Scoping it out

This was our first task helping our local Scope shop with a charity donation bag drop off to local residents. The task came about by a fellow vaccine centre volunteer who was now the deputy manager of the Scope shop in Slough High St. Debz had remembered all the good stuff we do and put in a task referral for some help!

And of course, we were only too happy to help - nothing is too out of scope for us!

The shop itself, when I went to collect the bags was very busy so it’s good to see that the extra donations that hopefully will come their way after our task tonight will help them to keep up with the demands.

The warm up

We met at Upton Court park at 6:30pm hoping that the rain would stay away and let us have a wet free session! It was great to have Eileen join us for her first session.

After the task brief, we did our warm up of head, shoulders, knees, cones, tribe and knee tag … I let the team do the hard work whilst I took the photos on my iCone!

The running part

We then slowly jogged to the motorway hill for some hill sprints. Nothing like ‘running up that hill’ to get the heart rate up.

We then made our way around Upton park to the Kings Reach housing area, where we were going to do the task.

The Task

We split into pairs to deliver the 155 bags. We abided by the No Junk rules and steered clear of the barking dogs and within 20 minutes we were done so back into the park we headed for a fitness session.

A nice n easy task for a Monday evening.

The fitness bit

The fitness session consisted of 5 exercises:-

• 10 squats

• 8 lunges

• 6 press ups

• 4 star jumps

• 2 burpees!

And then reverse! … I know the team enjoyed the burpees, I could just see it on their faces.

Finally finishing off with the round the world single leg burner! A great little leg strengthener and glutes burner.

Thanks for getting involved in this task. Debz has said she may need our help in August when the shop needs a revamp! Keep an eye out for that task

Next week as it’s bank holiday on Monday we will be doing our session on Tuesday at Black Park