Yianny

GoodGym Lambeth

LambethCommunity mission
Zaeem
Nehal Ashish Shah

Scrambled Eggs Anyone?

Thursday 5th November

Written by Zaeem

On arrival to the centre, we packed eggs in multiple sized boxes for different sized families. The Felix project van arrived moments later wit a large delivery of fruit and veg which we promptly put away in the fridge. We then spent the rest of the session slicing squash and watermelon and wrapped them in cling film, ready for Friday's distribution. All in all good session and great work by everyone

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LambethCommunity mission
Susan

Ms

Wednesday 4th November

Written by Susan

Received deliveries from City Harvest and Tesco and took stock for this Friday's customers.

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LambethGroup run
Rich
Adam West
Katie Allan
Michael Welsh
Ben Margerison

Skip-ping Along at the Waterworks ๐Ÿšฎ๐Ÿฅ•

Tuesday 3rd November

Written by Yianny (he / him)

Hello GoodGymers! ๐Ÿ‘‹ This week we headed to the Brixton Waterworks allotments to help Annick and Jean, and what a grow-ing success it was! ๐ŸŒฑ

๐Ÿงฐ The jobs: Half the team went on a mission to move every last manky carpet into the skip. ๐Ÿชค Then it was bag after bag of leaves, which we emptied into the skip too. We were skip-ping with joy! ๐Ÿ‚

Over on the other side, Adam and Jo were on manure duty: shovel, move, repeat, repeat, repeat. ๐Ÿ’ฉ Truly the unsung heroes of the day. Some might say they were full of it, but we mean that in the nicest way. ๐Ÿ˜‚

๐Ÿ›ž Sporting history was made: Ben and Rich invented a brand new wheelbarrow-based sport, and Ben is now the official world record holder! ๐Ÿ† The Olympic committee has been notified. ๐Ÿ˜‚

๐Ÿ› Katie's verdict: "No one fell in the bath, so I'm taking that as a victory." We'll take it too, Katie. Great work, everyone! ๐Ÿ™Œ

Huge thanks to Ben, Michael, Katie, Jo, Adam and Rich for your hard graft, and to Annick and Jean for having us. The allotments are looking soil good! ๐Ÿฅฌโค๏ธ

See you at the next one! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ

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LambethCommunity mission
Susan

Ms

Thursday 29th October

Written by Susan

James and I successfully completed the necessary preparations for our upcoming Friday service. We processed the scheduled deliveries from both City Harvest and Tesco, which included pasta, chicken, and assorted vegetables. All items were unpacked, sorted, and securely stored to ensure we are fully ready for Friday's customers.

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LambethGroup run
Rich
Adam West
Tilly Baker Mortimer
Katie Allan
Ben Margerison
Yianny

๐ŸŒฟ Weed Finished What We Started: The Edge-ucation of St Matthew's ๐ŸŒฟ

Tuesday 27th October

Written by Yianny (he / him)

We headed out in dry, crisp conditions to help Tom from Lambeth Parks finish what we started at St Matthew's Peace Garden. Peace, quiet and a LOT of weeds. ๐ŸŒฑ

The task was simple: edging, scraping and bagging up the grass and weeds from the paving. This time we had ALL the tools, including half moon edgers, shovels and brooms, while Adam turned up tooled up with hand edging tools. ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Absolute edge lord. ๐Ÿฅณ

Ben, Katie, Tilly, Jo, Adam, Rich and Nicole (who may or may not have joined the task on her broom and made it a full bouquet of volunteers ๐Ÿ’) really did dig deep, and we left the paving looking so sharp it could cut. Nothing was left to chance, or to moss. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

A lovely evening for a run, with fun friends to share it with. Tilly brought baked goods to console our AA, who lost his namesake in Bake Off. Incredible as ever, Tilly, you absolute whisk-taker. ๐Ÿง Another great task well done! ๐Ÿงฐโค๏ธ

It was also the end of month social, and we put our pub quiz winnings (a voucher, no less) to good use with a karaoke night. ๐ŸŽค RJ made his debut in his shiny new GG shirt, looking fresh off the press and ready to belt out a few tunes. ๐Ÿ‘•โœจ What happens at karaoke stays at karaokeโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜‰ but wonderful scenes were had. ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿพ

Until next time, GoodGym Lambeth: thyme to go and lawn-ch ourselves into the next task! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ

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LambethCommunity mission
Nehal Ashish Shah
Brenda SMITH

Making a Splash at Vauxhall Gardens!

Friday 23rd October

Written by Brenda SMITH (She/her)

Despite the pouring rain, two Goodgymers braved the wet weather to help out at the Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre foodbank. Rain or shine, our commitment to community doesn't stop! Spirits remained high, especially when we met a customer rocking the ultimate waterproof setup, complete with a brilliant, handmade newspaper hat. A wonderful reminder that a bit of imagination and resourcefulness can brighten even the gloomiest Friday afternoon.

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