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
Wednesday 4th November
Written by Susan
Received deliveries from City Harvest and Tesco and took stock for this Friday's customers.
Tuesday 3rd November
Written by Yianny (he / him)
Hello GoodGymers! ๐ This week we headed to the Brixton Waterworks allotments to help Annick and Jean, and what a grow-ing success it was! ๐ฑ
๐งฐ The jobs: Half the team went on a mission to move every last manky carpet into the skip. ๐ชค Then it was bag after bag of leaves, which we emptied into the skip too. We were skip-ping with joy! ๐
Over on the other side, Adam and Jo were on manure duty: shovel, move, repeat, repeat, repeat. ๐ฉ Truly the unsung heroes of the day. Some might say they were full of it, but we mean that in the nicest way. ๐
๐ Sporting history was made: Ben and Rich invented a brand new wheelbarrow-based sport, and Ben is now the official world record holder! ๐ The Olympic committee has been notified. ๐
๐ 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! ๐
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! ๐ฅฌโค๏ธ
See you at the next one! ๐ช๐ผ
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.
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. ๐ฑ
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. ๐ ๏ธ Absolute edge lord. ๐ฅณ
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 ๐) really did dig deep, and we left the paving looking so sharp it could cut. Nothing was left to chance, or to moss. ๐ฑ
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. ๐ง Another great task well done! ๐งฐโค๏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. ๐ค RJ made his debut in his shiny new GG shirt, looking fresh off the press and ready to belt out a few tunes. ๐โจ What happens at karaoke stays at karaokeโฆ ๐ but wonderful scenes were had. ๐คฉ๐พ
Until next time, GoodGym Lambeth: thyme to go and lawn-ch ourselves into the next task! ๐ช๐ผ
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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