On the ninth day of Christmas, GoodGym sent to me, nine children’s snow suits, eight waterproof jackets, seven accessory boxes, six buckets of water, five rails of winter woolies, four big black bin bags, three GoodGym Mathematicians, two excited dogs, and a wagon full of smelly wellies...

Kudos to our two marvellous maths teachers, Kira and Sophie for giving up some of their precious holiday time to help this local community.

St Andrew’s Church in Runcorn is committed to helping local refugees, who often are without basic necessities, such as food and clothing. In conjunction with Woodside Primary School, where donations of winter clothing and wellies were waiting to be sorted, Rev. Emma Speake has plans to distribute items to needy families over the next few weeks.

After a chilly start, the team soon turned into a welly oiled washing mathschine... with a couple of canine companions barking orders, to keep us in line.

Space was cleared in a shipping container at the school, where the clothing and wellies will be stored, awaiting collection and distribution.

Hopefully, many local children will benefit from this task, and enjoy some wonderful winter welly walks.