4 GoodGymers met under a beautiful rainbow to time, cheer and scan the barcodes at the Junior Park Run this morning. 83 hardy young runners set off in heavy rain, but finished their 2km run in glorious sunshine.

As always a great way to start a Sunday morning, knowing we've made a difference for the young people and their families.

As the nights turn darker and evenings get a little chilly, 2 Goodgymmers made the trip to town and a 2nd attempt at clearing the flower beds of the High St. Pam having remembered the right night to appear, we quickly cleared the flowers ready for replanting this week. A special welcome to Rosalyn on her first task, who also helped me clear flowers blocking the street signs, sometimes it pays to be tall.

Join us on Sunday for Junior Park run!

3 GoodGymers helped 106 young runners to start their Sunday off well with a Park Run at Old Heath Rec.

Ruth cheered them on while making sure they were safe and Frazer and Louise were on timekeeping duty so that they could see how fast they'd run. For 27 of them it was a new PB.

Lovely to meet Ruth for the first time. Sorry I didn't catch you at the end. I also failed to take a photo, hence the suspiciously summery one being attached!

2 GoodGymers met at the Mercury Theatre and headed down to the River to pick up as much litter as possible before the darkness hit and it became too difficult to identify what was litter and what was a feather/leaf/part of the street furniture.

It was lovely to meet Sandra, I very much enjoyed our conversation as we worked!

2 GoodGymers swept and mopped the FoodBank floor.

The FoodBank gets a lot of use every day, serving the people of Colchester and so there was plenty of cleaning to do, but with good team work and a lot of sweat and muscle 4 GoodGymers swept, mopped, vacuumed and wiped down the huge warehouse in just over an hour. Great to meet the lovely Naomi and catch up with Pramila and Ray. We'll be back at the FoodBank in a month.