It was a pleasure to see two GoodGym newbies in Caroline and Julia come and help out with Get Rid Of And Donate (GROAD) drop off session today. We needed the hands as there was an non-stop stream of donations coming through over the hour and a half.

We even had a couple that were clearing out their house as they were moving and pretty much brought everything apart from the kitchen sink...

Coming to these sessions often makes you realise how much stuff there is in the world. We sorted out through the donations and Sam brought over the items of pre-packed bags and extra bags of trousers, towels etc. to the sorting room as on Tuesday, GROAD will be distributed the bags to the rough sleepers on the Strand (Zimbabwe House).

By the end of the hour and a half session, we had prepared over a dozen bags for the rough sleepers and sorted through children's toys, women's clothes and homeware. We had to leave all the items on the tables as the cleaner needs access to clean the floor.

It was a pleasure to meet you - Caroline and Julia despite not talking to you as I just cracked on with the job at hand. I hope you'd enjoyed the session and saw the reality of what GROAD and GoodGym does. Hopefully, you can join another GoodGym session soon and we can chat as we do the task 😊