GoodGym and Brompton continued our excellent partnership with a bumper group of new inductees to Brompton coming out to see what GG is all about and make a difference to a local organisation.

Despite the rain there were 12 volunteers ready and willing to go and with one person opting for public transport everyone else hopped onto a wonderful Brompton bike (including electric ones!) and we set off along the canal!

We were met by Lucy from Mind Food a wonderful organisation who support the mental health and wellbeing of people who are feeling stressed by getting them outdoors and teaching them not only to learn how to grow their own food but be present in the moment. (For more information click the link above)

Lucy took us through the tasks that needed doing including plenty of weeding, chopping up and shifting the bramble waste, rescuing planters from weeds, graveling the pathway, shifting boards to walk on and putting all the green waste out to dry to be used as compost in future. The possibility of drying anything in this weather though....!

The group split into smaller units and everyone started to get stuck in.

We had a decent chunk of time so were able to get through plenty of work and the rain mostly held off although we did get pretty soggy on the ride over so well done to all for sticking at it.

Thank you so much to all the Brompton volunteers for their hard work, hopefully everyone left feeling suitably refreshed mentally and the conversation on the way back felt light and breezy.

If you are interested in joining GoodGym or continuing to support Mind Food please check out the respective websites and for Ealing GoodGym our AA Kash is your point of contact.

See you soon!