After a successful and well-attended Town Show, help was needed from Goodgym to help all the stallholders pack up, leave the building and load up their cars. One disabled participant in particular needed help transporting all her stuff to her car, so well done to everyone for helping her out. Rosie earned her L-plates on the trolley cart, and we got SO many thanks from the stallholders for going the extra mile to help them get packed up in super quick time. Well done also to Stephan for manning the tombola stall for a couple of shifts. A brilliant effort from everyone, helping make the Show such a success

Rachel, Georgeta, Neeta and Sheila got up very early on a Sunday morning to help out at the Town Show. Stallholders arriving at the entrance to the Nicholsons Centre had to be found a place to park temporarily while they unloaded their stuff, directed to their pitch and sent off to park their cars, all as quickly as possible before the next cohort arrived. Everyone worked tirelessly, particularly helping the solo stallholders, and some of them had ALOT of stuff! Great work, everyone

Having helped with setting up for Maidenhead Town Show in the morning, the time had to come to take it all down again. The Goodgym team did any amazing job of helping stallholders to transport their goods across the Nicholsons Centre, look after it while their fetched their vehicles, and then help them load up. We transported all sorts of weird and wonderful things, including Geraldine the Giraffe. It all went very smoothly, and before long the Nicholsons Centre was transformed back to its usual self. Anne from the Craft Coop extends her thanks to everyone who helped out. Also well done to Amy, Georgeta and Sheila who were all award-winners in the Arts and Craft show. Go Goodgym!

It was an early morning start for Diya, Jess, Georgeta, Matthew, Scarlett and Sheila, who turned out to help with the set-up of Maidenhead Town Show. Our task was to help stall-holders who were planned to arrive in certain time-slots, unload their cars/vans in the shortest time possible, move their stuff into the Nicholsons Centre and send them off to park their vehicles, leaving a slot free for the next person. What could possibly go wrong? Actually, it all went pretty smoothly, and we were joined a bit later by extra pairs of hands from Riverside Rotary. Most of the stall-holders were delighted to have help unloading and transporting their stuff, they don't usually get that sort of service! With only a couple of late arrivals, most of the stalls were up and running by the appointed time with minimal disruption to the other traffic trying to use the same narrow roadway. Great job, team!

The Craft Coop has a project to provide realistic-looking fruit, vegetable and other foodstuffs for a permanent window display for the Foodshare shop. Five Goodgymmers rose to the challenge to help out with the project, and started knitting and crocheting with gusto. Very soon, lots of fruit and veg started appearing, with Jess learning to crochet in the process. We now have lots of fruit and vegetables, eggs and even some pasta for the display Well done to everyone who took part, showing some excellent crafting skills. Do pop into the Craft Coop to see some of the other contributions, they should all make an amazing display

'Our Maidenhead' is a collaborative project aimed to tie in with National History month, celebrating Maidenhead past and present. The wall-hanging will consist of 49 panels, each depicting a different aspect of life in Maidenhead. One aim was to involve as many people from the community as possible, so Sheila put the call-out to see if any GoodGymmers fancied exercising their creative side and contribute to the mural. As usual, W & M Goodgym did not disappoint! Everyone took on a different topic, inspired by a favourite place, activity or which otherwise had a particular meaning for them. I was blown away by the different approaches and creativity of everyone in the group, using fabric, felt, wool, netting, beads, sequins, buttons, embroidery and quilting to depict their chosen topics. Well done to Amanda, Celine, Georgeta, Hannah, Jess, Nicola, Sheila, Sophie and Tessa for depicting such diverse topics as Braywick Nature Reserve, The Brickworks, Parkrun, Cliveden, Boulters Lock, White Waltham Airfield, Maidenhead Advertiser, Goodgym, St Lukes Xmas Tree Festival, Maidenhead Bridge and Maidenhead Library. Amazing! After the squares have been assembled together with the other contributions, the mural is planned to be displayed in various locations in and around Maidenhead