Giving a helping sand
10 Goodgymers helped their local community in Coventry
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Tuesday 25th October 2022
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10 Goodgymers returned to help Kairos WWT with the next part of their garden project.
It was great to see the progress that had been made in the garden since our last visit, including the very exciting summer house that is now in place!
This evening's task was another great workout starting with moving some heavy slabs out of the way, some of which will be used to put a new path along the side of the centre in the future.
Next we dug up a large area of sand and transfered this in a wheelbarrow into some large builders bags out of the way, making space for some better quality compost to go down in the future.
Whilst this was taking place, others in the group were attempting to move a shed into the space that had been made by the removal of the slabs but unfortunately this came to an abrupt halt as the shed was screwed to the ground. A task that will have to wait for another day when we have the right tools!
We finished the session with a fitness session running "the maze" whilst mixing it up with various exercises such as squats, lunges and press ups!
It was lovely to have double figures at our run this week and great to welcome Andy to his first ever Goodgym Group Run!
This task supported
Clearing an old run down garden space to create a therapeutic garden space for our charity and its beneficiaries.
Kairos Women Working Together supports women who are at risk of or have experienced sexual exploitation or are involved in on street prostitution in Coventry. Kairos WWT provides both holistic one to one support, as well as group support to women. We run a weekly evening outreach and drop-in for women involved in on-street prostitution. We also have a specialist housing practitioner, supporting women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. As well as criminal justice workers, supporting women to navigate the criminal justice system. Kairos WWT's women's centre offers a safe place for women to get support, get access to basic provisions, as well as be listened to, and access emotional support. We need help to strip and redo our garden area, currently not in use, to create a peaceful and therapeutic space for the women to relax in, as well as learn to garden, care for plants, and hopefully one day, cook food with what they have grown.
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