Refugee Council Allotment

Support with clearing an overgrown allotment
We will be starting an allotment for our client resettled refugees in Lewisham but are looking for support to clear the space so that we can get started. We can also discuss more long-term voluntary support if that is of interest!

12 GoodGymers have supported Refugee Council Allotment with 2 tasks.


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LewishamGroup run
KimSarah Hornsey
Darryl ChamberlainAbi

Hoeing is where the heart is

Monday 9th December 2024

Written by Kim

A small but mighty group headed to the Refugee Council Allotment to tackle the overgrown allotment plot.

It was a big task and with a small group we set ourselves 30min to see how much progress we could make, and progress we did make! The plot was looking a lot less overgrown than it did when we arrived.

We might not have had hoes to get rid of the weeds but we did have rakes which did a good enough job.

It was Abi's last run before the move to Bristol and we'll be sad to see you go. You smiled through every task you've ever done and I hope GG Bristol have those 3/4 sized tools, if not then we'll always have them for you as Lewisham can always be your home GG!

Next week is everyones favourite task, putting the Christmas decs up at Seniors. Just a reminder that there will be no run back to Glass Mill as we're going for a post-group run drink at Blythe Hill Tavern!

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LewishamGroup run
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Iitmari
Julian OsmanLindsay RamseyDiana Asmontaite

Alot(ment) achieved in a short time

Monday 21st October 2024

Written by Kim

It's not often the GoodGym stars align as well as they did last night to give us a brand new task, brand new tools and a distance where we felt like we'd got a run in but also left plenty of time for doing good!

Welcome Diana to your first GoodGym session, hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for getting stuck in!

Onto the task for the evening, we needed to clear the overgrown allotment space so that the Refugee Council can begin their project. We set to work cutting back the tall grass, raking the cuttings and borrowing Eric's wheelbarrow.

Steve was doing an excellent job collecting rubbish, broken bits of wood, bricks from anyone who called his name. And then managed to drag up not 1 but 2 buried tarps!!

The plot looks completely different to when we first arrived. Before we left we hid the tool box and returned Eric's wheelbarrow (thanks again) and made our way back up to the gate.

Excellent effort last night everyone, it was a tough task and hopefully there's not too many aches this morning. Oli is in charge next 2 weeks!

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