33 Goodgymers ran 6km and helped Scope Charity Shop with lots of GOOD

Awww wow is this just the coolest thing ever (read in American accent). The much beloved Imogen is leaving for LA so it was her last GG - party time!

Welcome along to newbies Abigail and Alex - lovely to have you along!

In the news this week:

1. Get signed up for the GG Olympics now! It's going to be an incredible day of events on 30th June - deadline for sign up on Sunday 3rd June.
   
2. Good luck to those doing the Lake District races this weekend!
3. On August bank holiday Frances and Lucy are leading us to Dorest for some trail racing - all the distances available at East Farm - information here.

After a dynamic warm up including a NEW SKIP we headed over to Scope Charity Shop on Camden High Street. This amazing shop managed by the very organised Helen, helps fund work so disabled people have the same opportunities as everyone else.

Everyone lined up for their designated jobs and got going:

• Katherine polished all the shoe shelves and sorted all the shoes - she was having the best time
• Abi cleaned windows and surfaces in the middle room
• Alyson cleaned the skirting boards all over the shop - lots of hard work!
• Thomas measured trousers and labelled trousers
• Aidan cleaned the display boxes - everything looking shiny!
• Chris and Frances dressed the stores mannequins with the shops finest wear
• Three groups of three played the price is right with shoes, jewellery and ties - estimating the sell price and labelling them up
• 10 people sorted, hung, labelled and steamed clothes to be put on shop floor
• Steve - did up zips and buttons, cleaned the stairs & the toilet!
• Melanie and Liz cleaned the kitchen thoroughly

After 30 mins of hard work helping this fantastic charity shop we headed to Regents Park for a fitness session of x3 90 seconds with a progressive speed for the last 30 seconds. Everyone did really well - nice!

We'll miss you!

Once we got back to base we of course headed to the pub for Imogen's Leaving Party which included some amazing Mr & Mrs Camden t-shirts, vegan cake & more!

Sign up for next week here when we will be helping Antrim Allotments.

PB out.

19 GoodGymers helped St Mary's Flats and Cecil Sharp House with some gardening!!

Welcome along to Anna, Tom and Jill whose first time it was last night - lovely to have you along :)

In the news this week:

1. This Saturday GoodGym are taking over Burgess Parkrun with us providing pacers and all appearing in red! We'd love for you join us!
2. Also this Saturday (in the afternoon/evening) is the Night of the 10,000m PB's at Parliament Hill Track on Hampstead Heath. This annual event is an amazing display of British and European running with some the fastest racing around 25 laps while the crowds cheer on in #Lane3BeerNCheer - elite running, music/circus and beers - come along!
3. Next Sunday there is May's Long Run going from Battersea Park to Richmond Park - gonna be awesome!

Cecil Sharp:

This week we had two wonderful tasks in our beautiful Camden. A team led by Rosie and Kat headed to the Home of English Folk Music Cecil Sharp House to help maintain the gardens. We've been helping Susannah the Head Gardener there for nearly two years, she is always so appreciative of our efforts and the impact we have. Like a lot of places Cecil Sharp had it's funding cut from Camden Council so the charity now survives on using it's spaces for events.

Folking around

A team of 10 got really stuck into the gardening; clearing the weeds between the cracks with the best tool in town and sweeping up the pathways. Over 30 minutes the team had made a massive impact.

St Mary's:

Meanwhile nine of us headed the long way to help St Mary's Flats, we've helping Jon and the community group there for over four years - it's always good to return. Chris and Alysson got to work forking the ground around a tree to loosen it up before planting some ivy and flowers with compost. The rest of the team cleared two gardens of weeds so the residents can use them in the summer, Tom even found some potatoes!

After we'd packed up and taken a group photo we headed for a run along Camley Street, the canal and a progression run around Granary Square before heading home.

Thanks to Rosie's the post-run biscuits - yum!

Next week we are going to be helping Groundwork and Castlehaven - sign up here!

PB out.

Wow 42 of us helped Kentish Town City Farm last night with their May Day celebrations!!

Thanks for coming everyone, one of our biggest groups for a while! Welcome along to Tom and Katy whose first time it was last night.

In the news this week:

1. It's the GG Monthly Social TONIGHT down in south London (Bromley) - go along for puns, fun and Pritesh!
2. The GG Olympics is on the 30th June and Camden want a big team out there to keep our trophy! Gonna be awesome :)
3. A huge well done to Sophie Hedges who is hitting 300 Good Deeds - this is seriously awesome and whole lot of good over the last 5 years!

Woah last night was pretty cool, there was so many of us that we had to split into two groups on our way up there, with Chris leading the longer group along the canal. Everyone bloody loves the farm so much as Frances said if you are having a bad day, seeing a goat makes you happy!

Kentish Town City Farm is Camden's touch of countryside, they are having May Day Celebrations on the weekend so we came to help set up. After being greeted by a big pig we split into the following groups:

Poo people: Led by Captain Poo (Thomas Samuels) a group of 10 shovelled and moved lots, lots and lots of poo from one site to a more accessible pile for the farmers - with Rosie and Sophie leveling it out.

Shit just goat real

Good movers: A team of 15 people lifted and carried 20 straw bales, 10 tables, 10 chairs and plenty of other things to be used for the activity area on the weekend. Good carrying!

Marquee Crew: Another squad of 20 people put up the marquee, this is a centrepoint of the celebrations and used for face painting and more! Getting the right poles in place and working as a team was key.

Well done all, over 40 minutes we made a huge difference and then got to chill with the goats, cows, sheep and more. After saying out goodbyes we hoof'ed back to base...

Thank you all for coming - we are back next week to unpack everything we just put up - sign up here.

A massive thanks to Rosie and the team for the capes, brownies and cards! Here's to the next 300 Good Deeds :)

PB out.