This was an extra (January challenge booster) group session. The aim was to deep clean the kitchen at the Martin Way Methodist Church, home to the Open Table and soon to become a night shelter. Gloves at the ready, six of us faithfuls set about cleaning behind the fridge, wiping down surfaces, sorting drawers and cupboards, hoovering, mopping and anything else that could be completed within the hour. The sparkling results spoke for themselves! As the clock struck the hour we departed into the night, excited to catch the next episode of The Traitors...

We returned to Merton's Community Fridge to finish what we started: this time sorting through supplies and getting every box clearly labelled; benefitting from fresh batteries in the label maker! A couple of the team also helped with the clean up. It’s amazing what a difference a few labels and some elbow grease can make.

A duo of GoodGymers headed to the Wimbledon Quarter to support The Wheel with their first clothes swap event. We hit the ground running (and lifting), helping to move tables, unload bags of stock, and transform the space into an organized hub for pre-loved donations.

Another last minute request for help was fulfilled by 2 of the team tonight. We helped get the Little ARK makerspace ship-shape for its upcoming launch. As we cleared clutter, sorted supplies, and carefully set up the sewing machines it was an opportunity to chat about arts and crafts. By the time we finished, the rooms were transformed and ready to welcome guests later this week!

We had a fantastic turnout to help clean and organise the storage area at Merton's Community Fridge for tonight's group session. After a briefing, we emptied the entire room and then split up into 3 teams; 2 groups on labelling and sorting all the food and other items and then the other team tackled the deep cleaning. Everyone got stuck in and a lot was achieved - well done team!

A big welcome to Jo and congratulations on your first GoodGym task, we hope to see you again soon.

A group of us set out to pick up litter in our local areas. It was pleasing to see that there was less litter to pick up than this time last year but still a fair wack!