Litter blitz

4 Goodgymers helped their local community in Bexley
Rachel Henry
Sarah W
John D Wren
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Bexley

Saturday 5th July

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Yesterday morning we joined a community litterpick in Welling.

We arrived at the organser's marquee just in time for a chat and photo with the Mayor, then we were asked to head to the cemetery where litter tends to collect around the perimeter hedges. Joined by Adele from Discover Welling, we picked up rubbish en route, then worked our way around the boundary and paths in the lovely graveyard.

Despite the grey skies, the forecast rain held off and time flew by as we chatted and tidied. It was great to be outdoors with great company, and we got in a great step count too 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️.

With four bags full of rubbish we returned to the marquee. In total 53 bags of litter were collected by 50 volunteers.

We said adieu to Adele and headed to The Hilltop Coffee Shop for cappucinos all round to celebrate Rachel's 200th good deed 🥳🎉. Rachel didn't want a fuss, but that's a whole lot of time spent doing good in the local community, so it's a big 'Hip Hip Hooray!' from of us in GG Bexley and GG Greenwich ❤.

Whether you're a seasoned GoodGymer like Rachel, or considering your very first venture with us, we'd love to see you at one of our tasks soon!


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Discover Welling is a community group which aims to help highlight all the good things about Welling as well as finding ways to help enhance the community spirit of Welling. We exist to build on what is good, not complain about things.

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Tower Hamlets runner

Mon 7th Jul at 4:03pm

erm MCDonalds currently supporting the genocide in Palestine, so i'm not loving it. It's great to work with partners, but not to give them cover for appalling ethics.

Sarah W

Thu 10th Jul at 9:14am

Thanks for flagging this, Rue. We've checked in with GG Head Office who have said that generally GoodGym will work with any organisations who want to support the local community and not everyone will agree with all of them. You'll see that we've reworked our report as you suggested, focusing on the positive aspects of this event rather than promoting the business.

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