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Brighton

Mince Pie 10 mile
๐Ÿ—“Sunday 7th December 11:00am

๐Ÿ“Peacehaven Leisure Centre BN10 8BB

A fun, fancy dress, christmas run with a mince pie at the end to get you into the Christmas Spirit

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Liam (He/him) went on a group run

Tue 19th Aug at 6:15pm

A clear path to peace

Brighton Report written by Jane Dallaway

We had a great turnout of runners, with 10 of us meeting at the Peace Statue and running to the task. Two others cycled to the site, and three more met us directly there, making a fantastic group of 14 ready to get to work. We welcomed new member Susie, and Charli returning for her second session, to the team.

We were helping out at St Thomas Fund, a residential rehabilitation service in Brighton & Hove run by the charity Change Grow Live. They offer a safe space for adults on their journey to becoming free of drugs and alcohol. Sean, who welcomed us, gave a fantastic introduction to the organisation, the site and their mission, explaining that our task was to transform a bindweed-covered area into a usable space for yoga and meditation.

The area was completely carpeted in weeds. We even found a rake that the tenacious bindweed had tried to consume! We had a laugh wondering how long you'd have to sunbathe before it took you over, too. But the team, including Sean, with tools and gloves provided by St Thomas Fund, made short work of it.

Nicola and Sarah did a particularly fantastic job of rescuing a fig tree from the grip of the bindweed. By the end of the session, the whole area looked transformed. You could see the soil in the beds again, and we filled somewhere between 10 and 20 bags with weeds and rubbish.

Sean seemed to be really happy with what we achieved, emphasizing how the collective effort of so many volunteers can make a huge difference in a short amount of time. It was a great feeling to see the space ready for residents to use for peaceful activities. A big thank you to Sean and St Thomas Fund for having us.

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Amro

Wed 20th Aug at 1:37pm

loved this task, the organiser, the center, the garden, the carrots, the people everything was like Goodgym is always like

Jack Da Silva

Wed 20th Aug at 2:57pm

Great to see so many GoodGymers! ๐Ÿ™Œ

Jane Dallaway

Thu 21st Aug at 8:52am

Gorgeous feedback from the task owner: โ€œThank you so much for all your support with the garden, itโ€™s looking absolutely amazing!โ€ And โ€œThe residents were overjoyed with the results, and I share their excitement. We now have a usable garden, which will make a real difference to everyone here.โ€ ๐Ÿฅฐ

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Tue 19th Aug at 6:15pm

Rehab a garden space for Change Grow Live

Help St Thomas Fund Rehabilitation Service to create a therapeutic green oasis

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Rachel Lewis
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Liam (He/him) went on a training session

Sun 17th Aug at 10:00am

August Trail - Lewes to Brighton

Brighton Report written by Liam (He/him)

A beautiful 13km trail run across the downs from Lewes to Brighton ending with a dip in the sea.

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Tue 12th Aug at 6:15pm

A Choreography of Crates

Brighton Report written by Ben

On an evening where a sea fret had drifted in to take the edge off a scorching day, half a dozen GoodGymers coasted up Lewes Road to the FareShare warehouse in Moulsecoomb, the Sussex branch of the national organisation tackling food waste.

The team was welcomed by Steven, Partnerships Coordinator at FareShare Sussex & Surrey, who gave an outline of the organisation's breadth of activity and engagement in the region (it works with around 250 charities and community groups) and a thorough briefing on the assignment of sorting donated items into crates to give to those homes most in need of support. He explained that the current summer school holidays (along with Christmas) was one of the main pinch points of the year for those households experiencing food insecurity. Steven was already familiar to some, having completed this year's Brighton Marathon weekend 10k in 1hr 20 by dancing the route in a gold onesie, and he shared experiences as a choreographer and dancer including 15 years with Ballet Rambert.

Steven masterfully choreographed the GoodGym team, who all donned hi-vis jackets and steel capped boots, as they sorted a variety of long-lasting tinned and dry food items evenly between crates, including a lot of pasta, cereals and rice, and many cans of fruit, vegetables, curries, meatballs, ham and fish. Food had to be inspected to ensure it was still in date; the record out-of-date discovery was a Loyd Grossman bolognese sauce jar with a 'best before' in 2016.

Steven applauded the flurry of activity that saw the team complete 70 filled crates of food (a total 700kg) to be delivered to help some of the local struggling households; 28,000 people at risk of food poverty access food every week from FareShare in the region. With an estimated 1 in 7 households in the UK experiencing food insecurity (1) against the backdrop of the UK having the sixth highest GDP in the world, the need for more fairness and more sharing is high. FareShare are reliant on different streams of volunteer support, and GoodGym Brighton vowed to return soon to support this essential local organisation.

(1) https://foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/food-insecurity-tracking#tabs/Round-16

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Tue 12th Aug at 6:15pm

FareShare of Good Action

To support that no good food goes to waste

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Sun 7th Dec at 11:00am

Mince Pie 10 mile

A fun, fancy dress, christmas run with a mince pie at the end to get you into the Christmas Spirit

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Tue 5th Aug at 6:15pm

Making Brighton Community Kitchen grate again!

Brighton Report written by Liam (He/him)

16 Goodgymmers made the short jog over to Brighton Community Kitchen on Queens Road for our regular clean-up mission. We welcomed new Goodgymmer Charli, who has recently made the big move from Worthing over to Brighton, for her first task.

The Brighton Community Kitchen does vital work in the community to teach valuable cooking skills to those who might otherwise might not have access. Recently they have been working with the Marcus Rashford-backed project to provide meals over the holidays to children who are eligible for free school dinners. They have hosted classes for both the children and their parents to impart practical day-to-day cooking skills.

We were excited to see that the Kitchen has recently been upgraded with new sinks and a Food Dehydrator. The dehydrator particularly allows them to preserve vegetables that wouldn't otherwise by used, store them and later use them as ingredients. There was a big batch of Tomatoes, Onions and Carrots in the dehyradator during our clean.

Jo greeted us with her usual enthusiasm and gratitude, along with her famous todo list on the wall. This time we cleaned all the windows both inside and out, transformed the drawers from chaos to order, gave all the stools and work surfaces a good cleandown, scrubbed the ovens and of course sorted the cheese graters! Our extra large turnout meant we were able to knock-off all the tasks in no time.

With our tasks finished and everything ticked off of Jo's list we sauntered off into the summer night back to our own (slightly less sparkly clean) kitchens.

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Jane Dallaway
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Tue 5th Aug at 6:15pm

Social Scrub Up at Brighton Community Kitchen

Give the organisation more time to plan activities for vulnerable members of the community

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Liam (He/him) signed up to a training session.

Sun 17th Aug at 10:00am

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Liam (He/him) went on a community mission

Sun 3rd Aug at 9:00am

Beach Kweens

Brighton Report written by Philippa (She/her)

This week's maxi challenge was a Brighton Pride weekend tradition: the Sunday morning beach clean ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒˆ

Accessorised with blue bags and litter pickers, we sashayed along the shoreline picking up an assortment of plastic wrappers, cigarette butts, and tired old coffee cups ๐Ÿ˜ฌ Litter? we don't know her.

Goodgymers, although your outfit choices were more pedestrian than pavilion, your collective effort helped restore our beloved beach from trashy to classy, and for that you are all queens ๐Ÿ‘ธ

Happy Pride everyone! ๐ŸŒˆโœจ๏ธ

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Jane Dallaway

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