We returned to support Bolton Green Umbrella's Big Balsam Bash this week, and it was an absolute blessing being in the relative cool of the shaded woodland!

Saf and Rowan spent 30 minutes clearing a 6 x 3m area of the invasive Himalayan Balsam - an incredibly satisfying mission which supports the native species of flora and protects the riverbanks.

Stay tuned for details of next week's community mission 👀

As part of Men's Health Week, we headed to Little Lever this week to support Bolton Manbassadors, a local men's health project.

After a 5K run in the baking heat from our meeting place at Bolton One, we set to work with painting the walls in, what will be known as, The Living Room - a space that will be used by Bolton Manbassadors to support men's mental health.

There was a bumper attendance as we welcomed Susan, Geoff and Sarah for their first taste of GoodGym, Saf returned for a second week in a row and Steph, Mark and TaskForce member Mumtaz joined us for more good deeds!

60 minutes of painting x 8 GoodGym'ers = 8 hours of support for a great local project 💪

Next week we're bashing some more balsam 🌱, do join us!

It was brilliant to welcome along Conrad and Saf for their first GoodGym missions this week as we supported The Post Newspapers by delivering The Bolton Post.

Many hands truly make light work and we delivered all 200 copies in just under 60 minutes!

Next week we are joining forces withBolton Manbassadors to mark Men's Health Week ♂️

We headed back to Devonshire Road Primary School this week to continue supporting with the demolition of an old classroom.

We spent 45 minutes transferring the remnants of walls and windows into skips and swinging some lump hammers at walls and windows.

We'll be heading back for round 3 very soon!

*GoodyGym 1 - 0 Himalayan Balsam *

The battle of the Balsam commenced this week as Laurence, Amna and Rowan headed to the banks of the River Tonge to tackle some of the invasive Himalayan Balsam in support of Bolton Green Umbrella and The Big Balsam Bash.

After discovering some beautiful new paths en-route to the task, the three musketeers spent 45 minutes weeding and snapping the plants whilst enjoying birdsong and the smell of bread from the nearby Warburtons bakery, before walking back to Bolton town centre in the sunshine.

As Wednesday evenings go, this was a mighty satisfying one!

Part mission, part therapy - this week we headed to Devonshire Road Primary School to help with the demolition of a portacabin style classroom.

There were crow bars and lump hammers galore as we spent 75 minutes smashing walls to pieces - the very best way to end a Wednesday!

Sumaiya joined us for her first GoodGym session and we were also supported by David, Mumtaz, Laurence, Ken and Hannah - making this one of most attended sessions to date!

Next week we'll be returning to for some more demolition and also doing a bit of balsam bashing - be sure to sign up for a duo of highly satisfying missions!