It was a biting cold evening in Lambeth, still dark by the time we met at Papa's but that won't keep our GGers away from doing good around the community.

Just Tilly and AA Yianny met for the run from Brixton over to Thorlands Gardens, while Michael ran directly to the task and Marie-Noelle and Paul cycled there - a full house of fitness and cardio right there.

Simon and the residents were impressed that the group turned out in the conditions but we are a) Barmy and b) always committed here in Lambeth so we were ready to continue the work on the middle garden with tasks to turn over the soil in the muddy patch, clear the leaf mulch for the pathway and collect and lay the fresh woodchip for those areas.

And so while Paul whistled us a tune to work to we set about the tasks and the various Snow Whites and Dwarves (I know which dwarf I am!) got stuck in 40 or so minutes later all the tools were racked away and the pathway was looking very chipper.....!

Big thanks to everyone and I look forward to seeing you next time :0)

Our wonderful GG Lambeth team met at Papa's yesterday and we were delighted to have a special guest speaker (it was a bit like Primary School!) in the form of Dyfed who is chair of the Papa's Park Committee of volunteers.

He took the group through the exciting plans for the park and community centre and we discussed ways that GoodGym could support this going forward - we are of course happy to help out our friends however we can.

And so Ben, Tilly, Dan & Fi set off with AA Yianny to Jennie Lee Gardens over at King's College Hospital's sprawling campus, a nice flat route but slightly longer than most runs recently so a real workout when paired with the task.

Conversation this evening was focused around the awesome holidays people were either going on soon or just returning from.... thanks for sharing guys ;0( (joking!!)

We were met by Heidi on site who had prepared 6 shovels and two wheel barrows for us to move compost from the 4 one tonne bags outside the gardens to the bag and planters inside - simple hard graft shovelling sh** - a GG classic.

By the end of the session not only had we done our gym session but added a km to our running going back and forth while preparing two planters to be used by the patients as part of their rehab, we were feeling pretty good and it was time to head back.

There is still plenty to be moved so keep your eyes peeled for a follow up session in early March.

Thanks to all and see you next time :0)

Another chilly evening down in Brixton but that wouldn't keep our intrepid GGers away from their group session!

Dan showed his commitment and shook off his back injury to come down and was joined by Katie and Tilly for our regular recycling collection session supporting Greenpeace's Everyday Plastic initiative.

Once the group had finished a detailed discussion of age related back ailments and stretches we set off on a pleasant 3km loop to get warmed up and then as we arrived back dived straight into our task.

This session is a simple one - grab as much recyclable material as we can find littering the streets of Lambeth and get it into recycling bins - this then avoids it being swept into rubbish collection and going to landfill!

By the end of the session we had stuffed two black bags with recyclable material and put them into recycling bins - a job well done. Big thanks to all and Dan I owe you a pack of sweet treats!!

We were back at Papa's last night for the group session and our task was to spruce and tidy the place up and had a lovely group of 6 volunteers ready and looking forward to helping out.

First things first we welcomed a new GGer to the group - Alicia wonderful to have you with us!

After a quick document check three of the group - Tilly (back for 2025!), Ben (racking up those session nos!) and AA Yianny headed out for a 3km ring round the local streets to get warmed up and our heart rates going before arriving back at Papa's to get started on our task.

With Michael and Batman - sorry Adam now with us (sorry Adam I simply couldn't resist....) black bags were issued and then the group headed along the railings to dig up all the weeds which have made their re-appearance as they do since we last tidied up! 6 or 7 black bags later we had completed all the borders which was very satisfying and the group could enjoy some sweet treats before heading off home for well deserved dinner.

It's the final week of the January Challenge so if you are able to make it down to any of the Community Missions please do - let's see how close we can get to our target!

See you next time :0) https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/everyday-plastic-pull-tuesday-s-group-run-f7863da4-d175-4848-a302-72b04d87b963