Today was Hussein's debut at FoodCycle and he was soon put to work alongside Neill and Sam in the host team. With the rest of the team they created a fabulous atmosphere and it was lovely to see new families feeling haply to join some of our regulars. Lucie used her creativity to put together a delicious lentil and vegetable bake from the food Gill had collected and some store cupboard staples. We served 35 adults, 5 children and even boxes up meals for some of the volunteers too.

It was a wonderful and rewarding experience. We helped serve food and drinks to visitors, worked alongside a friendly and supportive team, and enjoyed meeting people from different backgrounds. It was great to see the community come together and to be part of an event that made a positive difference. We were grateful for the opportunity and look forward to volunteering again.

Today’s mission went really well. Three of us attended and completed the task successfully. It was a pleasure spending time with everyone, and the atmosphere was warm and welcoming. We had some lovely conversations and shared plenty of smiles. Helped set up the community centre and served lots of food and drinks to those who came to the fayre. It was rewarding to see everyone enjoying themselves, and I left feeling grateful to have been part of such a positive experience. We are looking forward to joining another mission soon.

A solid team of six set out to clean up Leagrave Park, a mix of Goodgym and the local Friends of the park. The park wasn't in such a bad state really, just a light sprinkling of cans, bottles and wrappers from recent park users. We zipped around the entire park pretty quickly and managed to find a couple of litter build-ups in spots we must have missed before. The park was spotless by the time we were done! Ten bags collected and no strange or unusual dumped items for a change!

Miss J needed some help in the garden to make it safe for her little dog Archie to play outside without being able to escape under the hedge to the outside world.

So to clear some space to work in the hedge sides got a trim and then metal stakes were hammered in along the length of it. The plastic mesh netting was then threaded onto the stakes nice and neatly to make a solid barrier that should stop little Archie sneaking out for adventures.

A small tree got a bit of a trim too and the garden space was left nice and neat and tidy, ready for Miss J to add some seating and have a nice outdoor space to enjoy for the rest of the summer.

With heatwaves gone but summer still burning away without any rain, the young orchard at Wigmore Park was in need of a good watering as the trees were showing signs of stress, that is until we arrived in force to help Konni from the Luton Orchards project give them all a good drink.

After running to meet in the orchard our team of six went back and forth giving each of the 60+ trees twenty litres of water to get them through the dry spell. when they were all done Konni kindly refreshed us with some of last year's apple juice, made from apples collected from all over Luton!

Tonight was the first session for Andy who put in a strong run and made a good effort on the task, a very welcome new addition to the team, well done Andy!