I sang with a small Outreach group from my choir at Spiers House, a local nursing residential home. Our 'set' was nearly an hour including two entertaining readings! Several residents joined in and the staff seemed very appreciative too.

On Sunday Kingston GoodGymers Rachel, Emily and Marie-Noëlle picked up something extra during their groceries shopping and dropped it off at their local Foodbank collection points to help those who are facing poverty, hunger and financial hardship.

And in Leicester, Ashley bought items at a local store and added to the food bank trolley 🛒

Collaboration between DLAG & GoodGym for GrowBaby couldn’t have gone better! Petra collected donatiomd from DLaG stall after their afternoon shift and met Dave at GrowBaby to move them from the car, LJ sort them into categories and take the boxes downstairs where they will be moved into their final home later. All in all, 234 items worth £450 were donated by generous people of Surbiton via DLaG and transported and sorted by GoogGym!

We were lucky with the weather today as the temperature improved and the rain stopped ahead of the start of the group run and task at Jubilee Square. In arrival we met with Danni and we're briefed on 3 new jobs as the mulch hadn't arrived.

Luke and Petra started on the bunting and signage, Megan and Ben got busy with the trellis construction, and Jade and Marcos took to the litter picking and general tidy up of the beds like pros.

The remainder of the team arrived to help and we were soon done, proving that many hands make light work.

With time for a quick workout session including a few star jumps and we were packed up and on our way before the cold could get us.

Some of the team will be back to help with the mulch when it arrives. Thanks to Danni for having us

On a crisp autumn morning, Jane, Helen, Petra, Jana, and Jana’s dad took on the daunting task of clearing the day centre terrace of its leafy blanket. The mission was made especially tricky as we discovered there wasn’t a broom or rake in sight. Armed only with bare hands, we dove in with determination and a good dose of humour.

Before long, our efforts were rewarded, and we cheered as two wheelie bins and three bin bags overflowed with evidence of our hard work. A well-earned tea break followed, where Petra and Jana’s dad kept us entertained with nostalgic stories of growing up in the Czech Republic. The camaraderie made the chilly task feel warm and lively.

However, just as we toasted our progress, a playful gust of wind arrived, scattering a fresh wave of leaves onto the terrace. Undeterred, the team switched gears and began tackling weeds lurking between the paving stones.

One final sweep (by hand, of course!), and we declared victory over the terrace. Huge thanks to the team for their energy, laughter, and hard work. Great job, everyone—until the next round of leaves falls!

Tonight's task was split in two - One team at the Canbury Gardens Community Garden and the other at Kingston GoodGym's plot just a couple of hundred metres away.

Claire, Julie, Marcos and Tom headed to our GoodGym flower bed where we found a big mound of woodchip waiting for us. After clearing away a few pesky weeds that had come up since our last visit, we spread bucketfuls of woodchip around the plants to keep them warm and cosy over winter. We even had some time left over to clear up the surrounding weeds. We left the bed looking lovely and tidy with lots the flowering plants still looking very colourful.

Meanwhile, Luke, Jane, Rachel, Helen & Dave cracked on helping the ever-lovely Marilyn with the Canbury Community Garden. The compost needed turning and a huge pile of vines and plant waste had to be chopped before making it viable for the compost heap. As always, many hands made light work with this task and we were on to the next - pruning some of the larger weeds around the area. It was during this task that we randomly found a massive bag of seafood mix - scallops, fish, octopus, shrimps... One packet, 'sole'ly on it's own - we were all shell-shocked! I'm clamming up about how good these puns are.

A HUGE congrats to Tom on achieving 100 good deeds. You ran with the cape and crown like a champ! King for the day :)