Six Goodgymmers, Emma, Sophie, James, Daryl, Keith and Lea, turned up at the Dorset Children’s Foundation hub to help Patsy with some chores that would take a lot longer for her on her own! Recycled ceiling panels, dustier than dusty, had to be swept with a brush, a task taken on lefthanded by Lea, then taken to the painting team, consisting of Sophie, Emma and James. What about Keith and Daryl though?! Well, a kitchen that was covered in dust, because of work done in the building, was waiting to be cleaned from ceiling to floor. When Lea returned from the DCF charity shop with some jigsaws that had to be counted (yikes, 1000 pieces?!, and some smaller ones) Lea set to counting to 1000, later on joined by Keith and Daryl who took the smaller jigsaws. When the floor was covered with the ceiling panels, having turned from a dusty grey into beautiful black, the kitchen sparkling clean, and the jigsaws counted, we called it a day! With Patsy, as ever, very grateful again for all our hard work. And Chloe very happy indeed with a few more jigsaws counted! Hopefully there will be a next episode soon.

Another mission accomplished helping our new friends at Dorset Children's Foundation! Superstars Manu, Lea, Keith and Nicola AKA 'The Cycle Gang' started their Misson by helping Simon load his van with donations at the DCF Charity shop in Pokesdown. Sue, Daryl and Caprice started at the Charity's warehouse moving a mountain of bagged clothes ready for the van to arrive for the switcharoo. Once finished loading the van The Cycle Gang then raced Manu and Simon in his van to the warehouse to help unload and reload with the clothing donations. They were super speedy and what a gorgeous day for a bike ride! With the team reunited they all got stuck in unloading and the reloading the van at the warehouse. Lea then excitedly crushed some cardboard boxes with the help of Manu and Keith. Simon asked for some volunteers head back to the Charity shop to help him with some more donations. The Cycle Gang to the rescue!! They then raced Simon back to the shop to help unload and reload the van. They even cycled back to the warehouse to meet the rest of the gang to unload the van, what troopers!! Dorset Children's Charity have been inundated with donations and have been working flat out trying to sort through everything and were extremely grateful for our help. They said that it would've taken 8 hours to do what we accomplished!! Needless to say will be back very soon to help Simon and Patsy. Many hands make light work!

Another successful mission helping Dorset Children's Foundation!! We love helping these guys and feel so appreciated by the owners Patsy and Scott. And what a treat, we were welcome by their new family member Xena the boxer puppy. What a good little helper! The team were put to work re-arranging the store room ready to receive lots of new storage racking and many hands make light work!! Thanks to Nicola, Daryl and Hannah for the action shots and everyone else for all their hard work!

It's been so long since we were able to get together, and whilst there's nothing quite a group run and a task, community missions allow us to continue doing good AND see some of our fellow GoodGym Bournemouth family at the same time. WIN WIN.

Dorset Children's Foundation needed an extra pair of hands...well we gave them 8 pairs!

Caprice, Sean, Daryl, Sarah, Janet, Keith, Lea and Hannah met Patsy and we were waved into a mysterious door which led to the biggest Aladdin's cave you've ever seen! We went upstairs and through room after room of donations... it looked like a hoarder's paradise! There were some interesting finds in there that's for sure (abd Patsy told us about some VERY questionable donations too........) but great to see so much for the charity to sort through and sell.

We set to work unloading a small van which didn't take much time at all, so then we helped sorting through the stock and Sarah, Janet, Lea and Hannah got to work squashing some boxes which was actually quite satisfying!

Patsy was so pleased to have us helping, and we must have done well as she asked to have us back again next week! There is loads to be done there so would be great if we can give them regular support.

We've been doing SOOOOO MUCH GOOD during lockdown with all of our one off missions! Everything from prescription collections and shopping, to changing ligbtbulbs, moving furniture or having a chat with someone who needed it, but to be back together as a group again is the BEST THING EVER.

No matter whats going on in life, there is always the chance to do good! Spreading GoodGym Bournemouth smiles and positivity is what we do best, and man it feels sooooo good to be back!

Tonights run doesn't have a happy ending I'm afraid, but it did start off well!

13 of us gathered in the reserved and tranquil setting of the Marsham Court Hotel lobby area....which is quite big and not as easy to find each other in as you might expect.

We found some tables to sit at and waited for everyone to gather, catching up...trying to unlock Abi's D-lock....talking quietly and seeing who had some nice stories.

We had the pleasure of welcoming Sophie to the gang, a student at BU studying Sports Psychology and Coaching so a great addition to the team!! Welcome on board Sophie, hope you had a good time!

On the cards tonight we had the flyer drop that we weren't able to do last week due to torrential downpours....and we didn't have rain this evening but definitely some very strong and chilly wind! This of course called for a warm up along the cliff top...this part was still pretty safe. And in no time we were super warm and ready to get going.

We set off, catching up with each other. Regrouping at crossings and Hannah and Fredrika back marking making sure no one was left behind.

Especially running through Horseshoe Common which can be a dodgy park to run through in the evenings...but with safety in numbers we navigated through it easily...David and Neil sprinting ahead and back every lamp post to make sure the coast was clear. Such heroes!!

At the top of the climb we split up and it was flyering time, one group going around one side of the loop and the other going around the other side and then meeting back up at the top and then onto the next section.

This first bit was all going to plan...then the next bit we split up again and Sue had a bad fall landing on her arm and badly injuring it as well as getting a knock to the her in the process. We all converged and Hannah and Laurie set off back to Marsham Court to get their car to come and collect Sue. Whilst they did that Fredrika and Emma looked after Sue and made sure she kept talking and keeping her warm. I know who I'd want by my side if that happened to me and it would definitely be those two! Amazing work! To keep warm the others set off to do a few more roads before coming back and regrouping.

Sue's husband was also called and eventually we made the decision to have Sue's husband collect her directly and take her to A&E. With Sue safely on her way to hospital the rest of the gang set off to get back to the hotel having delivered around 300 flyers!

A quick stretch outside and then in to collect our things from our stylish meeting room before saying our goodbyes!

We are due to get together for dinner on the 4th December which is also due to be the games night at the Care Home....so that should be a very good night! If you have any good places in mind for that please let us know!

Well done everyone!

Sue we wish you all the best and hope it's not as bad as it felt! If you need anything please give us a shout!!