What a glorious Wednesday! We finally got to enjoy the first sunny day of the year, and there was absolutely no better way to soak up those rays than getting outside, getting a little dirty, and doing some good for the community.

Six of us met up with our brilliant host, Usma, at Oakington Primary School for a very thorny rescue mission. The target? A lovely wooden shed that had been swallowed up by a giant jungle of brambles!

Armed with rakes and some heavy-duty loppers and shears, the team got stuck right in. For about an hour, we hacked, snipped, raked, and wrestled our way through the thickets, moving the whole thorny mess into a huge pile safely out of the way.

The before and after photos say it all: we practically made a forest disappear and uncovered a whole side of the shed that had been lost to nature!

Usma was absolutely thrilled with our hard work, and it’s all for a fantastic cause. Thanks to this epic clearing session, the ground is now ready for phase two. In a future session, we'll be returning to lay down wood chip, transforming this newly reclaimed patch of land into a beautiful, peaceful seating area for the school children to enjoy.

A massive, huge GoodGym welcome to our three amazing newcomers: Nabil, Ada and Carolina, You all absolutely smashed your first task!

Five fabulous GoodGym-ers—Tabitha, Beatriz, Tania, Kamil, and Natalia—gathered at TRAID in Kilburn, ready to help the store close out their hectic sale period. We knew we couldn't just hang around; there was serious work to be done!

The mission? To clear the remaining stock off the shop floor so it could be shipped back to the depot. We got right down to the bare threads of the task, packing up clothes— still on their hangers— straight into boxes. Once the garments were safely packed away, we gathered up the remaining empty hangers and boxed those up too. It required some top-tier hanger management, but we didn't let the pressure ruffle our feathers.

In fact, we really pulled our socks up! We worked so quickly and efficiently that we zipped through the entire task in less than 50 minutes. The shop floor was completely transformed, and we were suitably impressed by our own double-speed workout.

A massive, seamless shoutout to Natalia, who joined us for her very first GoodGym session! You could say Natalia was absolutely tailor-made for the task and team. We hope you enjoyed cutting your GoodGym cloth with us, and we hope to see you at another task soon!

With the shop looking sharp and all the gear shifted, we buttoned up the session and headed home. A truly fitting end to a Monday evening!

Kam and Pete met at Beer n Burger, warmed up jogged to Queen's Park where we met Lee and Tania. we collected the flyers then posted them through letterboxes on Ashmore road, all round a good job. We congratulate Kam on his 50th good deed 💥 pete and kam jogged back while Lee and tania walked back. well done all great job.

For today's mission, I was supporting Mr A with grocery shopping. The main items on the list were quite specific: four salmon steaks and two cod fish steaks. I headed out into what can only be described as a proper British downpour — it was raining cats and dogs!

Once at the shop, I managed to find the four salmon steaks without any trouble. However, the cod was a bit more elusive. They didn't have any individual cod steaks available, only large fillets, which wasn't quite what Mr A had requested. To be safe and ensure he got exactly what he needed, I decided to stick with just the salmon rather than making a guess on the size of the fillet.

Despite getting a bit soaked on the way back, I delivered the fresh salmon to Mr A. He was very grateful for the help, and I was happy to get his essentials to him despite the weather. Now, time for me to dry off and warm up!

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On a cold Monday evening Samina , Tabitha, Kamil and John met in Willesden . We warmed up and then ran just over 3KM to Abbey Road Community Centre.

Pete, Lee and Beatriz started a friendly game of table tennis whilst waiting for our arrival,starting the serves with a smile . Once all together Jason gave us 100 leaflets advertising their childrens services and repair shop .

We walked to the nearby tower block and split into three teams and divided the floors between us. In no time at all we had delivered the leaflets to all 20 floors, ensuring the local residents are aware of Abbey Roads services .

With a job well done we made our way home , with a stop off at the pub for some of us , and lots of smiles all round .