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13 Goodgymers helped their local community in Brighton

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Brighton

Tuesday 10th January 2023

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What a way to banish the January blues! On a wet and windy night we had a great turn out, including some new faces!

Welcome to Goodgym newbie Jack, new Brightonian Vicky and Goodgym tourist JC who will be in Brighton for the next few weeks. Thank you for joining us!

We set of through colourful Kemptown to The Brighton Community Workshop where we were greeted by Garry. The Workshop has recently acquired the Kemptown location and are in the process of setting up a creative space, a place to learn and a Tool Library.

We doned gloves and hardcore cleaner to shine up a variety of tools such as drills, sanders and jigsaws as well as hand tools. Our resident hands on hero Jason managed to free a mallet from its worn handle.

Even through we were using a lot of elbow grease there was no let up with an arm workout to help propel us forward when sprinting to the finish line at Parkrun. To further work our arms, some Goodgymers headed to the local for some weight (a pint to be exact) lifting and quizing!

The rest of us tackled the wind and rain towards the centre and on home.

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Brighton Community Workshop

Make learn share repair

Tool Library | Maker Space | Repair Shop | Skill Sharing The Brighton Community Workshop Project (BCWP) is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) established in 2019. The roots of which date back to 2017. We had our sights on renovating the old scout hut in Bevendean, alongside The Community Garden, sadly the hut was vandalised and later demolished. Our aim back then was as simple as it is today - Provide a city-based community workshop, run by volunteers and stocked with tools & work-benches, that we can all share. Like having your own garden shed, but without having your own outdoor space. Everyone is welcome to join our community. The BCW is an umbrella organisation with four cornerstone services; 1. THE TOOL LIBRARY - Stocked with tools we can borrow 2. THE MAKER SPACE - A creative space to make, build & get crafting 3. THE REPAIR HUB - Do the right thing, Fix it, don’t replace it, repair it. 4. THE SKILLS FORGE - Learn new skills & share knowledge.