Octobers community litterpick at People's park was well attended, 6 of the 14 that turned out were from Luton's Goodgym elite. The team got stuck in to the task at hand and helped to collect 19 bags of rubbish (8 of which were filled with recycling ♻️). A toy helicopter was found too and it was also recycled as a lady came passed with her grandson and asked if she could have it. The team also helped to trim back some of the trees 🌳 🌳 🌳 that were overhanging the footpath. Well done everyone, great effort 👌

4 Goodgymers helped the Friends of Peoples Park with their monthly litterpick. 17 people from the local community turned up collected roughly 20 bags of rubbish. Well done Luton Goodgym. Excellent effort by all

7 Goodgymers joined abcd-in-luton and the FoLP for the monthly litterpick at Leagrave Park. The team were out enjoying what was a relatively mild autumn 🍂 day as we all did our best to help keep the park clear of rubbish 🗑. After an hour collecting litter, we'd all collected 15 bags in total, a children's bike and several parts to what we think was a quad bike. Great effort by the team and definitely really appreciated by the community. Well done 👏 ✔️ 👍🏻

This week our planned cemetery seed sewing task was postponed so we were instead tasked with weeding a large roadside flowerbed.

After meeting up on Bute Street we had a run the long way round to the task while our two walkers went directly there. Recombined at the task our team got stuck in pulling the weeds from the bed and clearing up the litter within.

There were no brambles to deal with but the weeds had lots of very fine thorns that were very good at penetrating gloves! Pressing on despite them we massed a great big pile of weeds for collection by the council and exposed some Hollyhock plants that were still just about flowering and spread their seeds underfoot so we should see some more here next year.

After the task we headed to a park for a quick test of a new light based game to brighten up the dark evenings before heading home.

It was the monthly litterpick today at Leagrave park, thankfully the weather was kind to us after a week of heavy rain and flooding so no armbands required. It was thin on the ground for GoodGym representation, as a bunch of the Luton crew were away climbing Ben Nevis! We cracked on regardless along with some other volunteers and managed to fill 7 bags between the 4 of us. Extra praise for Abim who even walked a rogue trolley which had escaped back to the supermarket. Lots of soggy litter but it was all smiles in the September sunshine.

4 Goodgymers made their way to Peoples Park, to help the Friends of Peoples Park with their monthly litterpick. The team welcomed Yousef to his first task as we all got stuck in to help the team of volunteers collect well over 20 bags of litter, around 8 of which were all filled with recyclable waste. It was a lovely day for a stroll in the park and making such a positive impact on the environment made it all the more enjoyable. Well done team 👏