Volunteered at Hackney Night Shelter

Volunteering at Hackney Night Shelter

15 runners came down to London Fields today and it was a smashing day for beating records and setting personal bests.

Nicolas and Sarah once again set up the course, ensuring that no youngster would get lost en route, whilst Nick and Sooz prepared the start and finishing straight.

Sooz gave the runners briefing and welcomed today's newcomers, and handed over the warm up to our young Duke of Edinburgh volunteers.

It was a fast course today, with the action wrapped up in 20 minutes and a speedy task putting everything away.

Once again a big thanks to GoodGym - the event couldn't run without you!

Volunteered at Hackney Night Shelter

On a sunny Sunday morning, Elena and first-time GoodGymmer Jamie cycled to Hoxton Trust to help Eslam sift soil to go in the compost bin.

It was great to hear more about Eslam’s community project, plus the sifting and lovely conversation were accompanied by lively music coming from the Zumba class nearby in the garden!

Ms I was a little confused when we arrived at her front door this afternoon - but after a quick explanation as to why we were there, and a quick read out loud of the mission instructions, it all became a bit clearer. We needed to move her sofa bed (currently also her bed) from one side of the room to the other to create enough space for a hospital bed - Ms I asked if we could keep the sofa as a bed (rather than fold it back to its sofa form) so that she could continue to sleep on it.

After a bit of a tidy up of the paperwork that had been under the sofa, and a move of a second chair into a corner, our task was complete. Ms I was very grateful for our assistance, and now understood a bit better why we'd appeared at her front door, and hopefully this will now allow the referrer to get the new bed delivered and make life a bit more comfortable for her.