We donated our colourful bobble hats for Warm Welcome Week. They will form part of a community display at the Community Kettle before being passed on to people who need them this Winter.

Welcome to 2026, GoodGymers!! We had an impressive 10 GGers for our first Group Run of the year, with Abby debuting as our Walking Group Leader.

As with our previous visits to the Community Kettle, Nicole had prepared a list of tasks for us to work through. Crossing them out as they were completed was incredibly satisfying.

Katie, Katie and Sammy made light work of unloading, moving and reorganising a book shelf. Katie's attempted additional good deed of watering some plants did go slightly awry when she realised there was a hole in the bottom of the pot!

Louisa had the tricky job of supervising Dave and Andy with moving a fridge. Lou was able to convince them to find a tape measure to ensure the fridge would fit in it's new home, and with some wriggling and jiggling, it was successfully relocated.

After sorting out the toy cupboard with Sinéad, Abby discovered a new talent - being able to separate the double-sided tape where others had tried, failed and sworn a lot before. Lou provided excellent ballast for me, as our resident climber, to mount some felt boards on a slightly sad looking wall.

Ness proved to be a one-woman power-house, single handedly lifting a desk that was bigger than her! And it was shifted so quickly and efficiently I didn't get a chance to snap a photo. Incredibly impressive work!

We got to enjoy a Community Kettle special Hot Blackcurrant whilst we worked, and were rewarded with some sweeties and biscuits before running back to the Lido. Andy's life may have flashed before his eyes after nearly being mowed down by Lucy, logging some kms on her bike ride home from work.

Five GoodGymers made their way to Community Kettle this evening to help with some last minute tasks before their Grand Opening next week.

Our host, Nicole, was fabulous as always - hot tea, coffee and Vimto was freshly prepared on our arrival, and our tasks beautifully noted down.

We started by undertaking the "Big Lifting" job - moving two units, a computer and two printers. Nicole's wonderful click and connect wheels were a superb help and narrowly avoided being used as a skateboard.

We then got on with some painting jobs - up high, down low and everything in-between. Our dedication to finishing a task knows no bounds, so although one bit of paneling had a bit of a slap dash coat of paint, we left for the evening with all our jobs ticked off!

First off, congratulations to Dave for leading our running group today - you have officially passed your Fitness Leader training!

Whilst Dave was in charge, I enjoyed a jeffing session on my way to the task. Jeffing, essentially a combination of running and walking intervals, can be a great way to build your stamina after illness or injury, or if you are brand new to running. You can read more about it here.

On arrival, Nicole had a list of jobs for us to work through. Katie and Abby went big and painted walls, whilst Sammy focused on the tiny details, painting little flower pots and putting some plants in.

Dave became temporarily lost whilst sorting out the basement, at one point thinking he'd been locked in the bank vault under the building!

We are treated to a delicious Hot Vimto by Nicole and the team, and also took home a stash of tea bags as part of a National Tea Week celebration!

We were out in force this evening at Cosham Community Kettle, and Nicole had plenty of jobs to keep us busy!

Sinead, Abby and Yvonne took charge of cleaning the kitchen, whilst Sammy, Duncan and Katie braved the cold and bagged up some rubbish that had been stashed outside.

Judy and Louis did a sterling job scrubbing up a cake cabinet whilst Dave scooted round beneath them painting the bottom. I don't know if I've ever seen anyone more excited than Judy when she realised she the top of the cabinet lifted off so she could actually get rid of all the smudges!

Lucy, Aoife and Jo tackled the most random task of the evening, painting a giant wooden race track for a Kettle Racing Event Nicole and her team are hosting. Check out the Community Kettle social media if you fancy a unique night out at the end of the month! We also got to see lots of people's concentration "faces" - some of which are a little different 🙈

Once everything was cleaned and had a fresh coat of paint, the cake cabinet was shuffled across the building to take pride of place in the cafe.

As always, Nicole was the hostess with the most-ess and as well as teas and coffees we were also able to partake in some very retro Hot Vimto!

It wasn't a jigsaw puzzle task exactly tonight but it also kind of was!

We were tasked to put together donated shelving and a donated reception desk.

We split into 2 teams and got cracking.... Solving the mystery of how to put the shelves and desk together as we went along.

The shelving team were at a slight advantage with the all the pieces being present, the reception desk was a bit more of an enigma..... It's standing but possibly not safe!!

Great work by everyone tonight and only a couple of pinched fingers sustained too ... ✌️