Eight GoodGymers helped out with packing away tables and sorting through rotting veg after a busy evening at the food hub.

Loved the random assortment of food up for grabs including some vegan train food. Some of us went home very well stocked which is always an added bonus.

Nice to see some new faces and hope you got a good taster of what we get up to.

Another enjoyable lunchtime at the Elizabeth House Food Hub, helping customers select food, and clearing up afterwards. There is always a friendly buzz about the place.

By the time the session ends, some of the fruit and vegetables is looking a little past its prime. So it is sent off to be composted by and for local growers - and the food cycle starts again.

Whilst last week, the Food Hub team was already clearing up when I arrived, this week the hall was still busy with customers. So that gave me the chance to walk round with a lovely lady, collecting all the food items she wanted, before packing them carefully in her trolley. Then table wiping and floor sweeping, to help leave the hall tidy for the next users.

With increasing numbers of people needing to use the food hub, there is always plenty of clear-up work afterwards to leave the hall ready for the day’s next activity. Putting crates back in the store; cleaning tables; stacking chairs; sweeping the floor (my recommendation – find the wide broom!). The friendly team and leadership make this task a pleasure. The only challenge is timing – as the team never knows when the final client will come through the door. So I usually turn up a little early – sometimes I need to wait; sometimes I’m right into the action!

A light and easy, feel-good lunch time task, helping to clean up after the weekly foodbank collection session - stacking shelves, sweeping floors, and folding tables. There were lots of volunteers on hand, including three from GoodGym - many hands made lite work. And we all got to go home with some surplus mangos and fresh bread - bonus! (the photo is from a previous session, I failed to get any pics!)

Last night's session saw 9 GoodGymers roll up at Elizabeth House Community Centre, helping to stack chairs, clean tables, and sweep the floor after their foodbank in record time. Although I'm not sure we managed to rid the floor of every sparkle of glitter!

As is often the case with this task - we were rewarded with surplus bread and veg to take home (has anyone tasted those mustard seeds?! They're fiery!!)

5 GoodGymers took a gentle 2.5 km run to get there too - although we all bailed out of the run back, opting instead to head directly home to cook up our leeks and munch on our bread, much to the disappointment of Luke who really wanted to witness me running laps of the stadium with 2 leeks and a baguette in tow... next time!