Last night GoodGym Bromley went door-to-door flyering for the fantastic local charity Bromley Borough Foodbank (BBF).

BBF has recently signed up to a number of Run for Charity and Ultra Challenge events, giving people of all ages and abilities the opportunity to turn their miles into meaning.

Now they're calling on residents to take part in a 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon or epic 100K ultra endurance challenge to raise funds and awareness for their cause.

• December 2026 - Crystal Palace Park - 5K, 10K, Junior Race and Half Marathon
• April 2027 - Brighton Seaside Marathon Weekend - Full Marathon

Sign up via BBF's Run for Charity links here to get a discounted entry price.

Special thanks to Ray at BBF for pulling everything together and GoodGym Bromley regular Mairi for putting up with a somewhat poorly Area Activator (still reeling from completing the Berlin Marathon on Sunday).

Next week we're heading directly to Norman Park to give everyone the option to walk or run before mixing in with watering the micro-forest near Hook Farm Road Car Park.

Sign up here.

Sam

Nick and Louise gave a first coat of paint to the walls of the Bromley Food Bank unit in The Glades shopping centre in May, and Michael and I joined them for June's follow up where we put on a second coat to make the space really shine!

We met Ray, one of the Food Bank's campaign coordinators, and started unpacking materials to paint with. Nick and Louise picked up brushes 🖌️ and rollers to start work on the large sections of walls, whilst Michael and I found the masking tape and covered the (many!) sockets, light switches and other protrusions to ensure they kept their current colours 😆

By the end of the session we'd got both walls done and posed for a group photo before heading out 📷

Nice work, team! 🦸

Massive shout-out and big props to Nick who joined the 100 club tonight. That's a lot of time doing stuff to help out community projects that need a hand. Nick has been a GG Bromley member as long as I have and I'm so pleased he's in the team. Nick gets a fresh 💯 tee with wings. 🦅 Woooop!

Right, let's see how many Nick puns we can squeeze into a run report! Sorry in advance...

All in the nick of time...

Tonight we were helping out Bromley Borough Food Bank. They have a unit in the Glades for people to donate. It was looking a little shabby so our job was to add a lick of paint to freshen it up.

Nicksand

We divided up the initial tasks of sanding, taping and laying down bin bags to protect the floor in preparation for the paint.

Another nick in the wall

There were plenty of little sticky bits on the wall and some paint coming off in places but it was all looking much cleaner before...

Nick 'n' mix

Paint mixing time! We were each equipped with brushes and rollers and got to work high and low.

Another Nick of paint

We might need to go back to add another layer but it definitely looked way better when we left.

Nice work team!