GoodGym Ealing kicked off their Ealing Climate Week with a bang! The Saturday morning in Southall was packed with action: encouraging people to get active by supporting Southall parkrun around the course and at the funnel, a jog to donate old sports kit at Open Southall, and, finally, arriving at Western Road Urban Garden for more joy of connecting with others taking positive action on climate.

GoodGymers Sevan, Steph Ducat, and Kash met familiar faces at the garden: our host, Janpal from Southall Community Alliance, Ash, who just came back from a clean-up at the canal, and our friend, the mighty Andre. For Afshin, it was the first time at Western Road - surely, a less prickly experience than his very first GoodGym session at the farm, where he had earned his red t-shirt. It was a good opportunity to meet people from Active Communities and Let’s Go Southall, whose aims of getting the local community confident going out, making new friends, and getting active are similar to ours.

Today’s task for our group was to clear and tidy the area around the polytunnel in preparation for the end of the season. With a large group of colleagues, we removed the weeds in no time, and had enough time at the end of the session to connect with other volunteers and enjoy samosas, snacks, and fruit from Southall Community Alliance. We are already looking forward to the October session at Western Road!