What a Tuesday! The GoodGym Lambeth crew descended on the Woodlawns Centre armed with rakes, good vibes, and apparently a keen eye for unexpected discoveries. 👀

Fi, Ben, Patrick (welcome back, stranger! 🎉) and the fully-restored Adam — back to his best like a freshly serviced lawnmower — showed up ready to make a difference for The Lunch Club Streatham, who use Woodlawns for half their service days. ❤️

These are the people feeding the community, so the least we could do was make sure their garden isn’t a leafy, twiggy obstacle course.

And boy, did we deliver. We’re talking many. MANY. bags of leaves — composted, not binned, because we’re environmentally virtuous like that 🌱.

Litter was picked. Twigs were sorted (yes, twig sorting is a skill and yes, we have it). The pathway was cleared to a standard that would make a Chelsea Flower Show judge weep with joy. 😭🌸

But the highlight? Nestled amongst the foliage like a peculiar nature reserve exhibit: one twin pack of unopened condoms. 😱 We will not speculate. We will simply note that the garden is clearly a space full of life and possibility. 🤩

The Woodlawns garden is now ready for everyone to enjoy — which is the whole point, isn’t it? Community spaces, cared for by communities. That’s what we’re about. 💪🏼🍾

Big love to Fi, Adam, Ben and Patrick for getting stuck in. Same time next week? 🏃​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

GoodGym Lambeth | Run Report 🌿🏃💚 Leaf It To Us!

Well, well, well — our magnificent mob of do-gooding runners were out in full force this week, descending on the streets of Lambeth like a very fit, very enthusiastic swarm of locusts. (Sorry Dan, we know, we know — new start point, new us. Change is growth! 🌱)

The vibes? Immaculate. The chat? Absolutely flowing. The pace? Fast enough to feel smug, slow enough to finish a sentence. 💬✨

The Task 🍂 This week we headed over to The Lunch Club Streatham at their Woodlawns site, where nature had — shall we say — gone a bit feral. Leaves, twigs, fallen branches: the full autumnal chaos package. Our mission was to wrestle the outdoor space into shape ahead of an exciting planting project and lunch service when the warmer weather finally stops being so shy. ☀️🤞

And wrestle we did. No leaf was left unturned (literally), no branch left unstowed. By the end, we had: 🗑️ 10+ bulging bin bags filled and destined for composting 🚮 Litter picked to within an inch of its life 🪵 Branches stashed ready for a future task — because the fun never stops! The outdoor space is looking twig-mendously better. We’re not saying we’re heroes, but… the evidence speaks for itself. 🦸

The Shoutouts 🎉 🎂 Ben — massive birthday shoutout incoming! The big day is TOMORROW, which means tonight’s run was basically his pre-birthday workout. Iconic behaviour. Many happy returns, Ben!

🚴 Adam — joined us for his very first GoodGym run! Usually found terrorising the streets on two wheels, tonight he used his actual legs like the rest of us. Welcome to the fold, Adam — we’ve got a feeling the bike might get a bit jealous. 😄

💯 Michael — brace yourselves… Michael has just hit 100 months of GoodGym. ONE HUNDRED. That’s over 8 years of showing up, doing good, and being generally wonderful. We are not worthy. 🙌😱🤩

See you all next week — same do-gooders, different start point (sorry again Dan 👀).​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​