This evening we ran to lovely INS, one of our furthest tasks but always worth the trip! Task owner Sarah had prepared meticulously for our arrival to paint the front door, key the handrails and then paint them. What a great use of time to have everything taped up and all equipment ready to go!

And with great prep comes great performance as less 45mins later we had completed the task together and the entrance to the building looked great for it!

We are heading back there in August ro continue painting the handrail as it runs around the back.

Last summer we headed to INS to prep and paint their garden furniture and today we did the same again after the last sat was sadly stolen from the garden.

With six chairs and a large table to do, it was great to have many active hands to scrub, wipe and paint them black, looking as good as new when we were done!

A huge welcome to Mersa for the first time, ans a thank you to task owner Sarah who always welcomes us warmly and was keen to celebrate Volunteer's Week with us.

Following on from the great work done by the team in Saturday's Community Mission, four of us headed to INS in Twickenham to finish up the painting of the stairwell, cutting in and rolling where the tape had been carefully laid on Saturday.

It's a busy centre with a lot of use and a coat of paint goes a long way to freshen things up from scuffs and bumps! A satisfying job for a wet Monday night.

We are officially over half way through January, and that means officially half way through the GoodGym January Challenge.

Adam, JP, Lucy, Maena, and Monika were in Twickenham to quite literally rack up the good deeds on Saturday morning. We met with lovely Sarah from INS who had a few tasks to keep us busy. Between us, and some help from Sarah and her husband, we helped to erect a large metal chair hanging rang. Luckily we had the agility, balance, strength and coordination (plus enough pairs of hands) to make easy work of the construction. Adam was left on screw tightening duty whilst the rest of us got on with next job, which was some woodwork painting.

Over the past few months, GoodGym Richmond have made several visits to INS to help repaint various rooms, hallways, toilet radiators and everything inbetween. Just before Christmas we helped to put a fresh coat on the walls lining the stairway (who doesn’t love a new coat for the winter?!), so our plan was continue on from that, by giving the woodwork around the stairway a fresh lick. Not all heroes wear capes, some in fact have masking tape; as Maena and JP helped prep the surfaces and tape up around the edges. The rest of us got the brushes out and got to work on the edges and skirting boards, the stair rails and panelling. A very therapeutic task later, and we had completed all the bits we needed to, and JP had taped up ready for Monday, when we return to INS to continue our painting party.

There paint nobody who loves us better than a task owner who knows we get the job done, and with that we left the paint to dry until we head back on Monday evening for more good deeds and good fun!

Eight GGers kept calm and braved the stormy weather in order to finish off providing a coat of paint to the INS hall way and stairs ahead of their Xmas celebrations.

Adam led Lucy, Africa and Jade on a rather chilly evening warm up and jog through the glorious Christmas lights of Twickenham, while others such as Ken, Suze, Chris and JP found their own way. Once arrived we were ready to roll and were kitted out by task owner Sarah with rollers and paintbrushes and we set about making a splash!

We were on a roll and just like that it was job done! Chris led the way with the washing up team and it was soon time to ease down.

Four GGers rolled into the weekend by giving INS’s walls and ceilings a much needed coat of paint.

Chris, JP and Adam welcomed Evelyn back for her second good gym task. We were then given direction by task owner Sarah areas that needed painting in the kitchen and hallway ahead of INS’s upcoming festive celebrations.

Overall Evelyn proved very good at rolling with it, JP managed to successfully white out all the worries of the fire exit sign, meanwhile Adam was able to lay it on thick as usual and Chris provided some much needed brush ups.

We will return on Monday to finish the job!