Tonight, the mission of 7 GoodGym-ers was delivering flyers through letterboxes, for Woolwich Food Cycle, a project helping volunteers turn food donated by local shops & businesses into delicious healthy meals for those in the community who most need them.

Special shout out to Calvin who did his first good deed this evening - it was great to have you with us Calvin and hope you'll be back soon!

We started with a wistful discussion over our favourite holiday destinations before making our way through Charlton Park and on to the Woolwich Common estate, where our task began. Our tag delivery teams quickly ran out of leaflets, admiring the houses along the way (GoodGym is great for discovering new places on your doorstep!). As always we were ready for further adventures so completed the task with a quick litter pick (thanks to Rachel for bringing the litter pick stash!).

Hope to see you all soon - next week we're teaming up with Bexley 😊

This week we gathered at the Old Royal Naval College and shared stories of our worst jobs before a run up maze hill towards the lovely St Richard's Centre in Charlton.

This was our first task at the church and there's loads we can help out with here, from weeding and painting to sanding and varnishing the lovely old doors.

Owen met us with tools at the ready and the rain held off right to the end of our task which was a nice bonus. The task tonight was weeding down the side of the church, a spot that needs a bit of tlc to make sure people stop dumping rubbish there! 7 hands make light if not prickly work with some hidden brambles - our head torches came in handy. We made it quite a way up the path and will continue at our next session.

Next week we're leafleting for the Woolwich foodcycle: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/group-run-fun-session-tbc

Until next time!

This was an extra special group run because it was Sarah Wren's first time leading a session to get signed off as a run leader for Bexley!

And beautifully done it was, with a nice warm up whilst discussing our favourite sandwich fillings. Nothing particularly strange to report on this one although I do find Jenny's love of blue cheese disconcerting 🤢 After a gentle run through the parks, with a loo stop mid way, we arrived bang on time at the Woolwich Common Litter Pick where we battled with our bags and hoops and got to work. Unfortunately there was lots of rubbish left by the last travellers and we were kept very busy picking up all sorts of rubbish, sadly including quite a lot of soaked through nappies. Which will still be here in about 400 years. Well, yes they will most likely outlast humankind then won't they? Ah, this is jolly ain't it? Let's change the tone.

After an hour the common looked much cleaner and we hauled our bags over to the collection point and greeted two potential new Bexley members, come on Bexley! Then there was time for more coffee and onto the rest of our Sundays. Excellent work team and well done to those of you who double deeded with Junior Parkrun this morning!💪🏻

Well done to Sarah, you definitely passed with flying colours and will be a brilliant run leader in Bexley. The first group run is set for the 30th October !

Our next wednesday group run is TBC but will be posted up in the next few days. Until next time!

It was Wednesday night, and under a darkening sky we jogged through Charlton park, fresh from our tales of our pet peeves. Our pet peeves were as follows:

Rachel: People playing reels on loudspeaker on the bus (whyyy???)

Sevan: people walking towards you when they cross the road in front of you (basically when people get in your way) - that's okay, we just run into those ones eh? 🤫

Sarah M: cars parking on the pavement (without good reason!)

Sarah H: ....I've forgotten yours Sarah - you'll have to add it in the comments 🤓

But the gist of it was, the world would be a better place without people. I had a neighbour once who introduced herself to me by saying she doesn't like people, she only likes cats. That's one way to stop your neigbours bothering you I guess.

Anyway, on with the show. Having had our task canceled this evening (get well soon, Khursheed!) our backup task was leafleting for the Woolwich foodcycle. We ran to the Woolwich Common Community Centre to collect the leaflets but they were no where to be found. Luckily I had a bin bag and Sevan had two pairs of gloves so we each donned a glove and litter picked our way through the streets of Woolwich, quickly filling a bag. A rather satisfying backup backup task, well done team!

And it was very lovely to have you touristing with us, Sevan - come back soon!

The mystery of the missing leaflets continues...

Next week is to be confirmed but this Sunday we've got a group run litter picking on Woolwich Common!

Until next time!

Tonight's GoodGym mission saw us racing against a (frankly beautiful) setting sun as 11 GoodGym-ers headed to the gardens outside Trinity Hospital in Greenwich, with the aim of helping tidy this area by the Thames Riverside.

Our tasks included a lot of weeding of plant beds, clearing away fallen autumn leaves, as well as a good pruning session to chop back overhanging trees/shrubs including the aforementioned Buddleia. A tough battle was fought but all too soon, the setting sun gave way to a Harvest Moon, signalling our task was done for the evening and we could head to the pub!

Hopefully we had a positive impact on this lovely area by the river. Thanks all!

Next week we're at the Prince Maritime Collections Centre. Until next time!

This event was a fundraiser for Teach First, a charity training & placing teachers in the areas they're most needed. Volunteering roles included marshaling, water station & cloakroom duties. Plus lots of cheering on of runners doing 5 and 10k races! A brilliant event with such a fun, positive atmosphere.