Cliffhanger....

11 Goodgymers helped their local community in Liverpool
Vicky Osayande
Katy Turk
Gerard Turk
Aditi
Eleanor Crossley
Liam Pritchard
Lucien Dobel-Ober
Siân Phillips
Bekah West
Sallyann Hardwick
Laura Waller
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Liverpool

Monday 12th February

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Eleanor Crossley
Eleanor Crossley

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Siân Phillips
Siân Phillips

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Sallyann Hardwick
Sallyann Hardwick

SESSION ORGANISER

Laura Waller
Laura Waller

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For tonight's task, a group of Goodgymmers teamed up with friends from Litter Clear Volunteer and It'sYour World.Liverpool, led by the fabulous Vicky, to work our combined magic on the L8 Cliff Green park.

This is a small community green nestled amongst houses that could be a real local asset, but has sadly been neglected for far too long and had become an overgrown dumping ground covered in litter and dog dirt when Vicky decided to rescue it. She told us that on LCV's first litterpick of the area they collected a huge 25 bags, and they had clearly done a good job as our volunteers on litterpicking duty today had to look hard to find litter in the park, so much so that Sallyann and Ellie went off on an adventure collecting litter from the surrounding streets. We were just starting to get worried not having seen them for a while when they turned the corner carrying bulging bags of litter as a souvenir of their travels around Smithdown.

Vicky is good at keeping everyone busy and there was plenty for everyone to get involved in apart from litterpicking; the main task of the day was to clear the grass that had overgrown the path, so everyone got stuck in to digging, shoveling and scraping up clods of grass and earth, or collecting them up and tidying the path edges.

Together we managed to clear the entire path on both sides, and we were all amazed at how much wider the path really was compared to how it had seemed when we arrived. It's always good to be able to see the difference we've made at the end of a session and even in the dark that was really clear and a great reward for our hard work.

Vicky told us that the local residents are now beginning to plan how they are going to use the green when it is in better condition and that they would like to set up a bouncy castle there in school holidays for the children to play on. It will be great to see this green space being reclaimed by the community and hopefully becoming a safe and fun play space.

Well done to Katy and Gerard for their first GoodGym session!

Watch this space for the next installment!


This task supported

Litter Clear-Volunteer (LCV) , a campaign aimed at turning untidy greens into welcoming community spaces and general litter clearing in the L7, L8 and L15 area of Liverpool. Taking requests from communities and making positive changes to reclaim abandoned green spaces. Absolutely everyone will benefit from a cleaner and greener environment. Neighbours and friends, It's time to take pride in your area.

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