GoodGym gets Green Fingered

59 Goodgymers helped their local community in Bristol
Christopher Lewis
Caroline
Sioned Haughton
Lisa Elliott
Richard Breakspear
Alice Whale
Melanie Young
Shona Buchanan
Hannah Wedge
Dan Lombard
Alice Dalrymple
Georgina
Charlene
Liam Scott
Kait Kirwan
Abigail Rowlatt
Tim
Flo
VaguelyNorthernDarren
Claire Chivers
Anna Tattersall
Laura Spencer
Zdeni Cervena
Russ Cahill
Gina Moody
Jack Higginson
Phill Stone
Chris Palmer
Clem Teagle
Roz Glover
Kat Bradford
Johanna
Lisa Pearce
Lia Herbert
Sarah Taylor
Toby Gallagher
Simon Freakley
Ross Hooper
Jonathan Waller
Paulina Dubiel
Emily Armes
Lucy Skone
Emily
Ellie Taylor
Jess Saumarez
Andrea Jonat
Daisy Mason
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Bristol

Tuesday 21st May 2019

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Alice Whale
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Shona Buchanan
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Alice Dalrymple
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It was a big old night at GoodGym Bristol with...

Fifty-nine runners Twelve new GoodGymers and Three tasks

Phwoar. Welcome to everyone who was running with us for the first time tonight - it was great to meet you all. And a big well done to Roz who completed her 50th Good Deed tonight and will be sporting her black t-shirt soon!

Our massive group got to work on three different tasks tonight...

Task 1: The planters

Maria led a select group of 6 runners to The Station where Alice D set them to work painting the planters a beautiful green to continue the spruce up of the area. We gave the benches at The Station their first lick of paint a month ago and so it was great to be able to help Alice and the team with continuing the paint job to prep for the summer.

Task 2: Setting the tone

Meanwhile, Alice W took a group to Emmaus, the homeless charity. Due to an Open Warehouse event they are having at the start of June and some very efficient volunteers over the past few days, our planned warehouse sorting was changed to leafleting for the warehouse open day. Matt was in his element with changing toners and guillotines, the rest of the group got through distributing hundreds of leaflets, and Alice managed to innocently ask two members of the group...

So are you two screwing then?

(Nails, we think).

Task 3: De-railing the night

The rest of us went to St Paul's Church to meet Ed from the Churches Conservation Trust. Our task here had been cancelled last month due to rain so we were delighted to have a positively balmy day to get to work this time. After Ed explained a bit about the trust and the importance of Circomedia, we started sanding and repainting the railings at the front of the church. The massive team sanded almost the whole front of the church and gave one of the gates and its surrounding panelling a fresh lick of (you guessed it) green paint. Before long, time was up and we ran on our way promising Ed we would come back to finish off soon.

Eating Peters

After reconvening back at base, we had a quick game of Squat Tig to finish off the night and then debated (if 1 v. everyone else counts as a debate) the pronunciation of Pitta until it was time to say goodnight.

CREDIT TO ALICE D FOR THE PUN!


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Emmaus Bristol
We believe that people who are homeless and socially excluded have something to offer. We encourage people to use their skills to change themselves โ€“ and change the world.

We know that overcoming homelessness often means more than a roof over your head. Thatโ€™s why we support people to work their way out of homelessness, providing meaningful work as well as a stable home for as long as someone needs it.

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Alice Dalrymple

Wed 22nd May 2019 at 10:40am

THANK YOU SHONA

Shona Buchanan

Wed 22nd May 2019 at 11:13am

Much appreciated Alice ๐Ÿ˜‰

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