3 Month Streak
Windsor and Maidenhead
📍National Trust car park next to Pinkneys Green Cricket Club SL6 5DS
Join Amy at Pinkneys Green or pick up rubbish in your own neighbourhood
Thu 13th Mar at 10:30am
Join Amy at Pinkneys Green or pick up rubbish in your own neighbourhood
Read moreSat 8th Mar at 10:00am
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Windsor and Maidenhead runner
Maidenhead Library's annual Big Read event had a theme of Wings this year and needed some help with putting on the event. Tessa is on the organising committee and was making sure that everything was running smoothly. Angela manned the Children's Corner, where local authors were talking about their books to the children. Jess was helping children to make gliders until they ran out of materials, so came to join Sheila on the Craft table where children could decorate fairies and make bees to go on flowers. We were winging it for most of the time, but the place was buzzing, and the session was finished before we knew it!
Sun 9th Mar at 4:10pm
Well done you high flyers! Really great work! That first pic is hilarious with you both looking so serious 😐😐🤣🤣
Sun 9th Mar at 4:17pm
Great report! Thank you very much to all of you for your help.
Sun 9th Mar at 6:15pm
Focused or frazzled....you pick! 🤣
Wed 26th Feb at 7:00pm
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Jess Smith
What a night! A fantastic 20 Goodgymmers turned out to support Alexander Devine and their Easter Fundraising campaign and to celebrate 5 years of Goodgym Windsor & Maidenhead!
The evening was split into two parts…….our task and our party!
Part 1: Chick-stuffing! Hannah and Nicole from Alexander Devine provided us with stacks of chocolate eggs and knitted chicks! We had to stuff the chicks with the eggs and then add little tags so people knew who the chicks were supporting. There was a wide variety of chicks with added hats, bows and even bells! Each group found their own way of getting through the stacks of chicks and there was a whole variety of ideas to ensure the labels stayed round the chicks necks securely.
We managed to stuff and label ~550 chicks, smashing last years numbers! These chicks will be distributed to local schools, shops and businesses where they will be sold and the money will go to the Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice Service. This is a crucial resource for families with children who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. They provide support during the hardest times and ensure parents and siblings can make precious memories.
Part 2: Party time! Once we had got our fill of chick-stuffing it was time to celebrate 5 years of Goodgym in Windsor & Maidenhead! Everyone was given a coloured medal indicating their team and they gathered together the items beginning with G they had brought with them, and had to come up with a team name and a story about their mascot. We had Green-hatted, disco loving Gizmo, a couple of galivanting Gary’s, Goodie who enjoyed Grapefruits and golf ball collecting and Georgetta the gardening goddess!
It was then on to the games! Each one tenuously themed around our Goodgym tasks! First up was our love of the community allotment represented by potatoes in tights thrust at small posts, a game of skill and accuracy! Next we celebrated the Goodgymmers themselves, with ‘Pin’ the medal on the Goodgymmer, this involved blindfolds and mini mascots and a lot of loud encouragement! Of course we could not leave out our most dependable task; litter picking! As if by magic a heap of litter swept into the room and needed clearing, involving mini high-vis and litter pickers! Our final game was a well contested round of musical chairs….and we know about sturdy chairs as we have mended many at the community centre.
A party is not complete without cake, and we are lucky to have some great bakers in our group! Whilst we tucked in Amy encouraged us to think about our goals for the next Goodgym year….maybe a milestone to reach, a distance to run or trying our hand at social visits. An opportunity for us to step outside our comfort zone knowing our fellow Goodgymmers are backing us all the way!
We also took the opportunity to celebrate our combined and some individual achievements from the last 5 years and Amy gave us some incredible stats for the last 5 years:
- 7267 Good Deeds completed by 438 Goodgymmers!
- 1674 group sessions and 184 social visits!
- Travelled 56,744kms!
- Cheered each other 34,795 times!
We should all be really proud of ourselves, whether we were there on task 1 or tonight was the first, the difference we have made, and will continue to make in our community is incredible. 😊
Well Done Team! Here’s to the next 5 years!
Thu 27th Feb at 8:30am
Wow, great report Jess! This to top off the brilliant evening you organised with such well-constructed games. Hats off! And the loudest cheer to all the amazing people of GGWM who make this inarguably the best group to be a part of ✨⭐💜
Thu 27th Feb at 8:54am
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Thu 27th Feb at 8:56am
Looks like such a great evening, GoodGym true and true 🌟👏💖 Sorry I missed it, but glad to see I was there with you through my gardening spirit 😂😂💚🌱
Thu 27th Feb at 8:57am
Brilliant report Jess and thank you for superb party planning 🙌🤩
Thu 27th Feb at 8:57am
Sounds like a great evening. Sorry I couldn't join you. Happy 5th Birthday GGW&M. ❤️
Thu 27th Feb at 9:01am
What an amazing 5 years too! I am so proud of our community of fun, kind, creative, strong, supportive GoodGymers. A huge thanks to our Taskforce members, who make it all possible. Some really inspiring goals set this evening too - I think we’re in for another great year! ❤️
Thu 27th Feb at 9:13am
Great evening. Well done Jess for arranging, thank you Amy for creating an amazing group over the last 5 years 👏
Thu 27th Feb at 9:55am
Amazing! Happy 5th birthday 🙌🥳
Thu 27th Feb at 10:33am
Happy birthday and congrats on everything you've achieved in that time!
Wed 26th Feb at 7:00pm
Allow Alexander Devine to sell more chicks and raise money for the hospice
Read moreThu 20th Mar at 10:00am
Join local residents to help maintain this beautiful and spiritual place
Read moreFri 21st Feb at 5:00pm
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Jess Smith
8 Goodgymmers met at the community centre to cut out flight related items! We were just winging it really!
We had a lovely chatty time, cutting and stenciling everything from planes to dragons and fairies to spots for ladybirds!
It was all in aid of Maidenhead's Big Read and was for the children's activities.
Sat 22nd Feb at 12:13pm
Excellent! So sorry I couldn’t join you all in the end. Love the report title 👏
Fri 21st Feb at 5:00pm
Wednesday 5th February
Tessa said they'd do it and they weren't lying. They've hit their target for the January Challenge 2025
It was never in doubt. Tessa committed to the January Challenge 2025, and they only went and did it.
Fri 31st Jan at 8:00pm
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Jess Smith
We can have some Celebrations for everyone who collected tubs throughout January. Between us we have managed to donate over 20 tubs! What a bunch of Heros!
Jen dropped 7 off in Burnham at the Old 5 Bells and Jess dropped the rest off to The Thatched Cottage in Maidenhead. Mel also dropped her tubs off in Leicester!!
The pubs will then pass these tubs onto the recycling company who will then make a donation to Macmillan. What a Quality Street cause!
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