny Saturday. Next time we will be at RFS is in June - sign up here! https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/richmond-big-green-week-helping-richmond-furniture-scheme-to-support-others