BYO (tools not booze)

6 Goodgymers helped their local community in Bristol
Jason Thorne
Matt Dorber
Ella Tober
Emma R
Melanie Young
Liz K
Bristol

Wednesday 26th August 2020

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Lisa from Youth Moves may have been away this week but it wasn't going to stop us from breezing* up the hill for our regular weeding/harvesting session at Urban Escape.

It was a BYO session as we didn't have access to the storage container so we set to with a few trowels that had been dragged up the hill, and the garden forks borrowed from Eastville.

It was Jason's first good deed - welcome - and Matt brought cookies and cake to celebrate 50 good deeds, all during Covid times!

We'll be back next week but should have access to the tools even though Lisa will already have left. Maybe there'll be more chard and monster courgettes, one day the tomatoes may even be ripe!


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Youth Moves Urban Escape
Everyone Is Welcome. Everyone Is Valued. Everybody Matters

Urban Escape is based at the roundhouse and acre growing space at Springfield Allotments in Knowle and aims to reconnect young people and adults with nature, create lasting relationships and supporting local people on their journey through life. The project utilises a wide variety of outdoor activities, life skills and group work as the tool to engage the groups and build relationships. Hands on and creative activities throughout the year include bush craft, growing, foraging and cooking fresh food, natural arts and crafts, community engagement and social action projects. The Junior, Senior and Adult groups take ownership of their projects by choosing activities and trips at different points through the year. All three groups have a maximum of 10 young people/adults at any one time because of the tools and activities used for the sessions. http://www.youthmoves.org.uk/urban-escape

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