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17 Goodgymers helped their local community in Oxford
Matty S
Vanessa Del Campo Perez
Lorenzo
Meysam
Rebecca
Sophie Wilkinson
Katie Fellows
Jocasta Patel
Sarah McFadden
Sarah Morris
Jules Dann
Matty Holder
Matt Burton
Holly
Vicky Arnold
Bethan Greenaway
Anwen Greenaway
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Oxford

Wednesday 28th July 2021

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Katie Fellows
Katie Fellows

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Vicky Arnold
Vicky Arnold

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Bethan Greenaway
Bethan Greenaway

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Anwen Greenaway
Anwen Greenaway

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Group runs are baaaaaack

A few of us celebrated the return of group runs by jogging to the Children's Allotment, tin of flapjacks in hand! Baked goods are always required to celebrate milestones, no matter how disintegrated they get on the journey over! Well done to Lorenzo and Sarah on your 50th and 100th good deeds!!

Tonight we returned to one of our favorite spots The Children's Allotment. We have loved coming here over the past few years and it is fantastic to see the progress of the site, and so exciting that it is nearly ready to open!

Alice set us to work weeding areas of the site, cutting back enthusiastic plants (ivy, brambles), shifting wood chip and painting the shed and new compost toilet structure. We discovered interesting spiders (the Fake Black Widow with its round bottom, the Kardashian of the spider world maybe?!?), accidentally gave woodlice a blue tinge and marveled at the plants in the snazzy new poly-tunnel.

A warm welcome to Jules and Matty joining us for the first time, we hope to see you again! And a huge thank you to Alice for allowing us our repeated visits and being so welcoming and joyous!


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The Children's Allotment
Creating an inclusive, parent-run, outdoor education space in Oxford's East Ward

A group of local parents and volunteers creating an inclusive outdoor education space for the local community. On the site of a disused old plant nursery in the East Ward Allotments on Cricket Road, they are bringing to life their vision for a new kind of 'Nursery' and children's allotment, trying out a new model that can provide affordable, cooperative childcare, outdoor learning and sustainable food-growing for children and families, all primarily outdoors year round.

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