This week’s GoodGym adventure took us back to the wonderful team at Azalea, where we helped wrap up the festive season and give the space a fresh new feel 💫.

🎅 Core task: Packing away Christmas! Baubles were boxed, tinsel was tamed, trees torn down and fairy lights were gently untangled and stored with care. Packing away decorations always leaves a place feeling tidy and ready for the new year!

🎨 Meanwhile, we grabbed brushes and added a fresh lick of paint around the radiators where radiator guards had been removed 🖌️

📦 Down in the basement store room, we sorted, stacked, and streamlined supplies, making the space more usable and organised.

🧹 Then it was time to vacuum the carpets of the tinsel and tree debris, leaving the place looking spick and span. We might not have worn capes, but we definitely brought the sparkle ✨.

🪜 And let’s not forget the stairs, so many stairs! Our quads got a bonus workout as we zipped up and down, clocking up steps like pros 📈.

🏃‍♂️💨 With the tasks complete, we hit the town for a run around and a steps-based fitness session to really work those quads! Who needs a gym when you’ve got GoodGym?

💖 Huge thanks to Azalea for welcoming us back. We love supporting the amazing work you do. And hats off to the team for bringing energy, elbow grease, and good vibes to every floor!

Congratulations to Fitsum for joining his first session with us, hope to see you again soon!

The last group run of the year was the first group run for Ezrik,Atsiba and Teklay. Welcome to the team guys!

This week's task took us to Azalea where Tracey awaited us with a heavyweight assignment:

Step 1: Detatch and remove the two tumble dryers attached to the top of the washing machines.

Step 2: Move the washing machines down the stairs and outside for waste collection.

Step 3: Bring in and install the new washing machines, replace the tumble dryers.

Side-tasks included moving several radiator covers from the top floor, down three flights of stairs to the basement and detatching a faulty TV from it's wall bracket.

After plenty of up-and-down and heave- ho-ing we got everything in its place and said farewell and Merry Christmas to Tracey as we headed out for a gentle run through the town centre on a tree tour to take in all the festive lights.

Finally, to round off the night, and the year of Group Runs, we headed to the Bricklayer's Arms for some drink and a toast to another good year of GoodGym Luton!

2 Luton Goodgymers answered the call from local organisation Azalea. They needed the tumble drier stacking back on top of the Washing machine from a task from a few weeks ago. A relaquick task but with maximum effort from the both of us.

Friday evening, and two Goodgymers made their way to Azalea for this evening’s task. We had been ask to lift a tumble drier off a washing machine so that the washing machine can be fixed next week. Although Gill was feeling slightly rough after having a bug, she and Martin worked together first to clear the space in front of the washing machine and then working out how to undo the strapping which kept the two appliances together. Then it was quite a simple task, with a little muscle, to lift the tumble drier clear. Job done in record time and we’ve offered for GoodGym to return once the washing machine has been fixed and the drier needs lifting back into position.

3 of Luton's Goodgym team, popped in to help a local charity with a couple of tasks this Friday evening.
After moving 3 filing cabinets from one room to another using a rather suspect set of wheels, the team set about hanging a TV on the wall in another room. There was a little bit of musical chairs to be played when making room to complete the task but eventually we were able to drill down and get that tv mounted on the wall. Another great effort team and the charity were really grateful 🙏

Tracey at Azalea needed some help to relocate a TV and move some office cabinets. Three GoodGym heavyweights arrived to take on this heavyweight task!

Once we'd figured out how to detach the giant TV from the wall bracket we moved it through to the office, however, before it could go on the wall in there we had to move a couple of cabinets out of the way.

We unloaded the cabinets of all the heavy stationary and files and then moved the still very heavy metal cabinets to a different space.

Space cleared, we could get to the wall and attach the TV mount in its new position before finally hanging the TV and testing it out, still works! 😀