GoodGym Nottingham

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Bozena KendalKat

Wild about Sneinton

Saturday 12th April

Written by Rachel Levick

Well done to Bozena and Kat who attended the Grownotts Wild about Sneinton day of action.

Read more about this amazing event and all that was achieved here

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Nigel RowdenRosemarie VentirosoVytautas VenckunasMatthew SimmsAdrian PrestidgeDayna Bethell

GoodGym Nottingham raises the bar

Wednesday 23rd April

Written by Rachel Levick

Last night’s task was right on point as a fabulous 10 of us headed to the Sherwood Community Centre. We were met on arrival by Louise who talked us through our jobs for the evening.

The main task was to move several metal storage cabinets from one cupboard space to another – sounds simple, right? But before the cabinets could be moved, they needed emptying of all sorts of contents, most of which was not boxed, bagged or in any particular order. We also needed to move some ballet bars from the destination cupboard which were to be re-homed in the original cupboard next door. Once the storage cabinets were safely in their new cupboard home (which Dayna had diligently measured up to check which order the cabinets would need to be placed), we then had to restock them with their contents, ensuring that the same items went back in the cabinet in which they started.

Alongside this, we were also tasked with removing some items from the original cupboard (but that weren’t in a metal storage cabinet) and transporting them to a shed outside in the garden. Finally, a few of us also helped with moving some items of rubbish and broken furniture to a garden area at the rear of the carpark. Are you still following?

It was a complex task worthy of any escape room or Taskmaster challenge, and with 10 of us it did get a little chaotic at times. Thankfully Louise was on hand to direct us and despite a few confused moments we managed to successfully complete our mission (hopefully with every item back in its rightful place….).

We thoroughly enjoyed our first visit to the Sherwood Community Centre. Not only did 10 of us attend which may be one of our records, we got to channel our inner Chuckle Brothers, Darcey Bussell and Dale Winton as we moved furniture, ballet bars and a shopping trolley!

As you can see, by the end we were jeté-ing with joy (well, some of us were…).

A warm welcome to Dayna who completed her first GoodGym task. Also a big congrats to Peter who has completed his 40th task - the countdown is on to the black t-shirt!!

We will be returning to the Sherwood Community Centre next week for more fun – why not join us? Sign up here.

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Peter EdwardsTom OliverRosemarie VentirosoVytautas Venckunas

Can’t see the brook for the trees!

Wednesday 16th April

Written by Peter Edwards

It was a welcome return to the Windmill Community Gardens for four GoodGymers. Tasked with trying to clear the (almost) dried up brook of lots of overgrown brambles and ivy we all got well and truly stuck in. It’s always surprising how much we can get done in just one hour but we were about assisted by Lu and Linda (who shared her amazing knowledge of spiders) from the gardens.

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Tom OliverLizBozena KendalVicky SmithMatthew SimmsAdrian Prestidge

The Meadows Foodbank, but not as we know it

Wednesday 9th April

Written by Rachel Levick

Nine GoodGymers returned to the Meadows Foodbank last night for our latest task. We've spent many evenings helping inside the foodbank, sorting donations, cleaning, stacking food and moving snooker tables, but on this occasion we had the pleasure of helping in the garden out the back of the Bridgeway Hall Methodist centre where the foodbank is housed.

We were met by Dave on arrival who gave us our instructions and some refreshments, then we set to work out in the last of the day's sunshine. The winter months had resulted in the garden becoming pretty overgrown with weeds, so our main job was to pull these up to clear the pathway and raised beds. We also chopped back some of the thorny bushes and collected some compost from the far side of the garden to be put into the weed-free beds. The beds will soon be planted with seeds and potatoes. There are also plans for the centre to install some secure bike parking in the back yard, so we may have a future task assisting with clearing this space.

We welcomed Adrian to his first GoodGym session, and Liz who has moved to Nottingham from Bristol where she used to do GoodGym. We're also delighted to see some of our previous GoodGym Nottingham folk return after a bit of a break, and of course we're always pleased to see the regular faces too!!

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Rachel LevickPeter EdwardsTom Oliver
Nigel RowdenHannah Reddin

A “Treemendous” Effort

Wednesday 2nd April

Written by Peter Edwards

You can tell that the clocks have changed when the head torches stay in the bag and six Goodgymers from Nottingham can venture outside without hats, coats and gloves!

Rachel, Peter, Tom, Leah, Nigel and Hannah made the trip to St Stephen's churchyard to help with a spring clean and "log" another good deed!

Winter had taken its toll and our job was to gather up the fallen branches and pile them up in one corner so Johannes, the caretaker, could have a clear run with the mower.

In true Goodgym style we got stuck in and carried, dragged and cut down to size a great number of branches and left behind a very happy caretaker. A "treemendous" effort indeed!

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Debbie Glover

Hyson Green litter picking

Saturday 22nd March

Written by Debbie Glover

Well done to Debbie who went along go the latest Hyson Green litter pick. She reported: "It was lovely to team up with the community clean champions again and help clean some of the area".

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