Karen and Helen worked their way through five crates of very cute toddler shoes to ensure they were all good enough quality to be given out. Meanwhile, Carys and Sheila K worked through the crates of larger shoes making sure they were not too worn or scuffed and in pairs. Sheila A was doing a final check on piles of sorted clothes and making sure that the boxes for referrals were topped up. Another busy morning at the Baby Bank!

Today at the Baby Bank we were all on clothes-checking duty and/or preparing referrals. Rebecca gave us all a reminder talk on the need to remain vigilant to ensure that no poor quality garments get through the checking process. Unfortunately many of the donations are dirty, too worn or zips don't work, and the Baby Bank prides itself on only giving out good quality clothes. I think we were all extra-picky for the rest of the session

As ever, the Baby Bank had a busy morning. Mark was in the Toy Room putting together toy packs for different age groups. I didn't catch up with Sarah, but I presume she was clothes -sorting. Meanwhile Carys and Sheila were downstairs answering the door, and getting to grips with which items we can and cannot accept, and checking that incoming cots and buggys had all the bits and pieces and were fit for purpose. I think we were all a bit frazzled by the end of the morning!

In true Goodgym style, Carys ran, Carol and Sarah walked, Sheila cycled, and Helen came straight from a Pilates class to volunteer at the Baby Bank. There we met with Sam, Mark and Kate for our regular Friday morning session. Helen and Sheila were put onto checking Baby Buggies. The airport had just delivered dozens of buggies that had been left at the airport and never reclaimed. These were checked for age, quality and suitability for handing out to families, and cleaned. Any lightweight ones were put aside to be sold to raise funds. Afterwards we joined the other upstairs who were busy clothes-sorting and putting together referrals. Helen and Sheila went through the shoe donations, checking they weren't too scuffed or dirty. By the end of the session, the checked clothes had been sorted and the shoe donation travel cot was empty. Result! It was great to see so many Goodgymers there, making a real difference

We gathered an amazing 7 Goodgymers together for a session at the Baby Bank this morning. It was lovely to welcome Carys for her first ever Goodgym community mission, Sam for her second and Kate for her third! Kate has been volunteering regularly at the Baby Bank for a while, but I've only just found out that she is a signed up Goodgym member. She kept that quiet! Regulars Amanda, Sarah, Carol and Sheila completed the septet. Most of us were dealing with sorting through the enormous piles of clothes donations and finding homes for them. The newcomers quickly got to grips with the standards the Baby Bank operate under, and there were lots of oohs and aahs over some very cute clothing. Meanwhile Kate and Amanda were putting together referral packs. We had some lovely chats as we worked, and hopefully we'll see you all again soon

An amazing 5 Goodgymers turned up to help at the Baby Bank this morning. As usual, the place was very busy with donations coming in and lots of checking to do. Mark and Viv were doing first checks on the donations while Sarah and Sheila were doing secondary checks and putting clothes away in boxes. Carol seems to have become the resident expert on hand-knitted items, so she was checking beautiful hand-knits for safety and sizing them - first cardigans and pullovers and then a box full of hats. Great job!