Garden Revival

13 Goodgymers helped their local community in Brighton
Frances Ruocco
Paul Tero
Rosemary Reynolds
Amaryllis
Michael
Rosie Baker
Olivia Powell
Jane Dallaway
Pippa A
STEFANIA ROSSO
Juliet O'Brien
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Brighton

Tuesday 7th May

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Frances Ruocco
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Rosie Baker
Rosie Baker

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Jane Dallaway
Jane Dallaway

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STEFANIA ROSSO
STEFANIA ROSSO

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YMCA Stanley Court offers a safe environment and supported housing to people in need, helping them to get ready to moving for greater independence to achieve their true potential and overcome difficulties they might have experienced. Everyone living at Stanley Court can benefit from a range of opportunities to learn new skills, including volunteering and active participation in the gardening group.

Today GoodGym call was to help YMCA to revive the gardening group by preparing a green area to get suitable for future seeding, planting of flowers and growing of vegetables.

We were expected – as advertised on a poster to the residents!

Within 45 minutes we had peeled off the bindweed, chopped back the shrubs, weeded the overgrown patio entirely. We filled 15+ green bags with weeds and left the area looking much tidier, ready for future revamping!

The YMCA gardening group is open to all. You can come in for a taster session or attend regularly and learn a new skill while enjoying the fresh air. So, we did and finished off our group session with fitness exercises in the Saunder park nearby. GoodGym-er Rosie, lead the group back shining her 50 deeds' GoodGym T-shirt!


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YMCA - Brighton
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We have prevented homelessness in Brighton and Hove for over 150 years. We support our clients on a pathway towards fulfilled and empowered living, across housing and support services. Many young people have never known these things; other people have lost one or more as they grew up, but we all need them. All of us. At YMCA, we provide these critical foundations for a fresh, strong start for young people and a better quality of life in the community.

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