Four GoodGymmers spent the afternoon helping shift and arrange over 3,000 books, CDs, DVDs and records ahead of St James' annual fundraising sale. After many trips from the storage area laden with boxes, bags and fruit flats (and even a full church pew!), the empty church hall was transformed into a browser's paradise, ready to open a new chapter tomorrow. This hefty task left volunteers with quite the back story, as well as a healthy respect for the weight of the written word!

This afternoon we headed to help Christian Care Merton to tackle an overgrown garden area. After hacking away a dense tangle of stubborn brambles, we set to work with spades and forks, digging to unearth buried brick, cement, and rocks in an attempt to clear the debris and begin flattening the space to prepare it for the next stage of transformation.

It was proper hard graft, and this project is definitely going to need a return visit or two - along with plenty more muscle! A huge well done and thank you to the hardy volunteers who answered the last-minute call-out. We will be back soon with hopefully a few more helpers.

Tonight’s challenge called for seamless coordination, serious pedal power, and plenty of footwork.

The action kicked off with bulbs being delivered by bike to three strategic rendezvous points across the borough, packaged and ready for distribution.

As darkness fell and the evening drizzle set in, the hardy volunteers split into smaller teams. Armed with map pins/addresses, and bags loaded with brown paper packages, we set off on foot to make the drops.

This mammoth logistical feat may only happen once a year, but it’s always a firm favourite for clocking up extra steps while covering plenty of ground. Despite the murky weather, spirits stayed high, every delivery was completed along with a bunch of good deeds.

Well done, team - Merton is going to look fantastic come spring!

What a gorgeous autumn morning to lend a hand at Morden parkrun! Two of our finest volunteers kicked things off bright and early with course setup, making sure the routes were clear and ready before switching gears to marshal and take on the all-important parkwalker role.

A special shoutout goes to Jon, who traded his usual running shoes for a volunteer vest for his very first time volunteering - a massive congratulations on an awesome debut! It was a brilliant, sunny start to the weekend, proving once again that helping out on the course is just as rewarding as crossing the finish line.

Hauled a massive collection of books from Mr J to drop to charity. It seems this was only Chapter One - Mr J revealed there's another stash waiting to be bagged up, so bookmark this space to head back for the sequel!

Another great cleaning session clearing up after the lunch service at the homeless drop in centre run by Faith in Action.

Our trusty trio of Jade, Chris and Zahrah (big welcome back from your travels!) soon got stuck in to the table wiping, chair stacking, surface sanitising and floor mopping.

We soon had it under control, leaving no signs that a wonderful lunch had just been served to a host of hungry people.