On another freezing cold January morning, two GoodGym-ers arrived at St. Cuthbert's church bright and early to help out the volunteers there, a mission that has taken place every Tuesday morning for the last few weeks.

St Cuthbert's works with Glass Door, a wonderful charity which partners with 34 churches to provide a warm welcome, food, shelter and stability for up to 170 men and women each night during the winter season.

The church needed a hand returning the main hall back to its original layout. Despite the early hour we enthusiastically got on with unfolding the ten heavy tables, arranging the 100 or so chairs around them, and setting out the soft seating area.

Within 15 minutes the room was fully transformed and it looked great! The volunteers were very pleased with our help as it would have taken them a long time on their own.

On a freezing cold January morning some hardy Good-Gymmers arrived at St. Cuthbert's church bright and early to help out the volunteers there.

St Cuthbert's works with Glass Door, a wonderful charity which partners with 34 churches to provide a warm welcome, food, shelter and stability for up to 170 men and women each night during the winter season.

The church needed a hand returning the main hall back to its original layout. Despite the early hour we enthusiastically got on with unfolding the ten heavy tables, arranging the chairs around them, and setting out the soft seating area.

Within 10 minutes the room was fully transformed and looked great. Perhaps this could be a contender for the quickest mission ever! However the volunteers were very pleased with our help as it would have taken them a long time on their own.

What better way to start the day than with a good deed?

2 runners decided to give up their sleep and wake up early this dark Tuesday morning to go and help Glass Door by shifting around 8 heavy tables at St Cuthbert's emergency winter shelter. The hall is used as an emergency shelter every Monday evening (there are 7 St Cuthbert’s churches which provide shelter at different nights of the week) In order to create more space, the portable tables and chairs are put aside before welcoming people in need of sheltering and these tables and chairs need to be put back into place by 7am in the morning.

By the time I (Arba) arrived at the shelter 6.25 AM Jenny was already helping with setting up the tables with the assistance of the manager on site. Being as speedy as Flash, by 6.35 AM, we managed to get everything back to place and were ready to head our directions (Jen going to work and Arba heading back to her bed for some more recharge).

Winter Warriors Alice & Rebecca set out before sunrise to help Glass Door Homeless Charity switch their emergency winter shelter from night to day.

Glass Door is a great charity that partners with 34 churches to provide warmth and shelter for those effected by homelessness across the coldest month of the year.

At St Cuthbert's Centre, Overnight Project Workers Paul and Linda had been catering for guests all night, and were finishing serving up breakfast when the GoodGymmers arrived. To change over to the day layout, heavy tables need to be moved around, so Alice & Rebecca brought their strong arms.

With their help, a difficult task was transformed into an easy one that took only ten minutes to complete. Allowing the Centre plenty of time to be ready for their 7am session and our GoodGymmers to get some breakfast!

The shelter is open till April and will appreciate further help!

What a better way to end the year than with a good deed?!

Four of us thought so (including Harriet who came along for her first ever GoodGym good deed), and arrived at St Cuthbert’s Church, before the sun had even risen for a final community mission of the year.

The church is part of the Glass Door Project, which opens up it doors to provide shelter for the homeless during the cold winter nights. Our job was to help move the tables back, however, despite arriving at 6:30, the volunteers there had already completed most of the task!

Alas, GoodGym always perseveres, so we helped out with the final table moves and found other jobs to do - wiping surfaces, moving boxes of kitchen kit back into the van, and, what GoodGym task wouldn’t be complete without a bin bag, as we took out the rubbish!

The job was completed in the flashiest of flashes, and we discussed our New Years Steve (and Chi and Harriet and Lucy) plans before leaving to enjoy our final day of 2019 (or, go back to bed, in some cases). Happy New Year!

Two #GGWinterWarriors cycled from Brixton and Ealing to help with the clear up shift at St Cuthbert's emergency winter night shelter which is running this winter as part of Glass Door Homeless Charity.

They needed some extra muscle to shift some heavy tables and restore the centre to it's original layout. But there was a catch, it was at 6:30am!

Not to worry, Nicky and Liv were happy to set their alarms early and it was exactly the motivation they needed to get in some cycling miles before their last day of work before the festive break.