Two cages of donations sorted by us Good Gym Peeps. Good work!

A mixed bag as always - today featured many substandard shoes and mondo mankey socks!

Halloween making a decent appearance once more as you can see in our pics. (Some people really make an effort 🎃👻.)

Still loads of winter cuddlies in the mix too. Sad not much designer stuff today - so less cash for the charity. Fingers crossed for more EBay friendly things next time.

Ann, Caroline & Simon.

Just two of us at Parkview Care Home task this evening but we had a lovely time chatting with some of the residents, and staff members Annette and Andy.

• Favourite foods - Devon pasties, steamed puddings, spaghetti🍝 , steak, and definitely not charred bbq offerings.
• Custard or ice cream?
• Hobbies - knitting soft toys and jumpers, tap dancing.
• Childhood and family pets - cats 🐈, dogs 🐕, a goldfish 🐟 and even a parrot 🦜.
• Favourite holiday destinations - Cornwall a firm favourite.
• Sports played at school -netball 🏀 and rounders ⚾️.
• Footie teams - Manchester United, Chelsea.

And we met the care home cat, Ginger, who seems to have a very comfortable life!

Next month we'll be washing the minibus and planting flowers, so come along and join us.

... or rather roll it down the board and win a prize if it lands between the lines 🪙🪙.

Roll A Coin was one of several retro-style fairground games at Discover Welling's stall at the Welling Community Day.

We were there for just an hour to give other volunteers a break for lunch.

With some good old-fashioned 'Come and give it a go!' encouragement as people walked by, we drew in the families and the adults alike. It was heartwarming to see everyone loving the traditional entertainment.

With the proceeds going towards things like planting for flowerbeds along the high street and lamp post poppies for Remembrance Day, every penny would help keep Welling a nicer place to live.

The time flew by and afterwards the I took the opportunity to explore the rest of the stalls and do a spot of promotion for GG Bexley. This included a my first ever go at tomahawk throwing with a local Scout group. Perhaps the less said about my attempts the better 🪓🪓🪓!

Let's just hope my marketing is more successful at hitting the mark 🎯 . It's always nice when new organisations ask for our help.

Peter is a regular at Avery Hill parkrun, this week timekeeping for the hundreds of runners and walkers at the end of the three-lap 5k course.

For Chukwu it was a double first - first time parkrun volunteering and first GoodGym task 👏. And Chuks did a great job as marshal at the start of each lap, cheering on all the parkrunners and parkwalkers with the biggest smile.

Well done both!

Today’s mission: bring life, colour, and order to the garden at the Community Hospice—with a dash of GoodGym sparkle.

When we arrived, Jason—the Hospice’s amazing gardener—welcomed us with a modest goal: “If we can get five privet plants in, I’ll be chuffed.” Well Jason, prepare to be thoroughly chuffed… because we planted TWELVE!

But that’s not all. While some of us were digging, planting, and lovingly patting down privet plants, the rest of the crew grabbed their brushes and got stuck into painting.

Talk about multitasking heroes!

Paint flew, shrubs settled in, and the space was transformed.

The difference between the ‘before’ and ‘after’ was genuinely heartwarming. A massive well done, Team GG —you absolutely nailed it.

A few weeks ago i made a meet up date to litter pick the woods in barnhurst we made 6 bags of litter