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4 Goodgymers helped their local community in Manchester
Sophie Louise Webb
Stefanie Cooper
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Ben Foster
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Manchester

Monday 4th November

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Great to meet Stefanie and Sophie this evening!

Keep MCR tidy provide a great resource for refuse sacks (and in future we'll tap into their litter pickers and bag rings too) and promote local community litter picking in Manchester. We got a hold of 20-30 pink refuse sacks and between the four of us, collected at least 10 bags (plus a bit more) full sacks of discarded waste!

We covered 6 km, starting by Piccadilly gardens before going along Canal St, to Deansgate and then to the Castelfield bowl before downing tools to run the remaining 1-2 km back to the meeting point.

We collected a whole range of items, including lots of cans/fast food packaging, laughing gas canisters, discarded vapes and cigarette butts, drinks cartons, and lots and lots of polystyrene bits.

We bumped into Don't Walk Past Manchester on their Monday night round and had a chat, possibly due a donation push toward the colder winter months. Keep an eye out for future tasks!

p.s. We did spot a lit Christmas tree in Deansgate. It's coming.



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Peter

Mon 4th Nov at 10:01pm

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Peter

Mon 4th Nov at 10:03pm

Great session tonight! Thanks for the write up... didn't realise we'd gone 6k! On to the next! 🏃‍♂️

Ben Foster

Tue 5th Nov at 7:54am

That 6 km did include the 2 km-ish jog back to the meeting point. We did cover a lot of ground!

Stefanie Cooper

Tue 5th Nov at 11:14am

Thank you so much for organising this :) Had a fab time!

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