7 fantastic Goodgymers came together to help a local charity with a renovation project

The leisure centre in Penistone used to be owned by the authorities but was closed and taken over by a local community group to keep it going. The group of locals that had formed a charity to run the centre, had used donations, grants and money raised by the public to pay for some of the renovations doing, however had run out before having chance to finish it!

They reached out to see if we could help on a lovely rainy Saturday in February! Some of the members of GoodGym Barnsley were also joined by GoodGymmers from Leeds and London!

It was a tough task with lots of dust! Our job was to prepare the room to be painted and this meant helping shift the piles of dust and dirt, clean the surfaces, walls, ceilings, steel girders etc and remove the hundreds of plugs and fill the holes!

Armed with facemasks, goggles, brooms, screwdrivers, hammers, wire brushes, cloths and soapy water, the team got to work on the room. We were a really good team and although some people had to leave before others, the photos from the end of the day show what we managed to achieve in only a few hours! Great job team!

To top it off, one of the organisers had made yummy cakes and flapjacks which were enjoyed at one of the tea breaks!

A great way to spend a Saturday - I was grateful for the shower afterwards though to remove all that dust!