The guns were out tonight, as me and Ian pulled our sleeves up and rolled those rails into their overnight cupboards.

Simon told us the day team always celebrate when they hear GoodGym are coming to help, because it’s one task they get a break from for the day — a lovely reminder that a deed can go a long way. 💪

Next sessions are here. Join us!! ❤️

Tuesday 24th March Tuesday 7th April Tuesday 21st April

A strong team of 4 turned up tonight to bring back this lovely session at Croydon Refugee Day Centre 💪

It was a pleasure meeting Julia, Lorna and Ian at my first session as TaskForce — and a special welcome to our newbie, Julia ❤️

Simon, the task owner, is a dream! He took the time to give us a proper introduction and set us up to make this a regular session. Our tidying efforts were even rewarded with KitKats — always appreciated 🍫

As promised, the next session is on Tuesday 10th March.

Hope to see you there! You can sign up here: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/sorting-clothes-at-croydon-refugee-day-centre-747d77c4-378e-487a-a067-113db67d3479

The first task for today was to label and hang lots of children's summer clothes. The team worked quickly and the box was soon empty. The refugee children will have some lighter clothing to wear in this hot weather.

The final task was to wheel the racks of clothes into the store cupboard. This was also quickly completed.

Well done team!

Brenda, Ros and Ingrid met Refugee Day Centre volunteer Simon for another evening sorting the donations. We tidied up the clothing on the rails, removing empty hangers and ensuring everything was facing the same way.

We finished by moving the rails into the storage room. As there were only three of us, this was quite a task, and we all felt we had a good workout, especially for our arms!

We said our goodbyes and wished Simon a Happy Easter, as the next session will be on Tuesday 22nd April. Thank you to Brenda for tonight's pun and photos.

Another evening session helping out at Croydon Refugee Day Centre. Ingrid welcomed Manish to his first task with Croydon GoodGym and they were both greeted by Simon from the Centre.

The first job was to pair up and label shoes, placing them in the correct slots in the rack. This was followed by moving the hanging rails from the main hall to the storage room. Manish did a fantastic job of arranging the rails in the small room and we had lots of space left for boxes which also needed storing until the next day centre session.

Looking forward to visiting the centre again on the 1st April.

The group were greeted by Simon at the Croydon Refugee Day Centre. They welcomed Clair to her first GG task.

The first task for the evening was to walk along the hanger lanes, removing empty hangers and switching ordinary hangers to trouser hangers, where needed.

The next tasks were to sort thermals by size, hang some children's clothes on the rails and to sort others into the correct box in the cupboard.

The final task was to fit the rails into the cupboard.

Excellent work team!!