The best one of the besoms

1 Goodgymer helped an isolated person in Tower Hamlets
Elizabeth
1 / 2
Tower Hamlets

Saturday 9th April 2022

Find out about GoodGym TaskForce

Report written by Elizabeth

Share the love

Ms P has been out of hospital for a couple of months, and she's still finding her feet as her recovery progresses (no small feat at 89!) With limited mobility, her small garden has become slightly overgrown. She asked GoodGym for some help tidying up her plant pots and sweeping up some leaves.

And so, after a leisurely start to the day with a pizza breakfast and brunch with friends, I jogged over to Ms P's to help tidy up her garden.

Ms P was absolutely lovely, and keen to help out to the best of her abilities. Unfortunately for her, I stole the best besom of her (remarkably extensive) collection, and so she was left with a silicon brush instead (no photo because I was a little forgetful 😅🤦🏼‍♀️). Regardless, we both cracked on, and we filled up a small bag with some garden waste.

While working, we chatted about Ms P's family, and her upcoming 90th birthday, and she was kind enough to invite me along. Hopefully I'll be able to make it!

After 90 minutes or so of work and chat, I finished cleaning up our work area and we made our goodbyes. I'm hoping to be able to return and help trim back some plants in a couple of week's time :)



Discuss this report
Paul Salman

Sun 10th Apr 2022 at 7:32am

Great to see you so active again!

Elizabeth

Mon 11th Apr 2022 at 11:10am

Thanks, Paul! I'm in London a couple of days a week now, so it's a bit easier to join in 😊

Join us on our next session

Tower Hamlets

Saturday morning session at The Felix Project's Poplar depot
🗓Saturday 9:30am

Come and kickstart the weekend with one of our most popular tasks!