We responded to the call from Santa's elves for toys for the children of Portsmouth and dropped off a good selection to the North End Food Pantry!

Mixers, cookbooks, cutlery and all manner of kitchen-y bits were hauled out of cupboards and drawers!

A superb collection of items were donated by GG-ers for the pantry to supply those in need.

Well done gang, the team were super happy and they have many crates of stuff ready!

Portsmouth GoodGymers gathered up unwanted Christmas smellies & added extra toiletries to their supermarket shop, and then took their donations to the North End Pantry.

The Pantry volunteers were grateful that they could add bathroom essentials to the food bank donations.

Holly went along to the North End Pantry to help with their week long birthday celebrations serving tea coffee and cake to both users and volunteers. The Pantry provides an essential service for local people allowing them to access cupboard provisions at a subsidised price. This also helps to reduce food waste

Holly and Duncan went along to the North End Pantry to help with their week long birthday celebrations serving tea coffee and cake to both users and volunteers. The Pantry provides an essential service for local people allowing them to access cupboard provisions at a subsidised price. This also helps to reduce food waste.

Tonight's task was a relatively simple tidy and weed affair but did require some logical thinking. Luckily we had Kat's engineering brain / stone walling knowledge on hand.

Vicki gets an extra gold star for turning up with cold water straight from the fridge and some cups. What a hero!

We had to work around donated bikes (for incoming Ukrainian families), floor matting, chairs, a slide and lovely smells of spices from the pantry.

Vicki started off down the side alleyway and everyone else eventually ended up down there too except for Maura who was determined to try and get the weed roots up using a pair of scissors!

A good amount of team work meant that the courtyard and side alleyway are free from weeds and rubbish (for the moment!) & everything being stored outside is a bit more organised.

Good work GoodGym!