Four Goodgym Merton team members made their way to north east Mitcham and tackled a storage mountain during yesterday's group session. The lighter evenings and sunny weather brought out a cheerful crew of runners and cyclists, ready to sort through the overwhelming chaos of bric-a-brac, Christmas decorations, and various other items. We diligently collated, reboxed, and labelled, bringing order to the outbuilding and storage cupboards, proving that many hands make light work (and tidy cupboards!). The centre manager Emily was hugely grateful for our efforts, so hopefully we will return to help out again in the future.

A quick bit of litter picking on today's travels!

Edit from other volunteers: Elsewhere various Goodgymmers from Merton, Kingston and Barnet joined in to support The Great British Spring Clean Up - what a great weekend and reason to get outside, we encourage everyone to get involved locally to help, this event is running until 6 April although why not continue with regular litter picking efforts whenever you can. more details here: https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/get-involved/support-our-campaigns/great-british-spring-clean

Spent an hour this evening lending a hand at Merton’s Community Food Bank — armed with gloves, a vacuum, and enough sanitiser to keep the germs on their toes. I took on the floor vacuuming duties and helped give the place a good scrub-down, from bins to boxes, making everything sparkle.

Spent the day helping out Merton's Community Fridge team - armed with gloves, a vacuum, and enough sanitiser to make any germ think twice. From vacuuming floors to tackling the bins and giving boxes a squeaky-clean glow-up, every little bit helps. Big respect to the team doing this day in and day out - heroes in high-vis!

Another opportunity this week to get the GoodGym shirt out and lend a hand with setting up for the Sustainable Merton Spring Brunch, an event focussing on sustainability and community. After arranging the seating and tables there was plenty to do with setting out the food and drink which included some innovative recycled food, reducing waste. During the networking session we picked up a few more contacts for jobs in need of our help in the coming months.

The Wimbledon Foundation's networking event was truly inspiring, with heartfelt speeches from Carney's Community and Faith in Action highlighting their impactful work. We enjoyed some interesting conversations and meet a couple of contacts that may have more jobs for us at some point soon, and even had the chance to pose for a photo with the iconic Wimbledon trophies.