On a beautiful sunny evening in Ealing we had 10 do gooders out to help paint at Impact Theatre! IMPACT is a registered charity dedicated to promoting a positive image of disability, developing communication and building self-confidence, through participation in performing and creative arts.

What a brilliant place to go and help!

This week we were joined by new runner Lionel who had recently heard about GoodGym and decided to come down and see what we were all about. We're so glad he did as he really got stuck straight into the task and did brilliantly on the run, it was great to accompany him on the way down to the task and get to know more about his motivations for running, a very big welcome!

Upon arrival at the theatre we were met by Peter who runs the show down there. He gave us a little talk all about what the theatre does and how it all works, he is so passionate about the service and it was great to hear some of the stories of the service users. He also explained how they are funded which I think really helps us understand the good we do when we visit these places and how volunteers can help them keep going.

The task tonight was a spot of painting in one of the hallways, it was looking a little tired and just needed a bit of sprucing up. No problem there, GoodGym to the rescue! Working as a team and very grateful to have a few tall members of the group to reach those high bits we soon covered two full sections of wall with a fresh coat of paint!

Ta-da!

With the run being slightly longer this evening we didn't have time for a fitness session but I think we were all very happy with a lovely evening jogging through Ealing and Pitshanger Park in it's place, next week the run is nice and short so expect a hard fitness session to make up for it when we'll visit St. Mary's Church for do some gardening.

Lastly a huge congratulations to our Ealing regular Harvey who completed Milton Keynes Marathon on Monday and still made it to GoodGym on the Tuesday, what a star! Major Kudos!