On a damp Monday evening, four GoodGymers headed out from Stepney Bank Stables to deliver leaflets for Shieldfield Art Works. The piles of leaflets had significantly shrunk since last week, but there were still quite a few left. After covering all of Shieldfield last week, the terraced streets of Sandyford and Heaton made an appealing target to get lots of leaflets delivered quickly. It was certainly a successful evening, with the added bonus that the rain largely stayed away.

Welcome to Chris on your first good deed and we hope to see you back again soon. Seasoned leaflet deliverers Aimee, Scott and Richard were delighted to see a new face.

Normally that would be the end of the report, but near the Tyne Bridge I stumbled upon a young lady laying face down on the pavement and pouring with blood from several facial wounds. She very likely had a broken nose as well, being tended to by her friend and a passer by on a bike when I got there. The GoodGym first aid kit got a rare use; fortunately I had bandages to stem the bleeding, antiseptic wipes to clean the wounds and a foil blanket to keep the young lady warm. Her companion was insistent that she didn't need an ambulance as she'd be furious, but she was very incoherent due to her head injuries. So after making sure the young lady was breathing and no longer bleeding, I called 999 and explained the situation. Hopefully there was a positive outcome for her.

A lovely day was spent today on the fields of Paddy Freeman's park. Wild Intrigue have partnered with Newcastle Parks to create some wildflower meadows.

There is already one blooming by City Stadium, with a lot more prepped earlier in October.

The benefits of these wild meadows is really for the local wildlife. They help out the butterflies, the bees, the moths, the bats, and even the deer. And today we dug deep to help nature; now that’s what you call groundbreaking work.

The turf had already been worked over with some heavy duty machine, but it all needed chopping into segments, and rolled, so that the exposed dirt is ready to be seeded. The rolled bits of turf are used are to make mounds that all the smaller critters love so much. There were already so many worms enjoying the pastures but soon many others will be join them, as they discover the different temperatures that these green havens provide.

Biodiversity is about to blossom, as early as next summer, so one could say those wildflowers will soon be petal to the meadow. Keep your eyes peeled for all the groundwork the next time you run the Jesmond Dene Parkrun.

Avid readers of GoodGym Newcastle reports will know that we've been on a huge mission this week to deliver leaflets for Shieldfield Art Works (SAW) promoting their music event. People of Shieldfield have worked together to create songs and music reflecting their lives and neighbourhood and the first performance is on Friday! After a group run on Monday and solo excursions during the week, today was a Community Mission. Four of us covered quite a few streets and delivered another few hundred leaflets. The fifth and final session is another group run on Monday - check out the listing and sign up to join a final push to get all the leaflets out!

For the third part of our five part trilogy of delivering leaflets for Shieldfield Art Works, one GoodGymer zigzagged around Shieldfield and Sandyford continuing the job.

Come and join us on Saturday afternoon and Monday evening as we attempt to deliver the rest of the leaflets.

Three GoodGymers headed out from Stepney Bank Stables armed with lots of leaflets from Shieldfield Art Works. There were a pair of leaflets, both of them to be placed in each letterbox.

Shieldfield is not the simplest area of Newcastle in which to deliver leaflets. There are inaccessible blocks of flats, some unusual and inconsistent street layouts and some houses with very long garden paths. Despite the challenges, we made good progress as the evening went on, making a big dent in the two piles of leaflets.

There are a lot more leaflets that still need delivering, so please look out for some community missions the rest of this week. We'll be back next Monday to finish the job.

After last night’s group run when we realised we had about 5,000 leaflets to deliver (not kidding!) I thought I would get out and deliver a few more today! Shieldfield Art Works has helped the Shieldfield community in Newcastle create a collection of songs and music videos to capture the sights, sounds and stories of Shieldfield. Now it’s time to share! Look out for more missions this week - still about 3,000 leaflets to go!