Last night 6 of us headed out to a brand new task at the Hope Centre.

A brand new task! Lots of excitement was in the air as we headed off winding our way up behind the station through new gennels and stairways to the Hope Centre. At first glance, the building's huge, but we didn't know the half of it! Mark, Hope Centre's maintenance manager met us at the door, along with Cat who met us straight after work (commitment!).

Mark showed us in, including a brief look around their enormous auditorium which can get 500 people on a Sunday morning. Hope Centre is an independent church, with a nursery, community grocers, cafe, office space and much much more.

Our area of work was the cavernous basement. The task? to fill massive trolleys with wood to be taken out to an awaiting van for redistribution. We spent a good 30 mins loading and uploading, until the van literally couldn't fit anything else in it. We could have gone on all night, Hope Centre's basement is ripe for so much super goodgyming.

Finishing up, Mark kindly took us on the grand tour. The space is incredible, with an impressive nursery with a capacity of 57 and a community grocers stocked with fresh produce as well as refrigerated and tinned. Outside the grocers is a cafe open to all.

We thanked Mark and set off home, this way slightly more directly, with some detours for step-running, wall-sitting and press ups along the way. Back to base, we stretched, finished up and went in to warm up. A great night all round!