For my Friday morning off work, I was looking for a fun mission to guarantee a good start of the day. A familiar beneficiary, Miss G, came up on the GoodGym website, so I set my eyes on the run to East Acton to revisit the garden where I had done missions twice before, with two other GoodGymers.

Miss G was a bit surprised, having discovered that I showed up on my own this time, but I haven't disappointed her, tackling the front garden and quickly tidying up the path to the house. Only a shortage of black bags slowed me down a little bit, but Miss G resolved that promptly, bringing me another roll of sacks in no time.

It was a lovely morning, with just a short episode of rain, a pleasant breeze blowing to cool me down on my double 5.5km run, and a huge amount of thistles successfully removed from Miss G's front garden.

Last night, we were back at the Masbro Centre for another evening of volunteering, with Matthew and Jalal ready to get stuck in!

First up, we gave the hall some much-needed attention, clearing away all the leaves that had found their way inside. We then turned our attention to the sports cupboard, giving it a tidy and a bit of a refresh. The best part? It was great to see that it was still looking in good shape from the last time GoodGym got in there and worked our organisational magic! 💪

Meanwhile, Jalal and Matthew took on the corridors with the hoovers, making sure the place was looking fresh and clean from top to bottom.

And because no GoodGym session is complete without a little bit of unexpected fun, we finished the evening with some curling... using the brooms! 🥌🧹 It might not be heading to the Olympics just yet, but there was definitely some competitive spirit on display!

It was time for a welcome return to Brook Green, where we were ready to roll up our sleeves and get stuck into whatever the park had in store for us. What we weren't quite prepared for was just how much debris had gathered since our last visit! But no pile of leaves, branches and general garden mess was going to defeat this GoodGym crew.

Everyone mucked in, clearing and collecting until we'd filled an impressive four bags of debris. Meanwhile, Maria got straight to work on the ivy wall — and what a transformation! 🌱 She cleared it brilliantly, revealing a wall that now looks absolutely fabulous. A very satisfying before-and-after moment for the evening!

But the biggest celebration of the night belonged to Matthew, who has now completed an incredible 400+ GoodGym tasks! 🎉👏 That's more than 400 occasions of giving his time, energy and muscles to help his community — an absolutely phenomenal achievement. The lovely Brook Green team helped us mark the occasion by providing some juice, so naturally we raised our cups and gave Matthew a well-deserved cheer. 🧃🥂

A fantastic evening of gardening, teamwork and celebrating a huge GoodGym milestone. Here's to Matthew — and to many more good deeds ahead! 💚

Arrived at Ms C home for some weeding. Small garden with some weeding and removing dead items but also alot of leaves to be removed as the big tree from the main street dropped loads of leaves in her garden.

A good workout in the midday heat today clearing Ms J's garden, which she is not able to look after herself due to her current poor health. All but the most stubborn weeds were plucked from her patio garden, a few bags of rubbish cleared away, sweeping up and a finishing act of lopping back some overgrown branches from her neighbour's garden, which revealed some very healthy looking grapes.

GoodGymer Brenda joined the crew for a cracking Friday pack down at Hammersmith & Fulham Foodbank, helping to crate a smooth finish to the week by shifting food stock, folding tables and stacking chairs. With plenty of chair-ity, teamwork and muscle power on show, the team really lifted the space and each other, leaving the church pew-fectly prepared for the weekend. Another run-derful reminder that GoodGymers are always ready to go the extra mile and put the good into GoodGym!