14 GoodGymers ran 4km to help Mildmay Police do a knife and drug search!

Welcome along to newbies Molly, Rachel, Sabrina and Lucy - great to have you along.

In the news this week:

1. Well done to all those that raced, cheered and pubed at London 10,000 yesterday morning - including Sally and James who raced it and came to the group run!
2. Big well done to Steve 'Speed' Coman who ran Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday in 3.49 and came 1st in his age category - wowie!
3. The GG Monthly Social will be on Thursday 6th June - more details coming soon.

We collected together to hear about all the news above and about the impending task, it was a new one and I was sure "all would be fine" (which it was). This week for the first time ever we partnered with Mildmay Police to search for knives and drug paraphernalia in St Paul's Shrubbery.

Our run there was the shortest route via Essex Road, upon our arrival we met PC Cameron who explained our task - splitting into groups of 3's & 4's we looked in the park borders and undergrowth for various illegal substances (and litter).

Total - 18 weed baggies, 12 canisters, 0 knives and lots of litter!

Some teams did better than others finding weed baggies and cannisters, some of which had union jacks - how patriotic! We of course we bagged up any litter we found during the search, thoroughly cleaning up the park.

To finish up we did a spot of weeding (the non-drug type), took a group picture and headed back to the Arc Centre via the canal - nice!

Sign up for next week here when we'll be helping the Single Homeless Project and are back meeting at the Arsenal.

PB out

Three Goodgymers ran 4km to distribute leaflets for the Met Police!

At the end of a lovely bank holiday weekend we met at the Arc Centre to get a bit fitter and do some good for our local community.

This week we were leafleting for the Met Police, specifically the local Mildmay Police. PC Cameron contacted me to ask whether we could help in delivering some leaflets to help prevent bulgaries and specifically something called artfice bulgary. This is where someone pretends to be from the council, the police, a gas company or other services. They then break into the persons home and steal things. Obviously this is terrible and should be prevented as much as possible.

Keeping people safe

This is where we came in. The three of us headed north from the Arc Centre, avoiding Essex Road as much as possible and then we got to Mildmay. Here we focused our deliveries on Mildmay Grove South and Mildmay Grove North, areas that have been deemed a priority by the police.

After 30 minutes we were finished and headed in three different directions to go home or back to base.

Next week we are back at the Arsenal Hub and have a new task!

PB out