6 of us met at the FoodBank and straight away got to work cleaning. We swept and mopped the large warehouse area, thanks to Jack finding a hidden mop and Nathan figuring out how the fancy one worked... The carpeted area was all vacuumed and surfaces cleaned.

It was great to meet Haidee and Jack for the first time and to catch up with Ray, Sheila and Nathan.

We left the FoodBank significantly cleaner than when we arrived, meaning their own staff and volunteers can focus on serving those is need in Colchester.

Four Goodgymers scoured the town for trash this evening, on a beautiful if rather chilly April evening. We headed east, via the Meanwhile garden in the cultural quarter, towards East Bay. We found lots of grot in the bushes and across the grass near a children's play area, and felt a warm glow of satisfaction from cleaning up the area for all the park users. Notable finds included a strawberry, a felted pumpkin, and a toaster. Wildlife encounters included trills from a Cetti's warbler, sleepy swans by the pond, and a curious fox, checking us out.

A beautiful day to do good and get fit. Wonderful to see the young runners enjoying junior parkrun at Old Heath recreation ground. Well done everyone for marshalling, timekeeping, co-ordinating, funnelling, cheering and encouraging.

6 GoodGymers plus Pam completed a day's work in one hour at the allotment. We pruned, strimmed, weeded, planted, munched, watered and more, very quickly leaving Colchester in Bloom's allotment in a much better shape.

With spring hitting, it is a busy time in the gardening world and so we will be back in two weeks to help out again.

Oh and the run title....I'm trying to get to grips with What Three Words to help new GoodGymers find us more easily, and this is the location of the shed at the allotment!

4 GoodGymers met at the FoodBank and after a brief chat set to work cleaning it up. It was great to meet Sheila who left the carpeted area looking much cleaner and Nathan who made short work of the sweeping alongside Ray. Within an hour the whole massive warehouse had been swept and mopped and surfaces around the front of house area wiped down.

We will be back at the FoodBank on the first Tuesday of May so join us if you can!

3 GoodGymers delivered leaflets about the Stampede on behalf of Mind in record time.

We enjoyed the relative warmth and light of the evening as winter recedes and distributed the leaflets around the Dutch Quarter while learning about the Civil War, donating your body to medicine and cricket!

Join us next Tuesday to clean the large warehouse of the FoodBank over in Tollgate.