A sunny end to the week

8 Goodgymers helped their local community in Southwark
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Thursday 11th July 2024

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The team's first GoodGym event of the summer saw a great-sized team assemble in the sun today to get involved with an active, outdoor task.

Today we were helping the Mint Street Music Festival distribute a lot of leaflets around the nearby residential areas.

Mint Street Music Festival CIC provides arts projects and free live music events in Southwark.

This year is the tenth anniversary of the festival, a day "filled with live music featuring an eclectic range of bands, dance performances, children’s entertainment, and food stalls."

Supported by Southwark Council's Cultural Events, the team behind this free festival were happy to have a hand dropping leaflets in preparation for Saturday's big event.

Meeting at the FGS base at 11am, we set out for a short run to nearby Tabard Gardens, before whizzing through a 15-minute, full-body workout.

It was a great effort, from the balance challenges to the seated abs moves, topped off with a few good stretches.

...And so to the task

Hannah, today's task owner, arrived with a big box of leaflets and an interesting history of the festival.

Then, dispersing into three groups, we headed out onto the surrounding streets.

Taking steps and stairs galore, we tried to distribute as many of these little leaflets as we could in a short space of time.

Venturing as far afield as we could, it was certainly a useful addition to the day's step count.

Arriving back at base at various times, we concluded it was a job well done, and a great way to spend a Thursday lunchtime.

After saying cheerio to Hannah, we sped back to base, finishing with 'the best calf stretch in the world'.

Well done, team. (And a big shout-out to Southwark Area Activator, Sam for sourcing and coordinating our task today),

Until next time.


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Mint Street Music Festival
Come and join this FREE family friendly event and experience live music and dance performances

Mint Street Music festival is an annual event. It's a free, non-profit community festival that takes place in Mint Street Park. It is funded by Southwark Council Cultural Celebrations Fund and Neighbourhood Fund.

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