Tonight we made a return visit to Hurst Community Centre, this time to clear leaves from the outdoor area used by the nursery school.

It was a proper workout raking the soggy leaves into piles, scooping them into bags, and moving the bags aside for disposal.

Thirty five bags in fact!

It was a lovely evening to be outdoors and we worked hard to finish the job in just an hour. Now it's ready for the nursery children to enjoy tomorrow.

After posing for a group photo we headed off.

It was to fab to have Greg with us, welcome to GoodGym and congrats on your first good deed 👏.

This task was part of GoodGym's collaboration with WWF's Workout For Nature initiative, encouraging us all to get out in nature while giving it a helping hand.

We all met up outside the Welling Library ready to tackle the persistent weeds 🌱 sprouting alongside the building. Some of us run/walked, others came straight from work.

We set to work straight away and soon got the area looking spick and span. There were some lovely forget-me -nots growing along with some small yellow flowers 🌼 There is always a bonus when doing these tasks. You just have to look out for them. Joining forces with the WWF.

What a fabulous evening we had at the Parkview Care Home! After running 2km from the Sports Centre and with Martin on his bike, we met up with Sarah & Johnny already there.

Amy took us through to the inner garden area where there was plenty of patio furniture that needed our attention after being stacked up over the winter.

Johnny and Lisa placed an old bench in the skip after braking it up with a sledge hammer 🔨! Certainly made them feel better afterwards!

Two of the residents joined in with sweeping the area 🧹 which helped us and we were finished in no time!

Looking forward to going back soon!

After a short run down from the Crook Log Sports Center we met up with Ann at the Cannon. She had already started picking up paper blowing around in the wind! We managed to tidy the whole area and around the Library too. Ann managed to secure the lock on the gate which was proving to be tricky and we headed home just before the sunset 🌅.

The murals in Welling were originally intended as a temporary installation over 20 years ago, but they are still there and needed some tlc. So Julie from Discover Welling asked for our help to give them a good wash. Very apt during the annual Keep Britain Tidy #GBSpringClean fortnight!

Julie arrived with buckets of soapy water - not sure how she got them there! - brushes and sponges, and we set to work. 🪣🪣🪣🧽🧽🧽🧹🧹

Robert, a local resident and great supporter of GG Bexley, came along to say hello, armed with another bucket of soapy water. A luxury this time as it was warm water!

After completing one side of the road we swapped to the other. From the colour of our sponges and dirty water there was no doubt that we'd removed lots of grime!

Then, while some of us swept cobwebs off the lights, and swept the pavement, others went to the local church which kindly let us refill the buckets from their kitchen taps.

With the fresh water we rinsed all the murals, tackling the last of the stickers that had softened enough for us to scrape them off.

Hopefully the murals and the pedestrian tunnels they line look a bit cleaner and tidier now. Passers-by while we were in action were certainly appreciative with lots of 'thank yous'. It's always nice to feel appreciated!

A job well done, we headed to the pub to celebrate Sarah's 400th good deed!

See you for more GoodGym fun next week!

It was a lot of fun completing the transformation of the music room at Holy Trinity Lamorbey CE Primary School this evening.

We applied musical symbols to the walls 🎵🎶, lined noticeboards ready to display photos of pupils using the instruments, laid the instruments out around the room 🥁🎺🎻 and hoovered.

With the nicely organised storage cupboard and freshly painted walls from our previous visits the room looked great. It's been really lovely to see this project from start to finish.

Afterwards Jane, the school's Vice Principal, showed us the Sensory Room where we simply had to try things for ourselves - the giant beanbag seat with weighted blanket, the ball pit and the plasma ball amongst other things!

We're coming back to the school in May to work on creating wildlife habitats in their grounds 🐾🦔🐌🪳🐛. Hope you can join us!