We've been doing quite a bit of flyering recently, so much so that we must be pretty much experts at it... This evening's session came earlier than expected courtesy of cancellation from Newham Hospital. It probably is a tad chilly for gardening at the moment, so hopefully we can pick up with them again in the New Year. And at least with flyering, you get to keep moving! It also meant we were able to accommodate Mabel the dog in her last session with us for now, but hope it's not too long before she might be able to join us again.

Said flyers were to promote local volunteering opportunities with Food Cycle in case you missed it - they've got a new location just down the road from us in Plaistow and are looking for folks to help with their community dining experiences. Read more about them here.

Shout out to Hitesh for making it - it's been a while, so it was great to see you again. We do hopefully have at least one indoor festive task lined up this side of the Christmas, details to be confirmed as soon as we have them and next week we're back up the canal to Hackney Marsh Adventure Playground - sign up here.

"He says it may be a bit tight getting the chair through the door but it came in that way so it must be able to go out as well!" are the words that strike fear and trepidation into any GoodGym furniture shifting missioner...

At first glance the armchair did look a bit larger than the door frame, but we quickly discovered it was sitting on a raised plastic pedestal, and that actually it was quite light, and it was on wheels.

Once Mr S had described where the collection point was, David and I quickly had the chair out of the living room, through the various front doors, and fighting the temptation to give the chair a test drive down the Holloway Road in the morning sunshine, we turned right and right again, and soon had it parked neatly next to the bins.

This jolly frosty morning ❄️ Nick, Louise and Gosia were tasked to help in rearranging furniture in Mr M's apartament.

We arrived at 9 and called manager to let us in the apartament. Mr T was supposed to come back from the hospital 🏥 yesterday, but he remained there for a bit longer than expected so he wasn't present at the flat.

Unfortunately, although we were all warmed up and ready for the action 🥷, it turned out that noone actually knows how the furniture should be rearranged. As the building manager suggested, this would need to be consulted with the carer who wasn't present at the flat as well.

Louise did manage to assemble drawers in the bedroom 🛏, and we also moved sofa and coffee table in the front room 🛋. These were just very minor changes that didn't take us long to sort out.

It's worth to notice that the flat was previously infested with bedbugs 🪲 and we could still see some traps placed in the flat.

It would be worth to recontact Council to rearrange the mission when it will be more clear what needs to be done. We noticed that the furniture were generally pretty mobile so not sure if GG help will be needed after all.