Celebrating 8 years of doing good together is not something to be taken lightly. Our GoodGym had to find an appropriate task to honour the tradition of charitable efforts in Ealing properly! What about helping a charity that is 540 years old? For our anniversary session, we arrived at the William Hobbayne Centre to help the charity maintain the outdoor space. Over the last year, it got mossy and needed a refresh. The eleven GoodGymers had less than an hour to make the yard clear of weeds and look shiny.

Mike and Milly grabbed the hoes and gave everyone an example of what proper moss scraping looks like. Harvey, Penny, Claire and Sevan went for big wins, pulling the weeds on a large scale. Ijo with Christos specialised in sweeping and bagging abundances of leaves. Divya and Kash went back to the shed to hunt for some big tools. They returned with enormous brushes and snow shovels, which they, together with Steph, turned into moss ploughs.

The cake & pizza o'clock was approaching fast, so the team took no breaks and worked tirelessly to scrape and sweep all the unwanted greenery. After packing the waste into countless bags and denying the hitchhiking snails the ride to the bins, the gang returned the tools and moved all rubbish sacks to the front of the centre for disposal. The backyard looked pristine.

June from the Hobbayne Charity felt very grateful for yet another contribution from GoodGym. As it often happens, the gratitude was mutual as tonight's party was hosted at the William Hobbayne Centre! How did it go? Report coming soon here!.

Next week we are making our way to a new partner organisation located between Ealing Broadway and South Ealing, the YMCA nursery to rejuvenate their playground - sign up now!