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Kingston upon Thames
📍The Quaker Centre KT1 2PT
Bridge the gap between food waste and food insecurity
Tue 15th Jul at 6:30pm
Bridge the gap between food waste and food insecurity
Read moreTue 1st Jul at 6:30pm
Kingston upon Thames Report written by Jana
Tonight we had three missions in one! How did we do it? Four of our volunteers went to Refugee Action Kingston to sort the kid's clothes, another went to another RAK office to hang a blind and the rest of us went to Elm Road... phew! Here's the run report about our amazing volunteers...
Nettled but Not Defeated at Elm Road!
In sweltering heat, the GoodGym crew took on the nettle jungle at Elm Road playground, working with the local community group to help reclaim the space for local kids. Armed with spades, forks, and a few poorly chosen gloves (ouch!), we tackled the stubborn roots - some so long they felt like they were heading for Narnia.
Marcos and Tom kept spirits high with sports facts while litter picking, and Rachel captured the action on camera. Newbie John gave it his all but ran out of water - thankfully, local residents came to the rescue with bottles of the good stuff!
Despite roots hiding under the fence, we cleared a massive stretch and even uncovered some old mosaic tiles. One hot, sweaty hour later, the bed was clear and the team absolutely smashed it. Great work all round!
Such a sort out at Refugee Action Kingston
Claire, Anna, Laurel and Sabir ran and walked their way to Refugee Action tonight.
We were greeted by air conditioning which was a welcome relief plus lots of children’s clothes that required sorting. Having made signs for different age categories we sorted the clothes by size for boys and girls and boxed them up so that they could be easily selected by the customers. The area is now much more organised and I’m sure we will be back to tackle the coats another day.
Driller thriller
Dave went to a RAK office to help fix a blind. In his own words has a hot sweaty mess but at least the charity workers won't be now.
GoodGym Kingston - you are simply tri-mendous!
Sat 28th Jun at 11:00am
Kingston upon Thames Report written by Kingston upon Thames runner
This morning after negotiating the finding of another way in the building, the task, with some other volunteers was to check out the date of items and lay out some food cans and jars into crates ready for the onslaught of the students tommorow that need to use this resource. Anna then went up and down the stairs taking the resources needed to the correct level.
Sat 28th Jun at 11:00am
Tackle food poverty within the student population
Read moreTue 24th Jun at 6:30pm
Kingston upon Thames Report written by Jade
Tonight, GoodGym Kingston had a fantastic group run and session at the Full Cycle Bicycle Project! With a great turnout, we were kept busy with a whole host of new jobs and a few we are always happy to help out with:
Our tasks included:
Sorting out the loading bay and re-organising bike parts 🛠️
Reordering the upcoming servicing schedule đź“…
Giving bikes a good clean ✨
Pumping up countless tyres đź’¨
And a general tidy-up to leave the place gleaming! đź§ą
As we efficiently tackled each job, more things to do were found. We always love to support this amazing project and look forward to being back to tackle some more tasks soon.
A huge welcome to both Shammy and Amy! We hope you enjoyed your first session and will be joining us again soon for more good deeds and great company!
Mon 23rd Jun at 7:10pm
Kingston upon Thames Report written by Anna (she/her)
Yesterday after another Goodgym mission in New Malden, I went to the streets in Tolworth and distributed some leaflets about upcoming “Music on the Rec” and a Saturday event “Family fun and games” taking place at Latchmere Rec, Kingston.
Hopefully the area around Latchmere Rec will be full of families and music fans having lots of weekend fun!
Mon 23rd Jun at 5:30pm
Kingston upon Thames Report written by Jade
A fantastic turnout for an early evening session saw volunteers from both Kingston and Merton team up with Danni at Jubilee Square. We efficiently tackled the task of removing the bunting, working in pairs with ladders and steps to carefully take down each section. It was a little windy but we worked as quickly as possible carefully wrapping the lengths of bunting to be saved for another day. Another successful community mission accomplished!
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